{"id":74700,"date":"2022-01-31T00:20:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T18:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/nils-lofgren-joins-neil-young-in-spotify-boycott\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T00:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T18:50:58","slug":"nils-lofgren-joins-neil-young-in-spotify-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/nils-lofgren-joins-neil-young-in-spotify-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Nils Lofgren Joins Neil Young in Spotify Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nils Lofgren, a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s E Street Band, and empowerment lecturer Bren\u00e9 Brown have joined Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in boycotting Spotify, over the streamer\u2019s \u201cpromoting lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement on the Neil Young Archives<\/a> site on Saturday, Lofgren similarly pointed to an open letter written\u00a0earlier this month from more than 260 scientists, medical professionals, professors and science communicators urging Spotify to take action against \u201cmass-information events\u201d on its platform, singling out Rogan\u2019s podcast in particular.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few days ago, my wife and I became aware of Neil and Daryl [Hannah] standing with hundreds of health care professionals, scientists, doctors and nurses in calling out Spotify for promoting lies and misinformation that are hurting and killing people,\u201d Lofgren wrote. \u201cWhen these heroic women and men, who\u2019ve spent their lives healing and saving ours, cry out for help you don\u2019t turn your back on them for money and power. You listen and stand with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Nils<\/p><\/div>\n

In the statement, Lofgren said that he and his team have gotten \u201cthe last 27 years of my music\u201d removed from Spotify, and noted that they are reaching out to the labels who own Lofgren\u2019s music prior to that to do the same.<\/p>\n

Lecturer and podcaster Bren\u00e9 Brown also announced on Saturday that she would be suspending the release of any new episodes of \u201cUnlocking Us\u201d or \u201cDare to Lead\u201d \u2014 both of which are housed exclusively on Spotify \u2014 indefinitely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not be releasing any podcasts until further notice,\u201d Brown tweeted<\/a>. \u201cTo our #UnlockingUs and #DaretoLead communities, I\u2019m sorry and I\u2019ll let you know if and when that changes. Stay awkward, brave, and kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Young first demanded the removal of his music from Spotify on Monday, saying he did not want to be associated with a platform that hosts \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience,\u201d a program that the music icon says spreads \u201cfake information about vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines \u2013 potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n