MUSIC fans in Southampton are in for a real treat this week when Neil Young comes to town - well, almost.

We might not be getting the man himself but we are having the next best thing - Neil Young on the big screen.

On September 6, Greendale, by Neil Young, is being released on DVD.

To build on the theatrical success of this release in the United States, the DVD's distributors, Sanctuary, have decided to give it a theatrical release in Britain too.

The film is being screened in a limited number of cinemas around the country and Southampton is lucky enough to be the home of one of them.

From Saturday until next Monday, Greendale will be shown at Harbour Lights Picture House, Ocean Village, Southampton.

In Greendale, Neil Young has made what he calls a "musical novel", telling the story of a three-generation family, a policeman's inadvertent murder and the socio-political evolution of a girl.

Not a concert film, Young directed actors on locations on his northern California home turf to create his Greendale, a rural town microcosm of a world in crisis.

Greendale is a humanist fable told through ten interlocking songs performed by Young, who never appears in the film, but whose distinctive voice is heard singing the story and the dialogue of his lip-synching actors.

We have got together with Sanctuary to give five readers the chance to see the film at the cinema and to enjoy it in the comfort of their own home with a copy of Greendale on DVD.

The winners will receive a pair of tickets to see the film next Monday, as well as a copy of the DVD.

COMPETITION:

To be in with a chance of winning, answer the following question:

For which 1990s Tom Hanks film did Neil Young provide the title track?

Send your entry, including your daytime phone number, to: Neil Young Competition, Sally Churchward, Southern Daily Echo, Newspaper House, Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton, SO16 9JX.

Alternatively, you can email it to Sally Churchward using the link above. Entries must be received by Thursday, August 26.