Neil Young Concerned Trump Will Bar Him From Returning to U.S. After European Tour

Neil Young has shared his concern that his vocal critique of President Donald Trump, combined with his Canadian heritage, could get him barred from reentering the United States after he returns from his upcoming European tour this summer.

“When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,” Young wrote on his website Tuesday, seeming to reference the Trump administration deporting student activists.

Young is slated to start his European dates for his upcoming tour in June, along with U.S. dates beginning in Charlotte in August. Young announced he’d officially become a U.S. citizen back in 2020, though clearly, he’s still worried that wouldn’t be enough to protect him.

“If I come back from Europe and am barred, can’t play my USA tour, all of the folks who bought tickets will not be able to come to a concert by me,” Young wrote. “That is happening all the time now. Countries have new advice for those returning to America. That’s right folks, if you say anything bad about Trump or his administration, you may be barred from re-entering USA. If you are Canadian. If you are a dual citizen like me, who knows? We’ll all find that out together.”

Young is one of many musicians who’ve spoken out about Trump since he won reelection in November. Back in January, Selena Gomez posted a video in tears over the Trump administration’s deportations of undocumented immigrants. The same month, Madonna slammed Trump, writing that his administration is “slowly dismantling all the Freedoms we have been fighting for.” Billie Eilish spoke out during one of her concerts after the election, telling the audience that “someone who hates women so, so deeply is about to be the president.”

“If 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,” Young wrote. “I love America and its people and its music and its culture.”

“By these latest actions of our US government, it seems that those who speak out freely with their own opinions are now vulnerable to a non-existent Trump law,” Young continued. He finished his letter by writing, “One country, indivisible, with Liberty and Freedom for all. Remember that? I do.”