"Got to get the fascists out, got to clean the White House out": Neil Young launches scathing attack on Donald Trump in new song Big Crime

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Neil Young has launched a new song, Big Crime, and the lyrics don't pull any punches in their criticism of US President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington, DC.

Young debuted the song during his show with the Chrome Hearts at the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL, on Wednesday night, and has now released a version recorded during the soundcheck for that show.

Young's recent protest songs have left little room for ambiguity, from 2006's Let’s Impeach the President to this year's Let's Roll Again ("If you're a fascist, then get a Tesla"), and Big Crime is no exception.

Don’t need no fascist rules
Don’t want no fascist schools
Don’t want soldiers on our streets
There’s big crime in DC at the White House
There’s big crime in DC at the White House

Got to get the fascists out
Got to clean the White House out
Don’t want soldiers on our streets
There’s big crime in DC at the White House
There’s big crime in DC at the White House

The next show on Neil Young and The Chromes Hearts' Love Earth World Tour is at the BMO Pavilion in Milwaukee, WI. Full dates below.

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Big Crime (chicago sound check) - (Official Audio) - YouTube Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Big Crime (chicago sound check) - (Official Audio) - YouTube
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Neil Young: Love Earth World Tour dates

Aug 29: Milwaukee BMO Pavilion, WI
Sep 01: Denver Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre , CO
Sep 04: Woodinville Chateau Ste. Michelle, WA
Sep 06: Vancouver Deer Lake Park, BC
Sep 08: Vancouver Deer Lake Park, BC
Sep 10: Bend Hayden Homes Amphitheater, OR
Sep 12: Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheater, CA
Sep 15: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA

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Fraser Lewry
Online Editor, Classic Rock

Online Editor at Louder/Classic Rock magazine since 2014. 39 years in music industry, online for 26. Also bylines for: Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, The Word Magazine, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Saga, Music365. Former Head of Music at Xfm Radio, A&R at Fiction Records, early blogger, ex-roadie, published author. Once appeared in a Cure video dressed as a cowboy, and thinks any situation can be improved by the introduction of cats. Favourite Serbian trumpeter: Dejan Petrović.

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