{"id":1996380,"date":"2025-09-04T08:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1996380"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:45:08","slug":"neil-young-officially-releases-new-song-attacking-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/neil-young-officially-releases-new-song-attacking-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young officially releases new song attacking Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-776245\">\n<div class=\"featured-img\"><\/p>\n<p>(Credits: Raph Pour-Hashemi \/ Daniel Torok)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p> <time datetime=\"2025-09-04T09:42:25+01:00\">Thu 4 September 2025 9:42, UK<\/time> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/neil-young\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Neil Young<\/a> has officially released his new single, \u2018Big Crime\u2019, on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The track, which was recently premiered by the legendary singer-songwriter in Chicago, sees Young let his feelings be known on Donald Trump, as well as the wider administration in Washington, while calling for an end to the MAGA rule.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVVideo GRVPrimisVideo\"\/>\n<p>Last week, Young <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/neil-young-donald-trump-new-diss-track-big-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Neil Young lashes out at Donald Trump on new diss track, \u2018Big Crime\u2019\">played \u2018Big Crime\u2019 live<\/a> for the first time during his concert at Chicago\u2019s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island with the Chrome Hearts on August 27th. He has since played it live during subsequent shows in Milwaukee and at Fiddler\u2019s Green.<\/p>\n<p>While there was no recording from the live version he played in Chicago, Young did share audio of his band rehearsing the song during soundcheck, which he posted on his website along with the full lyrics to \u2018Big Crime\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>During the track, Young passionately sings, \u201cDon\u2019t need no fascist rules, Don\u2019t want no fascist school, Don\u2019t want soldiers on our streets, There\u2019s big crime in DC at the White House.\u201d He also adds, \u201cNo more money to the fascists, The billionaire fascists, Time to blackout the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the final verse, Young delivers another vicious blow to Trump, \u201cNO MORE GREAT AGAIN, No NO MORE GREAT AGAIN, There\u2019s big crime in DC at THE White House, There\u2019s big crime in DC at THE White House, NO MORE GREAT AGAIN, No NO MORE GREAT AGAIN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump previously attending many concerts by Young in the past, the singer-songwriter has been steadfast in his criticism of him as a politician. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Young even expressed his fears about not being allowed to re-enter America following his European tour due to his criticism, writing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/neil-young-donald-trump-ban-him-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a post<\/a>\u00a0on his website: \u201cIf the fact that I think Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our great country could stop me from coming back, what does that say for Freedom? I love America and its people and its music and its culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he did <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/neil-young-invites-donald-trump-to-solo-summer-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">extend an olive branch in June<\/a>, writing in another post on the Neil Young Archives, \u201cWe will not be doing a political show. We will be playing the music we love for all of us to enjoy together. President Trump, you are invited. Come and hear our music just as you did for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Big Crime\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3LvcxjLszFuGE3SA5iymh2?si=EZKAV6_rTumMHRYKl94dKQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Related Topics<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-container\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"incontent-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h6>The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/h6>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\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 faroutmagazine.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Credits: Raph Pour-Hashemi \/ Daniel Torok) Thu 4 September 2025 9:42, UK Neil Young has officially released his new single, \u2018Big Crime\u2019, on streaming platforms. 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