will follow Neil Young’s lead and pull her music from Spotify over COVID-misinformation concerns.The two music giants decided to abandon the streaming service in protest of it’s prized podcaster Joe Rogan, who they’ve accused of spreading fake information about COVID vaccines.“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” Mitchell, 78, said in a statement posted to her website on Friday. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.”Mitchell, whose career spans six decades, was awarded the Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2002 and was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2021.Her Canadian compatriot, Young, earlier this week gave Spotify an ultimatum in a since-deleted letter on his website that read: “They can have Neil Young or Rogan.
Not Both.”“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” fumed the 76-year-old Grammy-winner in the note. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.”The following day, Spotify chose Rogan and his popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.”Spotify reportedly paid more than $100 million to be the exclusive home of Rogan’s show.
Young, meanwhile, may lose 60 percent of his streaming income from his defiant stance, he said in a statement on his website.Young said he “sincerely hopes that other artists can make a move” but that didn’t expect them to.
Mitchell appears to be the first to follow suit. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue,” she said in her statement.Young and Mitchell made their departure from the platform.
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