Guitarist Nils Lofgren of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band announced that he had also decided to pull over two decades worth of music from Spotify. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” Nils Lofgren

“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” the ‘Help Me’ singer wrote. In her statement, Mitchell referred to both Young’s letter and the petition posted and backed by 270 scientists, professors, and medical professionals who shared an open letter with Spotify on New Years Eve requesting for the streaming giant to implement a misinformation policy.

Joni Mitchell followed Neil Young in declaring that she, too, would be removing her music from Spotify.

Now, as the hashtag #CancelSpotify grows momentum across social media, a number of other artists have followed suit by removing their entire catalogues from the streaming platform in support of Young. I want to thank my truly great and supportive record company Warner Brothers – Reprise Records, for standing with me in my decision to pull all my music from Spotify. “I was prepared to do all I could and more just to make sure that happened. I announced I was leaving anyway, because I knew I was.” “Before I told my friends at Warner Bros about my desire to leave the Spotify platform, I was reminded by my own legal forces that contractually I did not have the control of my music to do that. “I realised I could not continue to support Spotify’s life-threatening misinformation to the music-loving public,” wrote Young. In 2020, the podcast made an exclusive deal with Spotify reported to be worth $100 million.

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