Neil Young ♥ Jeff Bezos: Iconic Songwriter Pitches Amazon Music After Exiting Spotify Over Joe Rogan Vaccine Claims

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A day after Neil Young’s music left Spotify, the “Heart of Gold” singer is showing nothing but love for Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Music.Big free-trial love that is, and a solid middle finger to Spotify.Having requested earlier this week that his songs leave the Swedish music streamer if Spotify continued to support Joe Rogan’s “spread of misinformation” over Covid vaccines, Young took to social media this afternoon to praise Amazon Music and offer relocating fans a sweet deal:Barry Manilow Spotify Rumor Is False, Singer Confirms All folks looking for my music can easily head to AMAZON MUSIC and click here https://t.co/xvhKGMkA36 – all new listeners will get four months free.

pic.twitter.com/a66GaGUKEk— Neil Young Archives (@NeilYoungNYA) January 28, 2022My music is also available in the highest quality at https://t.co/Lw3ovmPLRtlove earthbe wellneil— Neil Young Archives (@NeilYoungNYA) January 28, 2022The idea for the nearly 120-day free-trial period came after Young got in touch with Amazon, a well-placed source confirms to Deadline.SiriusXM Relaunches Neil Young Radio Limited Channel Following Spotify RemovalAll of Young’s extensive catalog spanning more than 50 years has been on Amazon Music for quite a while, but this dust-up with Spotify and its $100 million podcaster Rogan certainly puts a very big spotlight on that fact for fans and followers of science.“They can have Rogan or Young.

Not both,” the rocker wrote in an open letter. “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.”While Young’s albums are all gone from Spotify, songs from his former bands Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young