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===Health condition and new material (2000s)=== [[File:Csny-8-20-06.jpg|thumb|[[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] perform at the [[PNC Bank Arts Center]] in 2006. (From L to R: Nash, Stills, Young, and Crosby)|left]] Young continued to release new material at a rapid pace through the first decade of the new millennium. The studio album ''[[Silver & Gold (Neil Young album)|Silver & Gold]]'' and live album ''[[Road Rock Vol. 1]]'' were released in 2000 and were both accompanied by live concert films. His 2001 single "Let's Roll" was a tribute to the victims of the [[September 11 attacks]], and the [[Let's Roll|effective action taken by the passengers and crew]] on [[United Airlines flight 93|Flight 93]] in particular.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011216song1216lnp5.asp|title=Flight 93's Beamer Inspires Song by Neil Young|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=December 16, 2001|access-date=April 4, 2009|first=Linton|last=Weeks}}</ref> In 2003, Young released ''[[Greendale (album)|Greendale]]'', a [[concept album]] recorded with Crazy Horse members Billy Talbot and [[Ralph Molina]]. The songs loosely revolved around the murder of a police officer in a small California town and its effects on the town's inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbox-online.com/ny-green.html|title=Greendale Review|publisher=The Music Box|date=November 2003|access-date=April 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609153924/http://www.musicbox-online.com/ny-green.html|archive-date=June 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under the pseudonym "Bernard Shakey", Young directed an accompanying film of the same name, featuring actors lip-synching to the music from the album. He toured extensively with the ''Greendale'' material throughout 2003 and 2004, first with a solo, acoustic version in Europe, then with a full-cast stage show in North America, Japan, and Australia. Young began using [[biodiesel]] on the 2004 Greendale tour, powering his trucks and tour buses with the fuel. "Our Greendale tour is now ozone friendly", he said. "I plan to continue to use this government approved and regulated fuel exclusively from now on to prove that it is possible to deliver the goods anywhere in North America without using foreign oil, while being environmentally responsible."<ref name="biodiesel">{{cite web|url=http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2004/02/hollywood-stars-shine-spotlight-on-green-power-10616|title=Hollywood Stars Shine Spotlight on Green Power | Renewable Energy News Article|publisher=Renewableenergyworld.com|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> [[File:Stephen Stills and Neil Young 2006.jpg|thumb|Stills and Young performing together on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 2006 tour]] ====2005 health issues==== In March 2005, while working on the ''[[Prairie Wind]]'' album in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]],<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1110988,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210222145/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1110988,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2005 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title=Resurrection of Neil Young, Continued |date=September 28, 2005 |access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref> Young was diagnosed with a brain [[aneurysm]]. He was treated successfully with a minimally invasive [[Neuroradiology|neuroradiological]] procedure and performed in a New York hospital on March 29,<ref>{{cite news|title=Neil Young Treated for 'Dangerous' Aneurysm|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/01/neil.young/|work=CNN|date=April 1, 2005|access-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref> but passed out two days later on a New York street from bleeding from the [[femoral artery]], which radiologists had used to access the aneurysm.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Resurrection of Neil Young|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1109363,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130091826/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1109363,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 30, 2005|magazine=Time|date=September 26, 2005|access-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref> The complication forced Young to cancel his scheduled appearance at the [[Juno Awards]] telecast in Winnipeg, but within months he was back on stage, appearing at the close of the [[Live 8]] concert in [[Barrie, Ontario]], on July 2. During the performance, he debuted a new song, a soft hymn called "When God Made Me". Young's brush with death influenced ''Prairie Wind''{{'}}s themes of retrospection and mortality.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Prairie Wind Music Review|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neilyoung/albums/album/7637213/review/7645148/prairie_wind|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002044614/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neilyoung/albums/album/7637213/review/7645148/prairie_wind|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2007|magazine=Rollingtone|date=October 6, 2005|access-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref> ====Jonathan Demme concert film==== A Jonathan Demme concert film from a 2007 concert at the [[Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)|Tower Theater]] in [[Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania]], called the ''[[Neil Young Trunk Show]]'' premiered on March 21, 2009, at the [[South by Southwest]] (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas. It was featured at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2009, and was released in the US on March 19, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236244/releaseinfo|title=Neil Young Trunk Show (2009) |website=IMDb.com}}</ref> to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite news|title=Neil Young Trunk Show. At the New York Times.|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/movies/19young.html|work=The New York Times|first=Mike|last=Hale|access-date=May 20, 2010|date=March 19, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stephen|first=John|url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/movies/reviews-movies/2010/03/neil-young-trunk-show-review/|title=Neil Young Trunk Show Review (Blast Magazine, 9 March 2010)|website=Blastmagazine.com|date=March 9, 2010|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=John Stephen Dwyer|url=http://www.bostonlowbrow.com/2010/03/jonathan-demme-receives-coolidge-award-premiers-neil-young-trunk-show/|title=Demme Receives Coolidge Award, Premiers Trunk Show|publisher=Bostonlowbrow.com|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102200005/http://www.bostonlowbrow.com/2010/03/jonathan-demme-receives-coolidge-award-premiers-neil-young-trunk-show/|archive-date=November 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> ====Glastonbury, Isle of Wight==== In 2009, Young headlined the [[New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival]], and [[Glastonbury Festival]] in [[Pilton, Somerset|Pilton, England]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2009/artists/neilyoung/index.shtml|title=Neil Young Keep on Rocking in the Free World|publisher=bbc Glastonbury online|access-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> at [[Hard Rock Calling]] in London (where he was joined onstage by [[Paul McCartney]] for a rendition of "[[A Day in the Life]]") and, after years of unsuccessful booking attempts, the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2009|Isle of Wight Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-young-to-play-isle-of-wight-festival-1.792917?ref=rss|title=Neil Young Announced as Final Isle of Wight Festival Headliner|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|access-date=March 5, 2009|date=March 7, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510093609/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-young-to-play-isle-of-wight-festival-1.792917?ref=rss|archive-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>
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