India Arie announced she was pulling her music from the platform on Instagram that same day. “Having heard the COVID disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend Neil Young, and I am requesting that my solo recording be removed from the service,” Graham Nash said in a statement. On February 1, Graham Nash and India Arie announced they would be removing their music from Spotify.
He says he disagrees with his shows being labeled as misinformation but agreed with the COVID-19 advisories. He explained that his podcasts are conversations he’s having with all kinds of people and thanks Spotify for being supportive of his show.
He released a 10-minute video addressing Neil Young and Joni Mitchell directly. An internal memo revealed that Joe Rogan’s podcast didn’t “meet the threshold for removal.” On January 30, Joe Rogan finally issued a formal response on his Instagram page. The company also said it would update the platform rules and that rule-breaking content would be removed from the platform. Following a building boycott, Spotify announced it would take measures to add advisories to podcasts that discuss COVID-19. Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band pulled his music over coronavirus misinformation. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”įollowing Mitchell’s removal of her music, other artists joined in. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell’s statement begins. “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify. On January 28, Joni Mitchell announced her music would be removed. Following that appeal, Joni Mitchell announced she would join Young in removing her music from the platform. “I sincerely hope that other artists and record companies will move off the Spotify platform and stop supporting Spotify’s deadly misinformation about COVID,” Young wrote the day his songs were removed. Following the removal of his music from Spotify, Young said he hoped other artists would join him.
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