Spotify removing Neil Young’s music after rocker’s Joe Rogan ultimatum
- Veteran US rocker Neil Young said Joe Rogan spreads Covid-19 misinformation
- Rogan hosts a top-rated podcast on Spotify, which holds exclusive rights to show
Neil Young made good on his vow to have his music removed from Spotify after demanding the streaming service choose between him and Joe Rogan, the controversial podcaster accused of spreading disinformation.
The prolific, legendary singer behind “Heart of Gold” and “Harvest Moon” had published an open letter this week accusing Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death” by putting out Rogan’s podcast that racks up millions of listens.
On Wednesday he published a second letter to his website, thanking his record company, Warner’s Reprise Records for their support “in the name of truth”.
He said Spotify accounts for 60 per cent of his music’s global streaming income
Young has deemed the stand worth it: “Spotify has become the home of life threatening Covid misinformation,” he wrote. “Lies being sold for money.”
“I realised I could not continue to support SPOTIFY’s life threatening misinformation to the music loving public.”