Neil Younger’s music is being faraway from Spotify’s streaming service after the singer-songwriter objected to his songs taking part in on the identical platform that gives Joe Rogan’s podcast, the corporate and the musician stated on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Younger had launched a letter addressed to his supervisor and document label, Warner Music Group , demanding that Spotify now not carry his music as a result of he stated Rogan spreads misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
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On Wednesday, the Coronary heart of Gold and Rocking Within the Free World singer thanked his document label for “standing with me in my resolution to tug all my music from Spotify,” and he inspired different musicians to do the identical.
“Spotify has grow to be the house of life threatening COVID misinformation,” he stated on his web site. “Lies being offered for cash.”
The Swedish firm stated it labored to stability “each security for listeners and freedom for creators” and had eliminated greater than 20,000 podcast episodes associated COVID-19 in accordance with its “detailed content material insurance policies.”
“We remorse Neil’s resolution to take away his music from Spotify, however hope to welcome him again quickly,” Spotify stated in an announcement.
Rogan, 54, is the host of The Joe Rogan Expertise, the top-rated podcast on Spotify, which holds unique rights to this system.
He has stirred controversy together with his views on the pandemic, authorities mandates and vaccines to manage the unfold of the coronavirus.
Earlier this month, 270 scientists and medical professionals signed a letter urging Spotify to take motion towards Rogan, accusing him of spreading falsehoods on the podcast.
Younger, 76, stated Spotify accounted for 60% of the streaming of his music to listeners world wide. The elimination is “an enormous loss for my document firm to soak up,” he stated.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles and Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Modifying by Devika Syamnath and Alistair Bell)
