Neil Young fans are scrambling to buy tickets for his upcoming Virginia gig, as the countdown to his massive Love Earth World Tour begins.

In case you missed it, the legendary singer-songwriter is hitting the road with his band The Chrome Hearts to celebrate upcoming album Talkin’ to the Trees.

With more than 35 studio albums under his belt, Young is famed for covering a huge range of genres, from pop and punk to folk-rock.

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As predicted, tickets for his tour are selling fast, so where can you still get your hands on them, and how much do they cost?

From every city he’s playing to where to buy resale tickets, find out everything you need to know about Neil Young’s 2025 world tour below.

Where to buy tickets for Neil Young’s tour now

At the time of writing this, there are limited tickets available via Ticketmaster and Live Nation. If you don’t have any luck, then resale is your next best option, and you can find tickets on the following sites: StubHub, Viagogo, and SeatGeek.

The fastest selling venue according to StubHub? Neil Young fans are desperate to be a part of the crowd at Virginia’s Allianz Amphitheater on Sunday, August 10, where prices start from £145.

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If you’re after cheaper tickets, you’ll need to book Clarkston’s Pine Knob Music Theatre on Wednesday, August 13, where prices start from only $35.

For those of you across the pond, there’s still time to buy tickets for the singer’s highly-anticipated BST Hyde Park show here, where Cat Stevens (Yusuf) will support.

If you’re based in Ireland, you will also be treated to a rare appearance on June 26 at Dublin’s Malahide Castle. Tickets can be purchased for his Ireland gig here.

To avoid ticket scams and ensure a money-back guarantee, always purchase resale tickets through verified sites such as StubHub, Viagogo, and SeatGeek.

Where is Neil Young on tour this year?

If you’re keen to be in attendance, the world tour will kickstart in Europe with dates in Copenhagen, Bergen, Brussels, and Berlin.

As for the US and Canada, the tour will stop by the likes of Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. You can find out if he’s heading to a city near you below.

See you there?

You can find a full list of Neil Young tour dates below:

• June, 18: Rättvik, Sweden Dalhalla
• June, 20: Bergen, Norway Bergenhus Fortress
• June, 22: Copenhagen, Denmark Tiøren
• June, 26: Dublin, Ireland Malahide Castle
• June, 30: Brussels, Belgium Brussels Palace Open Air, Palace Square
• July, 1: Groningen, Netherlands Drafbaan Stadspark
• July, 3: Berlin, Germany Waldbühne
• July, 4: Mönchengladbach Germany Sparkassenpark
• July, 8: Stuttgart, Germany Cannstatter Wasen
• August, 8: Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
• August, 10: Richmond, VA Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
• August, 13: Detroit, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
• August, 15: Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
• August, 17: Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
• August, 21: Gilford, NH BankNH Pavilion
• August, 23: New York, NY Jones Beach
• August, 24: Bethel, NY Bethel Woods
• August, 27: Chicago, IL Northerly Island
• September, 1: Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
• September, 5: George, WA The Gorge
• September, 6: Vancouver, BC Deer Lake Park
• September, 10: Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
• September, 12: Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
• September, 15: Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

Visit StubHub now to buy tickets.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won’t be able to compete in the Olympics after losing her legal battle to overturn World Aquatics’s rule change.

The 25-year-old American swimmer was the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship after winning the women’s 500-yard freestyle event in 2022.

However, World Aquatics later banned anyone who’d ‘been through male puberty’ from competing in women’s races – Thomas having started hormone replacement therapy in 2019.

Lia Thomas contested the rule when it was introduced in 2022 (Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

The new rule was introduced after Thomas won NCAA gold after beating Olympic silver medallist Emma Weyant in the women’s 500-yard freestyle in 2022.

As per World Aquatics’ Competition Regulations – first unveiled that year and updated 1 January 2024 – section 5.5 details the ‘Eligibility for the Women’s Category’.

Section 5.5.2 states transgender women athletes are allowed to compete in its competitions as long as ‘they can establish to World Aquatics’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later’.

It adds: “Specifically, the athlete must produce evidence establishing that: They have complete androgen insensitivity and therefore could not experience male puberty; or They are androgen sensitive but had male puberty suppressed beginning at Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later, and they have since continuously maintained their testosterone levels in serum (or plasma) below 2.5 nmol/L.”

Thomas contested the new rule, launching a legal case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport accusing the change of being discriminatory and unlawful and yesterday (12 June), the ruling of a panel of three judges was released.

The rule was implemented after Thomas won the NCAA’s women’s 500m freestyle (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The three Court of Arbitration for Sport judges dismissed Thomas’ request for arbitration.

It stated that she was ‘simply not entitled to engage with eligibility to compete in WA competitions’ because when she launched the legal case she was not a member of its member federation USA Swimming.

