29, Nils Lofgren, Joni Mitchell join Neil Young in exiting Spotify. All of their catalogs were still available on the platform as of Feb. USA TODAY and other outlets have reported that Mitchell is working to remove her catalog, but there's no evidence the other eight artists have made similar public announcements. Our rating: Partly falseīased on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that nine artists are pulling their music from Spotify in solidarity with Young. Since then, two other artists – former Young bandmate Graham Nash and R&B singer India Arie – have announced they also want their music removed from Spotify. "We will miss the $3.28 we get a year but we will forge ahead righteously."įact check: Experts debunk claim that COVID-19 pneumonia is an allergic reaction "It may not mean a hill of beans but is taking his catalog off his wife, Amy Lofgren, tweeted Jan. Lofgren has been a member of Springsteen's backing band, E Street Band, since 1984. 29, the only other artist that had publicly said they would join Young was guitarist Nils Lofgren, who will remove his solo recordings. More: Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID information amid protestsĪt the time the tweet was posted Jan. USA TODAY did not find evidence that any of those artists have made public plans to remove their work from the platform. 2, the catalogs of Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam and Dave Grohl were still available on Spotify. The rest of the artists mentioned in the claim have made no such announcements.Īs of Feb. Her music still appeared on the platform as of Feb. 28, Mitchell, a Canadian singer-songwriter, said on her website that she wanted her music pulled from Spotify in solidarity with Young. This combination photo shows Neil Young in Calabasas, California., left, and UFC announcer and podcaster Joe Rogan before a UFC event in Seattle. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook and Twitter users who shared the claim for comment. However, among the artists listed in the post, only Mitchell had publicly moved to pull her catalog from Spotify as of Feb. "Breaking: Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Queen, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Dave Grohl, Joni Mitchell, Pearl Jam are removing their music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young!!!" the post reads.įact check: Deceptive edit of interview with CDC director misleads on COVID-19 deathsĪ screenshot of the tweet migrated to Facebook, where it racked up more than 1,400 shares within three days. 29 tweet that claimed nine artists were joining the boycott against Spotify. But some social media posts have mixed up the facts. Two days later, Spotify granted Young's request.Ī handful of artists followed suit. 24, Canadian-American musician Neil Young demanded that Spotify either remove his music or remove comedian Joe Rogan's podcast, which he said was spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. The claim: Nine artists are pulling their music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young
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