"Politics today is sad and depressing for me. I can't do it anymore"
"Just needed a break. Listening to my body"
The inaugural edition of the festival takes place in June
Young had dates scheduled across the UK at the likes of Manchester's Heaton Park, Oxford's Blenheim Palace and the inaugural State Fayre Festival in Chelmsford
"I hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government"
"He knows nothing about love. He does not know you are. Use your love of life, your love of one another, your love of children and theirs and ours"
He also played songs by Neil Young, Dory Previn, Gillian Welch and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
“You can expect the unexpected and the faithful in equal measure”
The new Essex festival celebrates rock, country, folk and Americana
New shows include stops in Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff
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