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Neil Young Pushes Amazon Music Four-Month Free Promo After Exiting Spotify

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNeil Young wants his fans to keep on rockin’ in the free world — but on Amazon Music, not Spotify.On Friday, Young announced a special deal with Amazon Music, giving new subscribers four months free of the streamer.

The move by the 76-year-old music icon comes two days after he demanded that Spotify pull his tracks off its service in protest of Spotify’s failure to curb COVID misinformation in “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.On Friday, the Neil Young Archives website directed fans to Amazon Music to take advantage of the offer of the service’s premium Unlimited tier (at this link for U.S.

visitors). Normally, Amazon Music Unlimited (regularly $7.99/month) is free for 30 days to new customers. “Amazon has been leading the pack in bringing Hi-Res audio to the masses, and it’s a great place to enjoy my entire catalog in the highest quality available,” the Neil Young Archives account on Twitter posted Friday.

The tweet added, “Thanks also to Apple Music (I LOVE APPLE) and Qobuz for sticking with my High Res music.”Young is not getting compensation from Amazon to promote the special deal.Amazon Music Unlimited offers access to 75 million songs, without ads.

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