On January 22, 2010, Young performed "Long May You Run" on the final episode of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien". On the same night, he and Dave Matthews performed the Hank Williams song "Alone and Forsaken", for the "" charity telethon, in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Young also performed "Long May You Run" at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Olympic winter games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In May 2010, it was revealed Young had begun working on a new studio album produced by Daniel Lanois. This was announced by David Crosby, who said that the album "will be a very heartfelt record. I expect it will be a very special record." On May 18, 2010, Young embarked upon a North American solo tour to promote his then upcoming album, "Le Noise", playing a mix of older songs and new material. Although billed as a solo acoustic tour, Young also played some songs on electric guitars, including Old Black. Young continued his Twisted Road tour with a short East Coast venture during spring 2011. Young also contributed vocals to the Elton John–Leon Russell album "The Union", singing the second stanza on the track "Gone to Shiloh" and providing backing vocals.