Thursday, May 21, 2026

Spotify Revolt: Joni Mitchell Says She Stands with Neil Young, Will Remove Her Music from Streaming Service

Share

I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue. Joni Mitchell

Neil Young’s old friend and fellow Canadian, Joni Mitchell, has come out swinging in solidarity with him. Joni says she wants all her music off Spotify, too. Forget Barry Manilow! Joni is incensed by Joe Rogan’s disinformation campaign on the streaming service and won’t stand by idly while it’s promoted.

Joni has also offered up a link today to a letter from dozens of scientists addressed to Spotify called

A call from the global scientific and medical communities to implement a misinformation policy

This is significant. Now it’s time for more celebrated and revered rock, pop, and R&B stars to follow Joni and Neil. Bravo, Joni!

Donate to Showbiz411.com

Showbiz411 is now in its 13th year of providing breaking and exclusive entertainment news. This is an independent site, unlike the many Hollywood trades that are owned by one company. To continue providing news that takes a fresh look at what's going on in movies, music, theater, etc, advertising is our basis. Reader donations would be greatly appreciated, too. They are just another facet of keeping fact based journalism alive.
Thank you


Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

Read more

In Other News