#Neil young spotify free

The Wall Street Journal reports that Spotify will not honor Young’s request to pull Rogan and have instead moved forward with the formal request to remove Neil Young’s music from the streaming service starting today. The “Down By The River” singer wrote an open letter on his website (which has since been deleted) telling Spotify to remove his iconic catalog of music from their service if they choose to continue to spread fake information about vaccines via the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on their platform. Not both,” read Neil Young’s ultimatum to Spotify on Monday.

#Neil young spotify free

He’s the composer of such hits as “Heart of Gold,” “Harvest Moon” and “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World.” An audiophile, Young said his fans now have the chance to listen to his music in places where it will sound better.įILE PHOTO: Singer/songwriter Neil Young performs during a concert honoring singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, recipient of the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, in Washington November 18, 2015.“They can have Rogan or Young.

Young, 76, was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1975. He said it was “a huge loss for my record company to absorb.” He said he appreciated his record company, Warner Brothers, standing behind him, since Spotify is responsible for 60 percent of his music being streamed all over the world. “These young people believe Spotify would never present grossly unfactual information,” he said. They’re young, “impressionable and easy to swing to the wrong side of the truth,” he said. Young said that many of Spotify’s listeners are hearing misleading information about COVID. Spotify would not comment on Rogan’s podcast. False suggestions that injecting bleach could fight the virus, that COVID-19 wasn’t real or that vaccines could be deadly were among those removed from the platform. The company says it has a team of experts that reviews content, and it’s removed if the information presented can cause harm or pose a direct threat to public health. Spotify said in a statement on Thursday that “we have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.” Malone has been banned from Twitter for spreading COVID misinformation and has falsely suggested that millions of people have been hypnotized into believing that the vaccines work to prevent serious disease. Robert Malone, an infectious disease specialist who has become a hero in the anti-vaccine community. Spotify airs the popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where last month the comedian interviewed Dr. Young had asked his management and record company publicly on Monday to remove his music from the popular streaming service, where he had more than six million monthly listeners, according to his Spotify home page. “I realized I could not continue to support Spotify’s life-threatening misinformation to the music loving people,” Young said in a statement. It wasn’t immediately clear when his music will actually be taken down. READ MORE: Millions depend on private messaging apps to keep in touch. Spotify, in a statement on Wednesday, said that it regretted Young’s decision, “but hope to welcome him back soon.” NEW YORK (AP) - Neil Young’s music will be removed from Spotify at his request, following the veteran rock star’s protest over the streaming service airing a popular podcast that featured a figure criticized for spreading COVID misinformation.