In a furious row with Joe Rogan, Neil Young demanded Spotify delete all his music.
In an open letter to his manager and record label telling them to have his catalogue taken down the Heart of Gold singer writes: ‘They can have Rogan or Young. It’s not both.
Young took aim at the streaming service, which features 72 albums, for spreading fake information about vaccines.
In the now-deleted online letter he specifically took aim at comedian and podcaster Rogan, who a $100m deal with Spotify giving them exclusive rights to his show, The Joe Rogan Experience.
In a furious row with Joe Rogan, a podcaster who spread misinformation about vaccines and demanded Spotify take his music off their streaming platform, Neil Young demands Spotify do away with it.
In the now-deleted online letter he specifically took aim at comedian and podcaster Rogan, saying: ‘I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform … They can have Rogan or Young. One of them.
JRE has an average of 11 million viewers per episode. [Joe Rogan Experience]He writes that ‘The world’s biggest podcast, ‘which is exclusively hosted on Spotify’, has significant influence.
He wrote that Spotify is responsible for preventing misinformation from spreading on the platform. However, the company does not have a misinformation policy at the moment.
He added: ‘I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform … They can have Rogan or Young. They can’t have both.
‘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.
“Please take immediate action and inform me about the timing.
MailOnline has reached out to Spotify for comments.
The letter was addressed to Frank Gironda, Young’s manager, and Warner Records which releases his work through Reprise Records.
After Joe Rogan hosted Dr Robert Malone’s controversial show last month, 270 medical experts and professionals called for Spotify to implement a misinformation policy.
Gironda said that Gironda had confirmed his letter to Daily Beast. He added, “It’s something really important to Neil. He’s very upset … we’re trying to figure this out right now.’
Young’s letter does not represent the first time Spotify has been criticised for their relationship with Joe Rogan.
After Dr Robert Malone hosted the controversial show last month, experts and doctors urged the streaming company to change its misinformation policies.
In a now viral episode 1757 of The Joe Rogan Show, Malone said that the US was like Nazi Germany. He also claimed today’s society is suffering from a “mass formation psychosis” over vaccine use.
He also claimed to be part of the team that invented the mRNA technology used in the Covid-19 jab and said pharmaceutical companies administering vaccines – such as Pfizer and Moderna – have ‘financial conflicts of interest’.
Hundreds of medical professionals have fact-checked Malone and demanded accountability from Spotify – which spent a reported $100million on exclusive streaming rights to the Joe Rogan Experience in 2021.
They wrote an open letter stating that JRE was the largest podcast in the world and had a tremendous impact.
Spotify is required to prevent misinformation being spread on its platform. The company has however, at the moment, no misinformation policy.
Rogan is accused of ‘broadcasting misinformation’ in particular about the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter also claims that Malone’s episode promoted “baseless conspiracy theories” including the unfounded notion that social leaders have hypnotized the public.