Neil Young has offered up his entire music catalogue and more to the residents of Greenland for free.
Amid US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize Greenland, the 80-year-old musician has offered the nation’s citizens “peace and love” in musical form.
He announced: “I hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.
“It is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality. This is an offer of peace and love. All the music I made during the last 62 years is yours to hear. We do hope other organisations will follow in the spirit of our example.”
Residents will be able to sign up for 12 months of free access to Young’s entire digital archive, including film and other bonus material.Â
Meanwhile, Young recently confirmed he still intends to keep his music off Amazon after hitting out at its owner, Jeff Bezos.
He told fans on Neil Young Archives: “Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president,” he stated.
“The president’s international policies and his support of ICE make it impossible for me to ignore his actions. If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use Amazon. There are many ways to avoid Amazon and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products.
“My music will never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by Bezos.”
In October, the Harvest Moon musician slammed Bezos and his company in a candid blog post, condemning his support for the Trump administration.
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.”
The rock legend added: “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.”
He previously removed his music from Spotify to protest the platform’s distribution of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast amid concerns it was spreading misinformation about vaccines.
However, Young later returned his music to the platform in 2024, admitting other streamers were also hosting similar podcasts, and he could not remove all his work from the online world.
In a statement issued at the time, Young explained: “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.”