{"id":1986480,"date":"2025-08-29T12:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1986480"},"modified":"2025-08-29T12:25:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:25:01","slug":"watch-neil-young-debut-new-song-big-crime-in-protest-at-donald-trumps-dc-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-neil-young-debut-new-song-big-crime-in-protest-at-donald-trumps-dc-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Neil Young debut new song &#8216;Big Crime&#8217; in protest at Donald Trump&#8217;s DC takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/neil-young\">Neil Young<\/a> debuted a new track \u2018Big Crime\u2019 in Chicago this week, a pointed political attack on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary singer-songwriter and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/glastonbury-2025\">Glastonbury 2025<\/a> headliner has been a long-standing critic of the current US president, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-not-scared-of-trump-backs-bruce-springsteen-and-taylor-swift-in-fight-against-us-president-3863836\">writing earlier this year<\/a> that \u201cthis guy is out of control\u201d and \u201cwe need a real president\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At a show with his band The Chrome Hearts in Chicago\u2019s Huntington Bank Pavilion on Wednesday (August 27), he gave a first airing to a new song named \u2018Big Crime\u2019 that directly attacks the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Young posted the song\u2019s lyrics on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neilyoungarchives.com\/news\/1\/article?id=Viewpoint%20-%20%20%20BIG%20CRIME%20AT%20CHICAGO%20SOUNDCHECK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Neil Young Archives<\/i><\/a> site, along with complete audio of the soundcheck. \u201c<i>No more great again \/ There\u2019s big crime in DC at the White House<\/i>\u201d, he sings. \u201c<i>Don\u2019t need no fascist rules \/ Don\u2019t want no fascist schools \/ Don\u2019t want soldiers on our streets \/ There\u2019s big crime in DC at the White House<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Watch footage of the performance here, along with the full soundcheck:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young - Big Crime (Live Debut) + Like A Hurricane - 08\/27\/2025 - Chicago, IL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fql4JKFvbkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young debuts Big Crime in Chicago\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jlt9G6WSJik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young takes down the White House in a new song Big Crime #neilyoung #bigcrime #music #protest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7fqgIdNJGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Big Crime (chicago sound check) - (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57WEArtc2ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The track appears to be inspired by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/czxpzkylg3vo\">Trump\u2019s declaration of a \u201ccrime emergency\u201d in Washington DC earlier this month<\/a>. He placed the district\u2019s police department under federal control and deployed approximately 800 National Guard troops, as well as FBI and ICE agents, to the area.<\/p>\n<p>Young has a long history of penning protest songs, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-neil-young-debut-a-new-song-and-take-a-jab-at-elon-musk-if-youre-a-fascist-get-a-tesla-3858757\">including recently with the tracks \u2018Let\u2019s Roll Again\u2019 and \u2018If You\u2019re A Fascist, Get A Tesla\u2019<\/a>, both direct jabs at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> and the billionaire class. He also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-joan-baez-maggie-rogers-jam-to-rockin-in-the-free-world-at-bernie-sanders-rally-3854543\">played at a Fighting Oligarchy rally organised by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> this year, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-invites-trump-to-us-tour-following-springsteen-row-come-and-hear-our-music-just-as-you-did-for-decades-3867035\">publicly defended Bruce Springsteen during his spat with Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-is-unsure-if-hell-be-able-to-return-to-the-us-after-criticising-trump-remember-freedom-of-speech-3851047\">He also expressed concern that he would not be allowed to play his current US tour<\/a> due to his comments about the president, whom he noted had been a fan of his music \u201cfor decades\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-leaves-facebook-over-metas-unconscionable-use-of-chatbots-with-children-3885185\">he quit Facebook over its parent company Meta\u2019s reported \u201cunconscionable use of chatbots with children\u201d<\/a> that \u201cengage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Young\u2019s headline set at Glastonbury in June scored him a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/neil-young-glastonbury-2025-live-review-setlist-photos-3874220\">four-star review<\/a>, with Patrick Clarke writing for\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>: \u201cIt is, in short, the definition of no frills. It\u2019s testament to the power of Young\u2019s songwriting, then, just how brilliantly it all works, how little the momentum drops\u2026 Here, then, is a headline set that proves that sometimes, there\u2019s still power to be found in an old-school approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Young debuted a new track \u2018Big Crime\u2019 in Chicago this week, a pointed political attack on Donald Trump \u2013 check it out below. The legendary singer-songwriter and Glastonbury 2025 headliner has been a long-standing critic of the current US president, writing earlier this year that \u201cthis guy is out of control\u201d and \u201cwe need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1986481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[22389,49186,22048,21939],"class_list":["post-1986480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-donald-trump","tag-folk","tag-politics","tag-rock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Watch-Neil-Young-debut-new-song-Big-Crime-in-protest.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}