I read and usually believe the Guardian and the Guardian made a rare mistake: I respect and honor all those people and the work they continue to do as I write this. But many of the rest were nurses and hospital assistants. I erroneously said they were doctors after having read disinformation on the internet. The letter that prompted me to act on Spotify was written by 270 hundred medical professionals, not doctors. Neil had to clarify everything in a (now-deleted) letter entitled “Folks, clearing things up.” It was transcribed by Stereogum. It currently has a partnership with Hipgnosis, the company that bought 50% of Neil Young’s publishing catalogue. The truth is that a former CEO at Pfizer now has a gig as a senior advisor for Blackstone, an asset management company. But you can see why a weirdo conspiracist would glom onto this. He’s doing their bidding when it comes to promoting Pfizer vaccines because the company owns a piece of his music. Ergo, the reason Neil has come out against Joe Rogan and his anti-vaccine stance is that he’s in the pocket of Big Pharma. The conspiracists claim a connection between Neil, his music, and vaccine manufacturer Pfizer.

A few of them thought they’d found a smoking gun when it comes to Neil Young’s fight against Spotify that was triggered by Joe Rogan’s COVID misinformation and lies. Thanks for making it so simple, because Neil Young on Spotify – adios, mofo”.Conspiracy theorists are always contorting themselves to prove their crazy allegations. He also added, “So this is a funny moment because he made an ultimatum to Spotify – whatever that big tech is – and he said, ‘If you don’t take Joe Rogan off Spotify, then you have to take my music off Spotify. I’m sure that there’s many people that appreciate Neil Young’s creativity and his talents and his creation of wonderful music for those people who love that kind of music”. He said, “Well, Neil Young, God bless him. One of the prominent voices to criticise Neil Young, has been controversial rocker Ted Nugent, who has branded Young a “complete punk”. These conspiracy theories have been circulating as Young has received some backlash over his stance against Spotify. Pfizer has not invested in Hipgnosis, but a past Pfizer CEO is a senior advisor for Blackstone”. He added, “The Blackstone investment went into a separate Hipgnosis Private Fund, and none of that money was used for the Hipgnosis Songs Fund. “The publishing share Hipgnosis has in my copyrights is in the Hipgnosis Songs Fund, that is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange”, the folk singer explained. This a reference to both the common conspiracy theory of “big pharma” and his own Farm Aid charity. Blackstone are also in partnership with Hipgnosis, the label where Young currently works.Ĭalling the conspiracy their “clever but wrong”, Neil young also quipped “so much for Pharm Aid”. This rumour gathered momentum after it emerged that a former CEO for Pfizer, now works as a senior advisor for assets manager Blackstone.

He also addressed the belief that his views on vaccines were dictated to him by Pfizer.

In the letter, Young addressed this conspiracy theory. “clever but wrong”Ī letter which has since been removed was subsequently published on Neil Young’s website. This decision was a protest against Joe Rogan’s spreading of anti vaccine views on his controversial podcast. Neil Young has asked for his music to be removed from Spotify. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer are behind one of the widely used Covid vaccines. Neil Young has dismissed conspiracy theories that Pfizer have invested into his music publishing.

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