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Singer Neil Neil Young, 59, underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm on March 29. He is expected to completely recover, but doctors advised him not to travel or perform. Young experienced blurred vision in mid-March and said he first noticed the problem at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies while he was inducting the Pretenders into the hall. Neil missed Canada's annual music awards (doctors order) in the prairie city where he played in his first bands, but he was lauded by other musicians at the Juno Awards reports Reuters. Young watched the televised awards at the Canadian consulate in New York, and was moved by a performance by k.d. lang, said John Brunton, the show's executive producer.
"If there is a beacon or a bastion of an artist who has maintained his integrity, uncompromising vision, and purity, it is Neil Young," said k.d. lang, who performed Young's "Helpless" during the awards show.
Young's publicist released a statement expressing the singer's disappointment about having to miss the awards ceremony. 'I grew up there and was really looking forward to the show, as well as spending some time with my old friends and family,' the statement read.
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