Neil Young to play benefit concerts for Alberta First Nation fighting oilsands [View all]

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http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/neil-young-to-play-benefit-concerts-for-alberta-first-nation-fighting-oilsands/

EDMONTON – Music legend Neil Young is playing four concerts in his native Canada to benefit a northern Alberta aboriginal band fighting oilsands development in its territory.

Canadian jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall is to appear as a special guest.

Tickets for the January shows scheduled for Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary go on sale Tuesday.

“The theme of the concerts is honour the treaties,” said Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation spokeswoman Eriel Deranger. “All the ticket sales, all the proceeds from the concerts, not a single cent goes to anyone other than (the First Nation).”

Young made his opinion of oilsands development clear when he visited the band and the region last fall. He compared the sight of massive open-pit mines to Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb blast.

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