Foo Fighters have reacted after Donald Trump used considered one of their songs throughout his presidential election marketing campaign.
The American rock band’s music, My Hero, blared as Robert F Kennedy Jr walked onto the stage at Mr Trump’s marketing campaign occasion in Arizona on Friday after the Republican presidential candidate launched him.
Mr Kennedy, whose father was presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy and uncle President John F Kennedy, appeared on the rally shortly after he introduced he was suspending his unbiased marketing campaign for the presidency to lend his help to Mr Trump in sure states.
Requested on social media if they’d given Mr Trump permission to make use of the 1997 observe, Foo Fighters’ official Twitter account responded merely saying: “No”.
Foo Fighters acting at competition in Denmark in July. Pic: AP
The rock band additionally reposted a screenshot of their remark to their web page on X with the caption “allow us to be clear”.
A spokesperson for the band advised the PA information company: “Foo Fighters weren’t requested permission, and in the event that they had been they might not have granted it.”
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The group be part of a protracted listing of artists who’ve spoken out in opposition to Mr Trump utilizing their music with out prior consent.
Listed below are a number of the large names on that listing:
Celine Dion
The pop star condemned him for taking part in her traditional music My Coronary heart Will Go On throughout a marketing campaign rally earlier this month.
Her administration workforce launched a press release on behalf of the Canadian artist and her document label saying using the music was “by no means” authorised, including: “… And actually, THAT music?”
The Smiths
Earlier this yr, The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr slammed Mr Trump after the band’s hit Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Need was performed at a rally.
Responding to a video the place the music might be heard taking part in within the background of considered one of his rallies, Marr wrote: “Ahh…proper…OK. I by no means in 1,000,000 years would’ve thought this might come to cross. Think about this shit shut proper down proper now.”
Tom Petty
The household of late singer Tom Petty issued Mr Trump with a stop and desist discover in 2020 after he performed his hit rock music I Will not Again Down at a comeback rally in Oklahoma.
In a damning assertion, Petty’s household stated the music was written “for the frequent man” and so they did not need it used for a “marketing campaign of hate”.
The Rolling Stones
The long-lasting British band threatened to sue Mr Trump after his use of You Cannot All the time Get What You Need at a 2020 rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
They’d been sending stop and desist directives to his marketing campaign workforce since 2016.
Neil Younger
The singer-songwriter tried to sue Mr Trump’s re-election marketing campaign for copyright infringement in 2020, alleging that his music has been used on the president’s rallies with out his permission.
In court docket, Younger objected to Rockin’ In The Free World and Satan’s Sidewalk being performed “quite a few instances at rallies and political occasions for the leisure and amusement of these attending”.
However his lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice later that yr, which means it can’t be introduced once more. It was not clear if the case had been settled.
Linkin Park
The American band issued a cease-and-desist order in 2020 after the music In The Finish appeared in a video supporting the then-president.
X, then often known as Twitter, took the video down shortly after it was uploaded, citing a copyright criticism.
Black Sabbath
Band member Ozzy Osbourne and spouse Sharon Osbourne despatched a discover to Mr Trump in 2019 banning him from utilizing Black Sabbath music in his marketing campaign movies, after he used the music Loopy Practice with out their permission.
Aerosmith
In 2018, the band’s lead singer Steven Tyler despatched a letter to the then-president ordering him to cease taking part in the band’s songs at political rallies, after their 1993 hit Livin’ On The Edge was performed at a rally in West Virginia.
The singer had beforehand despatched the Trump marketing campaign two cease-and-desist letters in 2015 for its use of the band’s music.
Prince
Mr Trump’s workforce included the late star’s hit music Purple Rain in a marketing campaign rally playlist within the lead-up to the November 2018 midterm elections, prompting his household to hit out on the billionaire.
Omarr Baker, Prince’s half-brother, tweeted: “The Prince Property has by no means given permission to President Trump or The White Home to make use of Prince’s songs and have requested that they stop all use instantly.”
Rihanna
The R&B singer issued a cease-and-desist letter after he performed her 2007 hit Do not Cease The Music at an occasion in Tennessee in 2018.
Responding to a tweet saying her observe was being performed “as aides toss free Trump T-shirts into the gang”, the SOS singer stated: “Not for for much longer… me nor my individuals would ever be at or round a kind of tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up Philip!”
