In case you missed it, Lana Del Rey just gave Neil Young’s The Needle and the Damage Done her own haunting twist.
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The performance went down at Harvest Moon, Young’s annual benefit show in Lake Hughes, California, where proceeds support the Bridge School and the Painted Turtle Camp. Sharing the stage with Beck, Tyler Ramsey, Muireann Bradley, and Masanga Marimba, Del Rey delivered a stripped-down acoustic version of the 1972 classic.
Fans at the show also caught a sweet surprise: a duet with her young niece that added another layer of intimacy to the night.
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Del Rey’s next move is already sparking curiosity. Her follow-up to 2023’s Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd has gone through a few identities, first Lasso, then The Right Person Will Stay, and now Stove, slated for release in January 2026. Once rumored to be her “country record,” Lana’s now describing it as “more Southern gothic,” with lighter, melodic songwriting that leans into American Songbook territory.
“If you hang in long enough, it just feels easy,” she told NME. “There’s no vindication, no nothing. I’m just kind of happy to be here.”
Meanwhile, Neil Young’s still proving the old ways work. Fresh off a Glastonbury headlining set that critics called “the definition of no frills,” he’s gearing up for a 50th-anniversary reissue of Tonight’s The Night and pulling his catalog from Amazon Music with a rallying cry to “buy local.”
What’s your favourite cover song, all-time? Is that even possible to narrow down?
