Neil Young Is Begrudgingly Returning to Spotify After Joe Rogan Boycott

Neil Young bitterly announced Tuesday that his music would once again be available on Spotify, ending his years-long boycott of the platform over its refusal to take down Joe Rogan’s podcast.

The “Heart of Gold” songwriter demanded in early 2022 that his work be scrubbed from Spotify after being angered about “fake information about vaccines” being spread on the platform, specifically criticizing The Joe Rogan Experience for airing bogus claims. Spotify was once the exclusive streamer of Rogan’s show, but the company recently signed a new deal reportedly worth $250 million that will make the podcast available on other streaming platforms too.

In a message to fans on The Neil Young Archives, the singer did not name Rogan but said his decision to return to Spotify “comes as music services Apple and Amazon started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at SPOTIFY.”

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