Guess Who's Back?
The surprise set took place at a benefit concert honoring Canadian environmental activistDavid Suzuki on his 90th birthday
Neil Young canceled all of his 2026 concert dates earlier this year, and has otherwise kept a fairly low public profile, but he reemerged May 22 for a surprise acoustic set at David Suzuki’s 90th birthday benefit concert, which was held at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Young played “After the Gold Rush” and “Heart of Gold,” marking his first live performance of any kind since the Painted Turtle benefit show on October 25, 2025.
David Suzuki is a prominent Canadian environmental activist, former host of CBC’s The Nature of Things, author of 55 books, and an emeritus professor at the University of British Columbia. Bruce Cockburn, Tara Cullis, Jane Fonda, Al Gore, Rick Hansen, Chantal Kreviazuk, Janelle Lapointe, Sarah McLachlan, and Danny Michel also participated in his birthday concert, which raised funds for the David Suzuki Foundation.
