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July 4, 2022 08:30 pm GMT

Crosby, Stills and Nash return to Spotify after COVID-19 misinformation boycott

The music of Crosby, Stills and Nash is once again available to stream on Spotify. In February, the supergroup left the platform to protest Spotifys inaction against Joe Rogan, who was accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation through his podcast. According to Billboard, the trio plan to donate their Spotify earnings to COVID-19 charities for at least a month.

Crosby, Stills and Nash were among a handful of musicians who left Spotify in response to Rogans interview with vaccine skeptic Dr. Robert Malone. The exodus, such that it was, began with Neil Young and later came to include Joni Mitchell, as well as author Bren Brown.

In the end, Spotify did not drop Rogan. Instead, the company said it would add a content advisory to any episode that includes a discussion about COVID-19. The protests effect on Spotifys bottom line appears to have been minimal, with the company recently reporting that it grew to 422 million monthly users.

Despite the return of Crosby, Stills and Nash to Spotify, dont expect to see all of the music the trio helped created on the platform. As The Verge point outs, Youngs continued absence from the service means not every song from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is available. For instance, tracks like Helpless and Country Girl are missing from the bands 1970 album Dj Vu,


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