 8/17/2025 - Toronto, Canada - The day started early today driving into Lockport to pickup brother Mike to head north of the border into downtown Toronto for some Toronto Blue Jays baseball and the classic rock of Neil Young in concert at the Budweiser Stage. We crossed the border at Queenston-Lewiston Bridge with no issues. It was a nice day and we drove to Kipling Station on the TTC an took the train into downtown Toronto to avoid CNE traffic. We took the Skywalk from Union Station taking us right to Rogers Centre for the ballgame with red hot Toronto vs Texas Rangers. We had decent tickets and the dome was closed to start the game. The Rangers bats were cranking today and they beat up the Blue Jays 10-4 to avoid a 3 game sweep. They opened the dome during the game which was pretty cool to see as it seemlessly retracts in multiple pieces. After the game, we headed to Trilium Park on Lake Ontario and took in nice views of the Toronto Skyline, the summer flower blooms at the park, planes landing at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and sailboats navigating the lake. A nice August summer day. Soon after we headed to Budeweiser Stage to see Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts perform. We had great seats about sixteen rows back in the sellout crowd. The openers were Astrid Young, Neil Young's half-sister, then Reverend Billy And The Stop Shopping Choir who both were not really that great in my opinion. Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts hit the stage after a brief intermission and played an excellent set on this evening as part of thier Love Earth World Tour. They opened with Ambulance Blues and played a little of everything like Cowgirl In The Sand, Southern Man and Harvest Moon to name a few. The band consisting of Spooner Oldham on organ, Micah Nelson on guitar (Willie's Son), Corey McCormick on bass, and Anthony Logerfo on drums were pretty tight on this evening. They did a good cover of CSNY's Ohio, Buffalo Springfield's Mr. Soul and closed out the set with Old Man. They came out for a two song encore that included a classic This Note's For You that included not singing for Bud to the Budweiser Stage sellout crowd's delight and then closed the show with a nice version of Rockin' In The Free World. A great show that was not as heavy as last years show with Crazy Horse but still very good. We got out late and had a long walk to the TTC station catching the very last train getting to Kiping Station and back home without issue. Another excellent Toronto day. Slideshow |
