In Canada, Fort McMurray Radio Station Bans Neil Young
Neil Young performs with his band Crazy Horse during the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park in New York September 29, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) – RTR38PGS
Rocker Neil Young recently compared the Canadian city of Fort MacMurray to Hiroshima after the atomic bomb. He was speaking in Washington DC about the environmental damage done by the oil industry in Alberta. In response, a local radio station declared this past Wednesday “No Neil” day.
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