Neil Young Pulls His Music From Spotify
Young takes a principled stance against the spread of deadly misinformation
Neil Young has always been a man of principle who doesn’t tolerate bullshit.
His latest move is further proof of that.
On Monday, Young sent a letter to his management and to Warner Records, his record label, instructing them to immediately contact Spotify and have his music removed from the streaming platform over the fact that they are allowing COVID-19 misinformation to be spread by Joe Rogan on his podcast.
According to The New York Times:
In his original letter, which Young had addressed to his label, Warner Records, and his manager, he said: “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform. I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform.”
He added: “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.”