The compilations feature live performances from some of the biggest stars to have appeared at the annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, David Bowie, Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, James Taylor, Pearl Jam and R.E.M.

The Bridge School Benefit Concerts are organised by Neil Young and his wife Pegi to benefit the Bridge School, which is a school for children with special needs. This year’s show takes place over two days on October 22 and October 23. Artists scheduled to perform include Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, Diana Krall, Beck, Mumford & Sons and more.

The 3-DVD edition of the set contains the following performances:

Disc 1

• “Born In The USA” – Bruce Springsteen
• “People Have The Power” – Patti Smith
• “Better Man” – Pearl Jam
• “Heroes” – David Bowie
• “There Will Be a Light” – Ben Harper
• “Girl From The North Country” – Bob Dylan
• “Country Feedback” – R.E.M.
• “Love Hurts” – Emmylou Harris & Buddy Miller
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “The Road Is My Middle Name” – Bonnie Raitt
• “Rebel Yell” – Billy Idol.

Disc 2

• “Surfin’ USA” – Brian Wilson
• “The Way It Will Be” – Gillian Welch
• “Sense of Purpose” – The Pretenders
• “Fire and Rain” – James Taylor
• “America” – Simon and Garfunkel
• “Shadow of a Doubt” – Tom Petty
• “Too Much” – Dave Matthews
• “Crime In The City” – Neil Young
• “16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six” – Tom Waits
• “A Dream Come True” – Elton John & Leon Russell
• “Get Back” – Paul McCartney
• “Disposable Heroes” – Metallica
• “Won’t Get Fooled Again” – The Who.

Disc 3

Documentaries:

• Backstage at the Bridge School Benefit Concert
• The Bridge School Story
• Special Feature – Student/Artist Interviews.

The 2-CD edition contains the following tracks:

Disc 1

• “Born In The USA” – Bruce Springsteen
• “Too Much” – Dave Matthews
• “Magic’s In The Makeup” – No Doubt
• “Gone” – Jack Johnson
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “Love And Only Love” – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• “Rain on Tin” – Sonic Youth
• “Better Man” – Pearl Jam
• “The Way It Will Be” – Gillian Welch
• “Country Feedback” – R.E.M. and Neil Young
• “The Great Divide” – Willie Nelson
• “Cry Just a Little” – Nils Lofgren.

Disc 2

• “Elsewhere” – Sarah McLachlan
• “Get Back” – Paul McCartney
• “A Dream Come True” – Elton John & Leon Russell
• “Marry Song” – Band Of Horses
• “Disposable Heroes” – Metallica
• “After The Gold Rush” – Thom Yorke
• “The Difficult Kind” – Sheryl Crow
• “Maybe This Time” – Tony Bennett
• “Déjà Vu” – CSNY
• “Jesus, Etc” – Norah Jones
• “I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar” – Jonathan Richman
• “Surfin’ USA” – Brian Wilson
• “Won’t Get Fooled Again” – The Who.

The vinyl edition features the same content as the CD edition.

You can pre-order “The Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition” now. Only the CD version is available in the UK.

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Commenting on the writing process, Young said:

Young’s father, Scott, was a journalist whose 1984 book “Neil and Me” explored his relationship with his famous son.

Blue Rider Press president, David Rosenthal, added:

Furay’s manager, David Spero, discussed the delay with Rolling Stone:

To celebrate Canada Day, here’s some tracks from five of Canada’s successful musical exports.

Joni Mitchell – “Big Yellow Taxi”

Neil Young – “Heart Of Gold”

Gordon Lightfoot – “Canadian Railroad Trilogy”

The Guess Who – “American Woman”

Steppenwolf – “Born To Be Wild”

The folk rockers will play seven dates, concluding with their appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN on June 11.

Buffalo Springfield were together for two years, from 1966 to 1968, during which time they released three albums. Their final concert appearance was at the Long Beach Arena on May 5, 1968.

The band first reunited last year for the Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, CA. As with last year’s gig, the line-up for the forthcoming tour includes founding members Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. Rick Rosas and Joe Vitale take the place of the late Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin, respectively.

The following Buffalo Springfield tour dates have been confirmed:

• June 1 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
• June 2 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
• June 4 – Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA
• June 5 – Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA
• June 7 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
• June 8 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
• June 11 – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival – Manchester, TN.

