"What concert?" Neil pleads ignorance.

Veteran rocker sends his regrets to Toronto, but says a third film with Demme could happen
Sep 11, 2009 04:30 AM
Peter Howell, Movie Critic

They say rock 'n' roll never forgets, but someone in charge of Neil Young's itinerary evidently did.

Young tells the Star he never intended to visit hometown Toronto to promote his new concert movie, The Neil Young Trunk Show, in a free public event Monday at Yonge-Dundas Square.

The official TIFF schedule has Young as a confirmed attendee, along with director Jonathan Demme.

"This is the first time I ever heard I was supposed to be there," Young says from his California ranch home near San Rafael. "I didn't know I was a scheduled event."

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