Why is Neil Young removing his music from Amazon? Details explored as singer calls for boycott 

Neil Young is removing his music from Amazon. The singer is removing his music from the platform over Jeff Bezos's support of Donald Trump and his government in the US. The singer appealed to his fans in his blog, Neil Young Archives, to boycott Amazon, Meta, and other large corporations and switch to local stores:

"FORGET AMAZON AND WHOLE FOODS. FORGET FACEBOOK. BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT. BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME. The Time is here. FORGET AMAZON. Soon my music will not be there. It is easy to buy local. Support your community."

The singer continued:

"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."

The singer added:

"Take America Back together, stop buying from the big corporations. support local business. Do the right thing. Show who you are."

Neil Young previously took his music off of Spotify in 2022, after Joe Rogan's podcast (a Spotify exclusive at the time) spread misinformation regarding COVID-19 vaccines. The singer reinstated his music on Spotify after both Apple and Amazon also picked up Rogan's podcast in 2024.

More recently, the singer has removed his Facebook and Instagram accounts, as he asks his fans in the above message to do as well. The singer's representatives stated in a Facebook post:

"At Neil Young's request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities. Meta's use of chatbots with children is unconscionable. Mr. Young does not want a further connection with FACEBOOK."

The singer's decision to remove his Meta social media accounts came after a report by Reuters revealed that Meta's AI chatbot was allowed to have conversations with children in which the chatbot was allowed to describe children in s*xual terms, especially with children over 13.

Neil Young is also not present on X

The singer recently also withdrew his presence from X. The singer made that announcement back in November 2023, after Elon Musk seemingly endorsed an anti-Semitic theory. The singer stated at that time that the reason he was taking that action would be obvious to Musk.

He also called for both Palestinians and Jewish friends to forget the past so that everyone could focus on saving the planet for future generations. The singer currently has a profile on Bluesky, his only official social media profile.

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A day after Neil Young quit Facebook in response to Meta chatbots interacting with children, the rocker is also "no longer using Instagram": "Mr. Young does not want a further connection with [Meta]"

Neil Young is set to perform at Harvest Moon in October 2025

Young is currently set to perform at the Harvest Moon, a daytime benefit concert set to feature Neil Young, his backing band The Chrome Hearts, as well as Beck and special guest Lana Del Rey.

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This upcoming show comes after Young and The Chrome Hearts wrapped up their 2025 tour. The tour itself came after the singer and the band released their studio album, Talkin to the Trees, on June 13, 2025.

The album was Young's first album with the band and consisted of 10 tracks, all written by Young himself. The album was received well by critics and charted at the 9th spot on the Scottish studio album chart, as well as at the 12th spot on the Austrian 03 Austria chart.

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