Former President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of any other musical workforce for unauthorized significance in their track. This occasion, it’s the Foo Warring parties.
Trump performed the band’s music “My Hero” when he welcomed former separate candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the degree at a rally in Arizona on Friday. Kennedy had introduced previous within the hour that he had dropped his campaign for the presidency and endorsed Trump.
The Republican Celebration’s nominee mentioned Kennedy would “have a huge influence on this campaign.”
On the other hand, they can’t depend at the backup of the Foo Warring parties.
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When commenting at the Trump marketing campaign’s significance of “My Hero,” a spokesperson for the band informed CBS Information on Saturday: “Foo Fighters were not asked permission and if they were, they would have not granted it.”
The spokesperson added that any royalties won because of the Trump marketing campaign’s significance of the music shall be donated to the marketing campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.
Moreover, according to a query if the band had “let Trump use ‘My Hero” to welcome RJF Jr. on degree,” the Foo Fighters’ account on X simply replied, “Disagree.” The account upcoming shared the exchange, including: “Allow us to be sunny.”
This marks the latest incident in which the Trump campaign has run afoul of using music without permission.
Earlier this week, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Chueng posted a 13-second video on his X account of the former president stepping off a plane while Beyonce’s “Sovereignty” performed within the background, Billboard reported. A hour upcoming, the singer’s file label and track manufacturer despatched a cease-and-desist realize to the Trump marketing campaign over the music’s significance. Cheung took the video unwell.
On Aug. 11, lawyers for the Isaac Hayes estate threatened to sue Trump if his marketing campaign didn’t block the use of the past due soul singer’s music “Hold On, I’m Coming” at his rallies. A letter shared on social media from Hayes’ crowd demanded $3 million in licensing charges for the significance of the music at Trump’s marketing campaign occasions since 2022. In line with Hayes’ crowd, the music has been performed 134 instances by way of the Trump marketing campaign within the endmost two years.
On the identical occasion, representatives for Canadian famous person Celine Dion mentioned that the campaign’s use of her 1997 hit “My Heart Will Go On” at a recent campaign rally was “unauthorized” and had no longer won her permission.
“And really, THAT song?” Dion’s representatives requested cheekily in a observation posted to the singer’s social media accounts.