It detailed she hadn’t competed in specific female ‘qualification or selection’ events for World Aquatic competitions specifically i.e. world championships or the Olympics – her swimming for the University of Pennsylvania and winning of the NCAA outside of the World Aquatics competitive system.

The panel concluded Thomas ‘lacks standing to challenge the policy and the operational requirements in the framework of the present proceeding,’ as reported by AP News.

Thomas responded to the ruling in a statement provided by her legal team, as quoted by Athlete Ally.

Thomas called the ruling ‘deeply disappointing’ (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

The statement reads: “The CAS decision is deeply disappointing. Blanket bans preventing trans women from competing are discriminatory and deprive us of valuable athletic opportunities that are central to our identities.

“The CAS decision should be seen as a call to action to all trans women athletes to continue to fight for our dignity and human rights.”

Founder and Executive Director at Athlete Ally, Hudson Taylor added: “For decades, the International Olympic Committee and almost all Olympic International Federations have required athletes to arbitrate disputes at CAS.

“By dismissing Lia Thomas’ legal challenge against World Aquatics, the CAS has denied her fundamental right to access an effective remedy for acts that violate her human rights. This is a sad day for sports and for anyone who believes that trans athletes should have the opportunity for their experiences of discrimination to be heard and adjudicated like everyone else.”

UNILAD has contacted World Aquatics and the Court of Arbitration for Sport for comment.

If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact the LGBT national hotline at 888-843-4564, available Monday to Friday 4pm-12am ET and 12pm-5pm ET on Saturdays.

Warning: This article contains discussion of discrimination against the trans community, which some readers may find distressing.

A military pilot has filed a defamation lawsuit against a right-wing influencer accusing them of promoting a ‘false narrative’ connecting her to the Washington air crash.

On January 29, an American Airlines plane collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter as it was coming in to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. All 67 onboard both aircraft were killed.

A 35-year-old military pilot, who served over 15 years in the Virginia Army National Guard, Jo Ellis, had nothing to do with either flight but found herself falsely named on social media as the alleged pilot of the Army Black Hawk Helicopter.

The influencer’s posts allegedly linking Jo Ellis to the crash

Less than 24 hours after the crash, right-wing influencer Matt Wallace reportedly took to Twitter alleging the pilot of the Hawk helicopter had been transgender, sharing an image of Ellis – who also happens to be transgender – alongside his claims.

With over 2.2 million followers on one of his accounts, it didn’t take long for Wallace’s post to go viral.

On April 9, Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit against the influencer, alleging he ‘concocted a destructive and irresponsible defamation campaign’ about her.

While it’s not believed Wallace started the rumor – an analysis by The Times suggesting the conspiracy theory started prior to his post – Ellis’ attorney Meg Phelan noting they ‘zeroed in on Matt Wallace’ because his ‘publicizing’ of Ellis’ likeness seemed ‘very strategic’.

Ellis’ lawsuit claims, while Wallace deleted the initial post, he allegedly then shared two further posts once again linking her to the crash.

The first post reportedly linked to an interview Ellis had done with The Smerconish Podcast, and the second included images of Ellis alongside the statement the crash was a supposed example of ‘another trans terror attack’.

In a bid to combat the false allegations – one post receiving over 4.8 million views on Twitter, the lawsuit states – Ellis felt forced to take to Facebook to share a video of herself alive.

Jo Ellis found herself dragged into online news of the crash despite having nothing to do with it (AGNES BUN/AFP via Getty Images)

Jo Ellis’ response to being falsely connected to the Washington air crash

She said in the video: “I understand some people have associated me with the crash in D.C., and that is false. It is insulting to the families to try to tie this to some sort of political agenda. They don’t deserve that. I don’t deserve this. And I hope that you all know that I am alive and well, and this should be sufficient for you all to end all the rumors.”

NBC reports Wallace then shared another user’s post including Ellis’ video.

He also reportedly tweeted that the account which connected Ellis to the helicopter involved in the crash had come from a profile no longer active called @FakeGayPolitics.

The Guardian notes this was in a bid to ‘correct’ the false information accusing Ellis of being connected, however, the lawsuit brands the tweets ‘excuses for creating viral lies’.

Misgendering Ellis, Wallace allegedly then argued because Ellis ‘wrote an article calling out Trump’s trans military ban only a few days ago’, that it ‘seemed credible’ she would also be connected to the Washington DC crash.

Ellis denies writing such an article.

The lawsuit argues the damage Wallace’s posts caused to Ellis was ‘instantaneous and immense’.

Ellis argues the false narrative about her is taking away from what truly matters – the victims (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

It states she was a ‘private citizen’ who stayed ‘away from social media’ but was thrust into it on January 31 against her will.

