Neil Young's Rocking Rebellion: New Music, Amazon Boycott, and Benefit Concert

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Neil Young has been making waves in recent days with both his music releases and his political stances. The legendary rocker announced he's celebrating the 50th anniversary of his iconic 1975 album Tonight's the Night with a limited edition reissue dropping November 28th. According to reports from multiple entertainment outlets, the reissue will feature six bonus tracks including previously unreleased material like an original version of Lookout Joe and an alternative take on the title track. Other unreleased gems include Walk On from the 1973 recording sessions at S.I.R. in Los Angeles, plus tracks like Wonderin, Everybody's Alone, and a collaboration with Joni Mitchell on Raised on Robbery.

But Young isn't just looking backward. The 79-year-old is also scheduled to perform at the Harvest Moon benefit concert on October 25th at the Painted Turtle Camp in Lake Hughes, California, where he'll be joined by Beck and Lana Del Rey for what promises to be a memorable evening supporting a good cause.

On the controversial side, Young has once again taken a stand against big tech, this time targeting Amazon. In an October 8th post on his Neil Young Archives website, the outspoken musician announced plans to pull his entire catalog from Amazon Music, citing his opposition to Jeff Bezos's alleged support for President Trump. Young urged his fans to forget Amazon and Whole Foods, writing in his characteristic all-caps style that people should buy local and support their communities instead of big corporations that have sold out America. He specifically criticized what he called the Corporate Control Age and insisted that Amazon needs consumers more than consumers need Amazon.

This isn't Young's first rodeo with streaming platform boycotts. He famously pulled his music from Spotify in 2022 over Joe Rogan's podcast spreading COVID misinformation, though he reluctantly returned two years later when other platforms also began carrying Rogan's show.

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Episode Transcript

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Neil Young has been making waves in recent days with
both his music releases and his political stances. The legendary
rocker announced he's celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his iconic
nineteen seventy five album Tonight's The Night with a limited
edition reissue dropping November twenty eighth. According to reports for
multiple entertainment outlets, the reissue will feature six bonus tracks,

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including previously unreleased material like an original version of Lookout
Joe and an alternative take on the title track. Other
unreleased gems include walk On from the nineteen seventy three
recording sessions at SIR in Los Angeles, plus tracks like Wondering,
Everybody's Alone and a collaboration with Joni Mitchell on Raised
on Robbery. But Young isn't just looking backward. The seventy

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nine year old is also scheduled to perform at the
Harvest Moon Benefit Concert on October twenty fifth at the
Painted Turtle Camp in Lake Hughes, California, where he'll be
joined by Beck and Lona del Rey for what promises
to be a memorable evening supporting a good cause. On
the controversial side, Young has once again taken a stand
against big tech, this time targeting Amazon. In an October

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eighth post on his Neil Young Archives website, the outspoken
musician announced plans to pull his entire catalog from Amazon Music,
citing his opposition to Jeff Bezos's alleged support for President Trump.
Young urged his fans to forget Amazon and Whole Foods,
writing in his characteristic all cap style that people should
buy local and support their communities instead of big corporations

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that have sold out America. He specifically criticized what he
called the corporate control age and insisted that Amazon needs
consumers more than consumers need Amazon. This isn't Young's first
rodeo with streaming platform boycotts. He famously pulled his music
from Spotify in twenty twenty two over Joe Rogan's podcast
spreading COVID misinformation, though he reluctantly returned two years later

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when other platforms also began carrying Rogan's show. And that
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