Foo Fighters have clarified they didn’t endorse the Donald Trump marketing campaign to make use of their tune ‘My Hero’ throughout a rally this week.
On Friday evening (August 23) in Glendale, Arizona, Trump welcomed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage after the unbiased presidential candidate suspended his marketing campaign and threw his weight behind Trump, and ‘My Hero’ blazed over the audio system as Kennedy got here out.
After the occasion, a Foo Fighters fan requested the band on X (previously Twitter) whether or not they had given permission for the tune’s use, to which the band responded: “No”.
Allow us to be clear. pic.twitter.com/gexHWjPMYh
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) August 24, 2024
A spokesperson for the band later advised Billboard: “Foo Fighters weren’t requested permission, and in the event that they have been, they’d not have granted it.”
They added that “acceptable actions are being taken” in opposition to the Trump crew, and that any royalties acquired on account of the utilization can be donated to the Harris/Walz marketing campaign.
It’s the newest in an extended line of examples of the Trump marketing campaign utilizing copyrighted music with out the writers’ permission. Simply this week, Beyoncé reportedly threatened the previous president with authorized motion for utilizing her tune ‘Freedom’ in a social media video.
Thay similar tune is now getting used – with permission – by Kamala Harris as the official anthem of her presidential marketing campaign.
The property of Isaac Hayes have additionally threatened to sue for Trump’s use of ‘Maintain On, I’m Coming’, Celine Dion mentioned she didn’t endorse his use of ‘My Coronary heart Will Go On’, Johnny Marr “shut down” his use of The Smiths’ ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Need’, and Neil Younger, The Rolling Stones, Queen and The Animals have all made related objections up to now.
Trump additionally addressed the controversy round his use of AI pictures of Taylor swift “endorsing” his marketing campaign this week, claiming, “I didn’t generate them”.
The posts included screenshots of girls sporting shirts with the slogan ‘Swifties For Trump’, and a picture of Swift made up like Uncle Sam, with the banner: “Taylor desires you to vote for Trump”.
“Any individual got here out. They mentioned, ‘Oh, have a look at this’. These have been all made up by different folks. AI is all the time very harmful in that manner,” Trump mentioned. “It’s taking place with me, too. They’re making — having me communicate. I communicate completely, I imply completely completely on AI, and I’m, like, endorsing different merchandise and issues. It’s a little bit bit harmful on the market.”
Foo Fighters, in the meantime, made headlines final week as an Irish hitchhiker who’s supposedly accountable for the formation of the band within the mid-Nineteen Nineties was recognized.