“Plaintiff was forced into the public sphere and can no longer remain a private citizen due to Defendant’s lies,” it adds.

Ellis says she’s now recognized in public and constantly has to ‘look over [her] shoulder,’ left fearing for ‘the safety of [her] family and herself,’ telling NBC News she even had to ‘arrange for private armed security’.

Represented by LGBTQ+ legal organization, Equality Legal Action Fund, Ellis is seeking damages for the impact on her reputation and safety.

The lawsuit added Ellis was ‘devastated that her story was overshadowing the tragic events of the plane crash and likely causing more suffering for the families who lost their loves ones,’ the Guardian quotes.

If Ellis wins the lawsuit, she plans to donate to the families of those who passed away in the tragic crash.

She resolved: “I want to hold this person accountable for what they did to me. It’s become too common that people can say horrible things about someone, profit at their expense, and get away with it.”

If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact the LGBT national hotline at 888-843-4564, available Monday to Friday 4pm-12am ET and 12pm-5pm ET on Saturdays.

The bereaved twin of an aspiring collegiate football star fatally stabbed at a track meet has described his brother as a ‘peacemaker’ with a ‘good heart’.

On Wednesday (April 2), police said 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death amid a reported row at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Despite first responders administrating ‘lifesaving measures’, the Frisco ISD’s Memorial High School student was pronounced dead.

It’s understood the budding sportsman was taking part in a track and field championship alongside his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, 17.

According to Hunter, Austin and another boy, who has been identified as 17-year-old Centennial High School senior Karmelo Anthony, became embroiled in a row allegedly due to seating arrangements.

Hunter claims Karmelo was sitting in the wrong area and that he’d been informed of such by his twin.

According to ABC7, the student has since been charged with Austin’s murder, with police reporting he allegedly stabbed the football player in the chest.

“He was a good kid… He has a good heart, everyone around you knows he’s a great kid. Just one mistake from that dude and [he] just took my brother,” Hunter said in an interview with WFAA.

Austin Metcalf was allegedly stabbed to death in Texas while at a track meet (GoFundMe)

“He didn’t deserve it. No one deserves a loss from a family like that.”

Hunter, who claims his brother was his ‘best friend’ and a ‘peacemaker’, explained the alleged perpetrator was sitting under their team tent at the Kuykendall Stadium.

He said: “We asked him to move. He started getting aggressive and talking reckless and my brother stepped in and said ‘You need to move’.

“I tried to whip around as fast as I could but I didn’t see the stab. I looked at my brother and I’m not going to talk about the rest. I tried to help him.”

“He knew how much I loved him,” Hunter continued. “I’d do anything for him no matter what… I always looked up to him. He was a big brother in a sense.”

According to Hunter, Austin had dreams of playing college football as a linebacker.

Amid thanking the Frisco area community for comforting the grieving family, the eleventh grader and his mom, Meghan Metcalf, have admitted they have ‘no desire’ to have anything to do with their son’s alleged killer.

Austin was described by his brother Hunter Metcalf as a ‘peacemaker’ (WFAA/ABC)

Meanwhile, Austin and Hunter’s father, Jeff Metcalf, has also broken his silence.

Reflecting on the tragic event, the grieving father said: “They were twins, identical twins, and his brother was holding on to him, trying to make it stop bleeding, and he died in his brother’s arms. I rushed up there and I saw him on the gurney and I could tell – they said he wasn’t breathing.

“I could see all the blood, and I saw where the wound was, and I was very concerned, so I had to find his brother, and we rushed to the hospital.

“And we prayed, and it’s God’s plan, I don’t understand it, but they weren’t able to save him. This is murder.”

A GoFundMe has since been set up in honor of Austin’s life, where Jeff described him as a ‘bright young man with a great future ahead of him’.

“He was a leader of men. His smile would light up the room. His passion for football was unbelievable,” he wrote.

“Voted team MVP this past season and carried a 4.0 GPA. He was looking forward to taking his game to the next level.”

Jeff praised his late son’s commitment and dedication to football, remarking how much the deceased has ‘impacted others’ lives’.

The dad penned: “I love you forever, son. It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. God will take care of us till we meet again. RIP. Love, Dad.”

Austin reportedly had dreams of playing college football (Metcalf family/NBC)

Suspect Karmelo is currently being held at Collin County Jail; no bond has been set, as per the New York Post.

ABC7 News also reports that it is currently unclear whether Karmelo has an attorney at this time.

In the wake of Austin’s death, the Frisco Police Department has said it will continue to support anyone affected during this ‘incredibly difficult time’.

“The Frisco Police Department grieves with all those affected by this devastating loss and extends its deepest condolences to the victim’s family, students, and staff who are experiencing unimaginable pain,” the department said.

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact GrieveWell on (734) 975-0238, or email info@grievewell.com.