Young’s four-city concert tour to raise funds for ACFN court battles

Singer-songwriter Neil Young will be ending his four-city Honour the Treaties Tour in Calgary on Jan.19. His concerts will help raise money for court challenges by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation revolving around the preservation of treaty rights, species at risk, access issues and public land policies. Last September, Young visited the Fort McMurray area and compared open-pit practises with Hiroshima after the atomic bomb blast. ACFN spokesperson Eriel Deranger said the band had not asked Young for his support when he was in the region. He will be joined on stage by special guest star jazz singer-pianist and fellow Canadian Diana Krall in Calgary, Toronto (Jan. 12), Winnipeg (Jan. 16), and Regina (Jan. 17).