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“Universal Music Publishing AB and Polar Music International AB haven’t acquired any request, so no permission or license has been granted to Trump,” it added.
ABBA’s hit songs like “The Winner Takes It All” and “Money, Money, Money” have been performed in July at a Trump rally in Minnesota, the U.S. state with the most important proportion of Swedish descendants.
And the Swedish icons aren’t the one musicians who’re fed up with Trump utilizing their stuff.
Foo Fighters, Céline Dion, Beyoncé, Johnny Marr of The Smiths, the property of the late singer Sinéad O’Connor and the household of the late soul singer Isaac Hayes have beforehand requested Trump to cease taking part in their songs. Hayes’ household even filed a lawsuit in opposition to Trump.
Céline Dion in August condemned using Titanic tune “My Heart Will Go On” at one of many Republican contender’s rallies. Mocking the selection, she added, “… And actually, THAT tune?”
Rock band Foo Fighters mentioned they didn’t enable Trump to play their tune at an Arizona rally, and added they’d donate any royalties from the unapproved use of their tune to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign for president.
Trump’s group deleted a video wherein the presidential candidate was seen strolling off a aircraft whereas Beyoncé’s tune “Freedom” was taking part in. The singer’s label contested using the tune, which Harris has made a core a part of her personal marketing campaign.
And that’s nonetheless not all.
Trump has irked variety of different artists in his earlier campaigns in 2016 and 2020, together with Adele, Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses.
Both Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Adele mentioned that they had not given their permission for using their songs at Republican rallies.
Axl Rose from Guns N’ Roses argued the identical in a sequence of outspoken tweets again in 2018, saying, “Trump marketing campaign is utilizing loopholes within the varied venues’ blanket efficiency licenses which weren’t meant for such craven political functions, with out the songwriters’ consent.”
“Can u say ‘shitbags?!’” added the singer.
