Singer Neil Young removes music from Amazon in bid to 'save America'

Singer Neil Young has removed his music from Amazon in a bid to "save America". The musician made the announcement via his blog in a long statement.

He stated that fans would no longer be able to stream his music via Amazon Music while also condemning Jeff Bezos' support of Donald Trump. The 79-year-old urged his followers to "buy local", "support your community" and "do the right thing".

In his statement, he wrote: "Forget Amazon and Whole Foods [supermarket chain owned by Amazon]. Forget Facebook. Buy local. Buy direct. [Jeff] Bezos supports this government. It does not support you or me.

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"The time is here. Forget Amazon. Soon my music will not be there. It is easy to buy local. Support your community. Go to the local store.

"Don’t go back to the big corporations who have sold out America. We all have to give up something to save America from the Corporate Control Age it is entering.

"They need you to buy from them. Don’t. They shut down our government. Your income. Your safety. Your family’s health security. Take America Back.

"Together, stop buying from the big corporations, support local business. Do the right thing. Show who you are." Neil is referencing the US government shutdown after the Republican and Democratic parties didn't agree to pass a bill funding government services.

Neil recently left social media but did not confirm whether he would also be removing physical copies for sale from Amazon.

The music star removed his music from Spotify three years ago as he protested the platform's distribution of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast as concerns emerged it was spreading misinformation about vaccines.

At the time, Joe Rogan’s podcast was signed exclusively to Spotify. However, his music then appeared again on Spotify last year as he said he couldn't remove all of his work from online.

Neil released another statement at the time where he explained why his music would be returning. The announcement read: "My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at Spotify.

"I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify, in sincere hopes that Spotify sound quality will improve and people will be able to hear and feel all the music as we made it.

"Qobuz and Tidal, where my music is presented, are all high-res as well." Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts headlined Glastonbury this year and topped the bill at BST Hyde Park in London.

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