Neil Young Is Dan Rather’s Guest On ‘The Big Interview’

Neil Young is Dan Rather’s first guest for the new edition of Rather’s series, “The Big Interview.”

Young will be featured on the Sept. 13 episode airing at 8 p.m. EDT on AXS TV, the cable and satellite channel said Monday. The singer-songwriter discusses his new album, “Earth” and topics including his childhood polio and his experience with the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Other music stars to be interviewed by Rather this season include Meat Loaf (airing Sept. 20); Martina McBride (Sept. 27); Olivia Newton-John (Oct. 4) and Michael Buble (Oct. 11). Additional guests will be announced, AXS TV said.

A marathon of past “Big Interview” shows will air starting at 8 a.m. EDT on Sept. 10, including Rather’s conversations with Frankie Valli, Merle Haggard, Gene Simmons and Loretta Lynn. An interview with the trio of Crosby, Stills & Nash will air at 10 a.m. EDT as part of the retrospective.