Promise of Glory

Neil Young + Promise of the Real's live album 'Noise & Flowers' captures the group in all their glory on their 2019 European tour. The release will be accompanied by a concert film that shares the same title and is included in the album's 2xLP+CD+Blu-ray Deluxe Edition. 'Noise & Flowers' documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young's lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at the age of 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young approached each show as a celebratory memorial service to honour his late friend. In paying tribute to the manager who guided Young's career for over a half-century, 'Noise & Flowers' explores all corners of his vast discography. It balances all-timer anthems with rarely aired '70s deep cuts and '90s gems. His frequent backing band since 2015, Promise of the Real effectively bridges the extremes in Young's sound, infusing his raging rockers and country serenades with their casual brilliance and telepathic intuition.

Neil Young + Promise of the Real's live album 'Noise & Flowers' captures the group in all their glory on their 2019 European tour.

Antoni Gaudí’s monumental temple La Sagrada Familia is a universe within a building. Its mass of stone and metal is bathed in coloured light diffused from dazzling stained glass windows. The colossal structure is supported by great pillars inspired by the shapes of tree trunks that re-inforce the impression of a spiritual forest. Around the main access points to the basilica are three great facades; Nativity, Passion and Glory. Each is a visual world unto itself, stylistically apart yet united by Gaudí’s grandiose vision. These three facades are the inspiration of my three-movement La Sagrada Familia Symphony.