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Neil Diamond is back with his eagerly anticipated new studio LP Home Before Dark, released May 12th, on Columbia. Collaborating once again with legendry producer Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Tom Petty), Home Before Dark, is a vivid 12 track masterclass in compelling songwriting and the follow up to 2005's highly acclaimed '12 songs'.

Home Before Dark, features twelve original songs written by Neil Diamond and was recorded in Los Angeles with guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench (from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), along with bassist/acoustic guitarist Smokey Hormel and guitarist Matt Sweeney. Highlights on the album are many, including the stunning lead single 'Pretty Amazing Grace' and a striking duet with the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines on 'Another Day (That Time Forgot)'. The album will also be available as a deluxe version that includes two bonus tracks and a DVD with rare footage of Diamond in the studio.

Neil's last album '12 Songs' went in at number five in the UK charts, and at number four in the US Billboard chart. It sold 200,000 in the UK and was Diamond's highest-charting debut to date. After four decades, one hundred and twenty-five million worldwide record sales, three dozen Top Forty hits, a Grammy and a Golden Globe, Neil Diamond is just getting started.

Playing songs from Home Before Dark, and tracks from his illustrious career, Neil Diamond will embark on a long awaited worldwide tour beginning May 24th in Rotterdam before he plays nine dates in the UK in June.

Full track listing:

If I Don't See You Again

Pretty Amazing Grace

Don't Go There

Another Day (That Time Forgot) (with Natalie Maines)

One More Bite Of The Apple

Forgotten

Act Like A Man

Whose Hands Are These

No Words

The Power Of Two

Slow It Down