{"id":1996463,"date":"2025-09-04T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1996463"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:45:14","slug":"neil-young-shares-new-anti-trump-protest-song-big-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/neil-young-shares-new-anti-trump-protest-song-big-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young shares new anti-Trump protest song &#8216;Big Crime&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/neil-young\">Neil Young<\/a> has officially shared his new anti-<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Trump<\/a> protest song \u2018Big Crime\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The track, which directly attacks the Trump administration, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-neil-young-debut-new-song-big-crime-in-protest-at-donald-trumps-dc-takeover-3888622\">first aired with his band The Chrome Hearts in Chicago\u2019s Huntington Bank Pavilion last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Young also 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>Now, he has officially shared the track on streaming platforms. You can listen to it below on his site <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\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Big Crime\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7I0Ls0Yaq9z7sYU3EFOcSh?si=93376f3de21a4dc3&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\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 Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8B9ATiGpbl8?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 song appears to be inspired by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/czxpzkylg3vo\">Trump\u2019s recent declaration of a \u201ccrime emergency\u201d in Washington DC<\/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 last month.<\/p>\n<p>Young 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>He also 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>Young<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\"> also previously 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>His headline set at<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/glastonbury-2025\"> Glastonbury<\/a> in June scored him a <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 has officially shared his new anti-Trump protest song \u2018Big Crime\u2019. The track, which directly attacks the Trump administration, was first aired with his band The Chrome Hearts in Chicago\u2019s Huntington Bank Pavilion last week. Young also posted the song\u2019s lyrics on his Neil Young Archives site, along with complete audio of the soundcheck. 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