updated 05/01/02 CSNY TOUR 2002 TOUR STATS FEB 6, 2002 Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit - MI FEB 7, 2002 Nationwide Arena, Columbus - OH FEB 10, 2002 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids - MI FEB 12, 2002 AirCanadaCentre, Toronto - ONT FEB 13, 2002 AirCanadaCentre, Toronto - ONT FEB 15, 2002 Savvis Center, St Louis - MO FEB 17, 2002 United Center, Chicago - IL SLIDESHOW FEB 20, 2002 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis - IN FEB 22, 2002 Madison Square Garden, NYC click for poster Lorraine's Tour notes FEB 23, 2002 Madison Square Garden, NYC click for poster Lorraine's Tour notes FEB 25, 2002 Gund Arena, Cleveland - OH FEB 28, 2002 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford - CT MAR 2, 2002 Fleet Center, Boston - MA MAR 3, 2002 Fleet Center, Boston - MA MAR 5, 2002 First Union Center, Philly - PA MAR 6, 2002 Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh - PA MAR 8, 2002 MCI Center, Washington - DC Lorraine's Tour Notes MAR 9, 2002 The Taj Mark Etess Arena Atlantic City, NJ SLIDESHOW & Tour Notes MAR 11, 2002 Bradley Center, Milwaukee - WI MAR 12, 2002 Target Center, Minneapolis - MN MAR 15, 2002 Tacoma Dome Tacoma - WA RESCHEDULED (Neil has flu) MAR 17, 2002 Rose Garden Arena, Portland - OR RESCHEDULED (Neil has flu) MAR 26, 2002 America West Arena, Phoenix - AZ MAR 27, 2002 Sports Arena, San Diego - CA MAR 29, 2002 MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas - NV MAR 30, 2002 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim - CA APR 1, 2002 Staples Center, Los Angeles - CA APR 4, 2002 Oakland Arena, Oakland - CA APR 5, 2002 Compaq Center, San Jose - CA APR 8, 2002 Pepsi Arena, Denver - CO APR 10, 2002 University of Tx - Austin Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX APR 11, 2002 Reunion Arenna, Dallas - TX APR 13, 2002 National Car Rental Center, Miami - FL APR 14, 2002 Ice Palace, Tampa - FL APR 16, 2002 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC APR 17, 2002 Philips Arena, Atlanta - GA APR 19, 2002 First Union Center, Philly - PA (2nd show) APR 20, 2002 Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD APR 22, 2002 Nassau Coliseum, Hempstead - NY APR 25, 2002 United Center, Chicago - IL April 28, 2002 Tacoma Dome Tacoma - WA rescheduled from March April 29, 2002 Rose Garden Arena, Portland - OR rescheduled from March     POLLSTAR MAGAZINE December 7th, Issue of CSN&Y NOT? Something must have clicked (or perhaps it was the ringing of box office cash registers) during the CSNY2000 tour because the group is doing it again next year. The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Tour of America kicks off February 6th at the Palace of Auburn Hills outside Detroit. The Clear Channel-promoted tour takes the group to arenas in 35 cities, wrapping in April. Tickets start becoming available December 1st and on-sale dates for various cities will run through January. There are three price levels, $39.50, $55 and $85. A limited number of even higher-priced gold circle seats will also be offered. Rolling Stone Issue #888 January 31st, 2002 Tour Report: CSNY Last time around, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young took twenty-six years between tours. So it's a pleasant surprise that the group has planned a thirty-five-city North American arena tour-scheduled to begin on Feb 6th outside Detroit - on the heels of 2000's highly successful outing. Graham Nash predicted last year that the group would be touring more consistently, but this one surprised even him. "We knew we were going to go out again after the last tour was so successful," Nash says. "Then Neil called and said, 'Are you ready to play again?' and I said, 'Sure, when are we going out? August? He said, 'No - let's go out now.'" Stephen Stills, who is also eager to get out on the road, says the recent terrorist attacks and subsequent mobilization of the country acted as a spur. "The feeling was that there was some healing to be done, and I kind of agree," he says. Adds Nash, "I think people need comfort; they need to be distracted from CNN." Not surprisingly, the forty-date 2000 tour - which generated some of the best reviews in CSNY's career - was an extraordinary financial hit, grossing an estimated 43 million. Nash and Stills are the first to admit that the economics or rock and touring have changed dramatically since the group's early days, when rock impresario Bill Graham had to slip $100 bills under the door of the Fillmore East dressing room to entice them out for an encore. "It's gonna cost $500 now," says Nash with a laugh. Adds rueful-sounding Stills, "You gotta understand: That was Bill Graham - he took the cash back." They'll be breaking in a new band: keyboardist Booker T Jones, bassist Duck Dunn and drummer Smokey Potts. "We still feel like we've got the music under our fingers," says Nash. "Last time I was just amazed at how easily we became whatever the hell CSNY is. In the first day of rehearsals, I knew it was a home run." It was also apparent that something else was still the same; the competition between Stills and Neil Young that created both exceptional music and temperamental clashes in the Sixties and Seventies. "Neil and I still have the original dynamic that we discovered in each other back when the cosmos were closer together," Stills says. "We've still got that spark, and we still ignite it in each other. The first time we got together again and played 'Cinnamon Girl,' I knew that we were there. The trick is to count it off at the same tempo every night," he adds with a laugh, "and about once a week Neil would count it off and it would not be the same - things like that just keep it fun." On the last tour, CSNY highlighted songs from their reunion album, Looking Forward. This time, with no plans to record, they'll mix old CSNY songs with new tunes from their solo repertories. "We've got a great band and a choice of over 900 songs between us," says Nash. "We want a couple of brand new songs from each guy." "And wait till you see David in gold lame," cracks Stills, who then turns serious. "What we do is very simple, very organic. We don't have firecrackers and smoke bombs. It sounds trite, but the best way to explain it is: guitars and amps and really good microphones - " "And," chimes in Nash, "you've gotta add to that, great songs and great voices, and you're off and running." "And a couple of quickie bones!" Stills concludes with a giggle. ARTICLE by: Fred Goodman *The article also lists a sample 2k setlist and the current itinerary for 2002 .