Gillian Welch will open the shows.

Neil Young will be joining the Buffalo Springfield tour fresh from his own solo Twisted Road tour, which commences on April 15 in Durham, NC, and concludes on May 7 in Chicago, IL.

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The tour starts in Durham, NC on April 15 and concludes in Chicago, IL on May 7.

Here’s the full list of Neil Young dates:

• April 15 – Durham PAC, Durham, NC
• April 17 – Landmark Theater, Richmond, VA
• April 19 – Wang Theatre, Boston, MA
• April 20 – Wang Theatre, Boston, MA
• April 22 – Providence PAC, Providence, RI
• April 24 – Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
• April 25 – Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
• April 27 – Hippodrome, Baltimore, MD
• April 28 – Hippodrome, Baltimore, MD
• April 30 – Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
• May 1 – Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
• May 3 – Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH
• May 4 – Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI
• May 6 – Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
• May 7 – Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL.

The tour will likely feature most tracks from Young’s “Le Noise” CD, which was released last September. The “Le Noise” film, which features footage of Young performing the eight album tracks in the studio, was released on DVD and Blu-ray in January of this year.

After the Twisted Road tour, Young will join the reunited Buffalo Springfield at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June. A Buffalo Springfield tour might also happen later in the year, as both David Crosby and guitarist Richie Furay have hinted at the possibility.

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Country group Lady Antebellum were the big winners, picking up five awards for “Need You Now”, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Album of the Year went to Arcade Fire for “The Suburbs” which had lost out to The Black Keys’ “Brothers” in the Best Alternative Music Album category.

Jay-Z was another big winner with three awards, including Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Empire State of Mind.” Lady Gaga won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Bad Romance” and Best Pop Vocal Album for “The Fame Monster.” Her “Bad Romance” video also won in the Best Short Form Music Video category, beating Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project” from the album “American VI: Ain’t No Grave.” Lady Gaga quite bizarrelly arrived at the event inside a giant egg which was carried down the red carpet by several attendants. I’ll let you decide whether this was tedious and gimmicky or a great artistic statement.

Jeff Beck had received five nominations and won in the following three categories:

• Best Pop Instrumental Performance – “Nessun Dorma”
• Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals – “Imagine” from “The Imagine Project” (nominated with Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1 and Oumou Sangare)
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance – “Hammerhead” from “Emotion & Commotion.”

Paul McCartney won Best Solo Rock Vocal for a live version of “Helter Skelter” from his album “Good Evening New York City.” This was McCartney’s first solo Grammy in 39 years. The category was dominated by veteran artists, namely Eric Clapton for “Run Back to Your Side”, Neil Young for “Angry World” and Robert Plant for “Silver Rider.” Plant was also out of luck in the Best Americana Album category, with his critically-acclaimed “Band Of Joy” eclipsed by Mavis Staples’ “You Are Not Alone.” Young had more success, with his “Angry World” winning Best Rock Song. Neil Young had never before won a Grammy for a musical performance.

Best Historical Album went to “The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)” mono set, which did well to beat out the excellent Buddy Holly box set “Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More.“

Buddy Guy won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album for “Living Proof” in a category that included the late Solomon Burke. Burke was not forgotten during the ceremony though. Mick Jagger paid tribute to the soul legend by singing his classic “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.” The Rolling Stones had covered the song in 1965 on their second UK album “The Rolling Stones No. 2.”

Michael Jackson received a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance nomination for “This Is It” but lost out to Bruno Mars for “Just The Way You Are.”

The Doors documentary, “When You’re Strange”, picked up the award for Best Long Form Music Video. The competition had included the popular “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.”

Folk legend Pete Seeger, aged 91, won Best Musical Album For Children for “Tomorrow’s Children.” He was not the most senior of the winners though as Pinetop Perkins, aged 97, won the Best Traditional Blues Album award for “Joined At The Hip.”

There were also lifetime achievement awards for Dolly Parton, Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, the Juilliard String Quartet, the Kingston Trio, the Ramones and George Beverly Shea. Julie Andrews also won the Best Spoken Word Album For Children award for “Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies.”

As usual, there was an eclectic mix of performances during the Grammys ceremony, with all five Album of the Year and Best New Artist nominees performing, including Arcade Fire, Eminem (with Dr Dre), Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Kate Perry, Esperanza Spalding, Justin Bieber (with Usher and Jaden Smith), Drake, Florence + the Machine, and Mumford & Sons. The latter category was won by jazz artists Esperanza Spalding, not the hugely popular Bieber.

