NEIL YOUNG: COASTAL @ 7:30PM

Thurs, Apr 17 • 7:30 PM

Balboa Theatre

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Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, Coastal offers a glimpse behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid. The illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theaters.

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