Neil Young, who had announced that he would perform a free concert in Ukraine ahead of his European tour with The Chrome Hearts, has cancelled the show, citing safety concerns.

“Our concert in Ukraine is cancelled. We had a good venue, close to a shelter, but the changing situation on the ground was too much,” Young wrote on his Neil Young Archives page. “I could not in good conscience take my crew and instruments into that area. My apologies to all. Ukraine is a great country with a good leader. Slava Ukraini.”

Young, who announced the show earlier this month but didn’t follow up with specific details such as the date and venue for the concert, had previously described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “the crazy war of an old dying guy who wants to relive his life and make things better for himself because of mistakes he thinks were made 50 years ago.”

“We are currently in talks and will make the announcement of details here at NYA,” Young wrote on his website then.

Source: RTT Music News