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Neil Young removes his music from Spotify

2022-01-27T02:51:59.024Z


The American-Canadian singer thus intends to protest against the hosting by the streaming platform of an antivax podcast.


American-Canadian singer Neil Young is carrying out his threat: after accusing Spotify of disinformation on the Covid by hosting the podcast of the popular and controversial Joe Rogan, he confirmed on Wednesday January 26 his spectacular decision to withdraw his music from the platform. streaming.

" I

want to thank my very large and supportive record company Warner Brothers-Reprise Records who supports me in my decision to remove all my music from Spotify

," wrote the 76-year-old musician on his Internet site

, noting that the platform accounts for 60% of its streaming revenue.

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Neil Young has 2.4 million subscribers and more than six million listeners per month on Spotify, the world leader in music streaming.

But Joe Rogan's podcast, exclusive content from the Swedish platform, which racks up millions of plays, was number 1 on Spotify in 2021.

“Spotify has become a place for potentially deadly Covid misinformation.

Lies sold for money”

, asserts Neil Young in his message.

We regret Neil's decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon.

»

Spotify

The prolific singer, known for hits

Heart of Gold

and

Harvest Moon

, also cites a letter from more than 200 doctors and scientists recently asking the platform to take action after a

'highly controversial'

episode of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' (JRE), broadcast on December 31.

“This episode is criticized for promoting baseless conspiracy theories and the JRE has a disturbing history of spreading false information, particularly regarding the Covid-19 pandemic

,” they wrote.

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As of 11 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, his music was still available on the platform, but it is expected to be taken down in the coming hours, according to the

Wall Street Journal

.

“We have removed over 20,000 Covid-related podcast episodes since the start of the pandemic. We regret Neil's decision to remove his music from Spotify, but we hope to welcome him back soon

,” a spokesperson for the platform also confirmed, quoted by several American media.

The popular Joe Rogan, whose contract signed with Spotify last year is estimated at 100 million dollars, is accused of having discouraged vaccination among young people and of having pushed for the use of an unauthorized treatment, ivermectin, against the virus.

“They can have Rogan or Young.

Not both

,” said Neil Young, whose latest album,

Barn

, was released at the end of 2021. The career-long folk-rock singer said he hoped other artists and record labels would follow suit.

Source: lefigaro

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