Yolanda Adams, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride and Florence Welch sang a special tribute to Aretha Franklin – described as a “get well card” by the producer – which closed with a high-powered singalong on “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves.” A more subtle performance was delivered by Norah Jones, Keith Urban and John Mayer who sang “Jolene” in tribute to Dolly Parton.

There were also appearances from Bob Dylan, who played harmonica with Best New Artist nominee Mumford & Sons, and from Barbra Streisand, who sang her 1976 classic “Evergreen.” Streisand was this year’s recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award, which recognised her accomplishments as an artist and humanitarian.

Click here to view the complete list of Grammy Award winners.

Juno Awards are presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS).

Melanie Berry, President & CEO of CARAS/The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts, said:

Young has received five Juno Awards in the past, including Album of the Year for “Harvest Moon” in 1995 and, most recently, Adult Alternative Album of the Year for “Living With War” in 2007. He was inducted to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1982.

The 40th Juno Awards will be broadcast live on CTV from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on March 27. Shania Twain is this year’s inductee to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Nominations for the other categories will be announced next Tuesday (February 1).

Past recipients of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award include Bryan Adams (2010) and Sarah McLachlan (2009).

Young has also received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance category for the track “Angry World.” “Angry World” is on Young’s latest album, “Le Noise,” which was released last September. The “Le Noise” film, which features footage of Young performing the eight album tracks in the studio, goes on general release on DVD and Blu-ray next week. These were previously Amazon exclusives.

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Ahead of Beck in this year’s nominations are Eminem with 10; Bruno Mars with seven; and Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum, and Lady Gaga each with six.

Jeff Beck is nominated for:

• Best Rock Album for “Emotion & Commotion”
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance for “Nessun Dorma” from “Emotion & Commotion”
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Hammerhead” from “Emotion & Commotion”
• Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for “Imagine” from “The Imagine Project” (nominated with Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1 and Oumou Sangare)
• Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for “I Put a Spell On You” from “Emotion & Commotion” (nominated with Joss Stone).

Nominations for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance are dominated by older artists, including:

• Eric Clapton for “Run Back To Your Side” from “Clapton”
• Paul McCartney for “Helter Skelter” from “Good Evening New York City”
• Neil Young for “Angry World” from “Le Noise.” “Angry Noise” is also nominated for Best Rock Song
• Robert Plant for “Silver Rider” from “Band of Joy.” Plant’s “Band of Joy” is also nominated for Best Americana Album, with competition from Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash, Los Lobos and Mavis Staples.

There are also nominations for:

• Michael Jackson – Best Pop Vocal for “This Is It”
• Robby Krieger (former member of The Doors) – Best Pop Instrumental Album for “Singularity”
• Rod Stewart – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for “Fly Me To The Moon. The Great American Songbook: Volume V”
• Solomon Burke – Best Contemporary Blues Album for “Nothing’s Impossible”
• Buddy Guy – Best Contemporary Blues Album for “Living Proof.”

The excellent Buddy Holly box set, “Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More“, is nominated for Best Historical Album. Those expecting to see the new Springsteen, Lennon, Dylan, Elvis or Hendrix sets competing in this category will have to wait until next year’s nominations as they missed the deadline for inclusion.

Nominees for the Best Long Form Music Video include “When You’re Strange” and “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.”

Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project” from the album “American VI: Ain’t No Grave” will fight it out for Best Short Form Music Video with Lady Gaga; Cee Lo Green; Gorillaz, Mos Def & Bobby Womack; and Eminem & Rihanna.

The Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year nominations are as follows:

Album of the Year

• “Recovery” – Eminem
• “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
• “The Fame Monster” – Lady Gaga
• “Teenage Dream” – Katy Perry
• “The Suburbs” – Arcade Fire.

Record of the Year

• “Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
• “Nothin’ on You” – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
• “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
• “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
• “F**k You” – Cee Lo Green.

Song of the Year

A full list of nominees in the 109 (yes 109!) categories is available on the Grammy Awards website.

The 53rd Grammy Awards airs live from L.A.’s Staples Center on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 8 pm on CBS.