Neil Young protests Donald Trump’s DC takeover in new track ‘Big Crime’

Neil Young has released a new track in protest of Donald Trump, ‘Big Crime’.

It was first aired at a show with his band The Chrome Hearts in Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion on Wednesday, August 27.

The legendary singer-songwriter has been a long-time critic of the current American president, saying earlier this year that “this guy is out of control” and “we need a real president.”

He also sued Trump over the use of his songs at campaign rallies and calling him “the worst president in the history of our great country”. Young later dropped the lawsuit.

Singing in the track's chorus, Young said “No more great again, there’s big crime in DC at the White House.”

He also called the administration's current work “fascist rules," adding: “Don’t want no fascist schools, don’t want soldiers on our streets.”

This follows Jack White’s recent clap-back at the trump administration, where he called the American president “a danger to not just America but the entire world”, and criticised “his inclusion in the Epstein files”, “his gestapo ICE tactics”, and his lack of action towards “the dying children in Sudan, Gaza and the Democratic Republic of Congo.” You can read his full statement here.

The track joins a long list of anti-Trump protests songs, inclduing Billy Bragg’s, ‘The Times They Are A-Changing Back’, Carole King’s ‘One Small Voice’ and Fiona Apple’s ‘Tiny Hands’, to name a few.

A great number of musicians have also opposed the use of their songs by Trump over the years, ranging from the estate of Sinéad O'Connor, to Guns’n’Roses, Queen, Rihanna and many more.

Check out the live performance of 'Big Crimes' below: