Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has stated that it had obtained the necessary license to play the Foo Fighters’ hit song “My Hero” during a rally in Arizona, where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Trump after suspending his own independent presidential bid.
So the Trump campaign actually did have the appropriate license and @foofighters are just either completely unaware about their own music licensing agreements or intentionally being disingenuous. https://t.co/Pxu3FOE18w pic.twitter.com/3yDQTk8LYx
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The campaign’s claim comes amid controversy, as the Foo Fighters have publicly denied granting permission for the song’s use.
The Trump campaign provided documents indicating that they had secured a license through BMI’s Songview service, which authorizes the use of the song. “We have a license to play the song,” a campaign spokesperson confirmed.
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Trump should SUE these leftist hacks for defamation.
The Trump campaign actually DID license the song through BMI’s Songview service, as confirmed by documents provided to… pic.twitter.com/GmhxGwn7q0
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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is facing backlash once again for using popular songs at rallies without obtaining permission from the artists.
Let us be clear. pic.twitter.com/gexHWjPMYh
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) August 24, 2024
The latest incident occurred yesterday, during a rally in Glendale, Arizona, where Trump played the Foo Fighters’ 1997 hit “My Hero” to welcome Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage after Kennedy announced his endorsement of Trump.
The unauthorized use of the song has sparked a strong response from the band.
The Foo Fighters quickly responded, stating that they had not been asked for permission to use “My Hero” and would not have granted it if they had been.
UNITE AMERICA.#RFKJr #trump pic.twitter.com/f5NXgxdRJs
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 24, 2024
A spokesperson for the band told Billboard that “appropriate actions are being taken” against the Trump campaign.
Additionally, the band announced that any royalties generated from the use of their song at the rally would be donated to the Harris/Walz campaign, further intensifying the dispute.
Trump introduced Kennedy at the rally with a touch of irony, saying, “I don’t think too many of you people have heard of him, he’s very low-key… He is a great person. I’ve known him for so long. For the past 16 months. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” The chorus of “My Hero” then played as Kennedy joined Trump on stage, accompanied by pyrotechnics.
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RFK Jr’s EPIC entrance to President Trump’s rally in Arizona after endorsing Trump pic.twitter.com/iL4RMlKK4D
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 23, 2024
The Foo Fighters were not the only artists to take issue with Trump’s use of their music. Earlier in the same week, on August 22, Beyoncé’s record label and music publisher sent a cease-and-desist notice to the Trump campaign after a video was posted on Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung’s X account.
The video featured footage of Trump stepping off a plane set to Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.” The song had been used with permission by Trump’s opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, as part of her campaign.
After receiving the notice, the video was removed from Cheung’s account.
This marks the third time in August that Trump’s campaign has encountered legal challenges over unauthorized music use.
On August 11, the estate of the late Isaac Hayes filed a notice of copyright infringement against the Trump campaign for its use of Hayes’ song “Hold On, I’m Coming” at multiple rallies between 2022 and 2024. The estate threatened further legal action if the unauthorized use continued.
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Foo Fighters and Beyonce should be grateful that someone, anyone used their crappy music for any purpose. No one I know listens to those screech owls anyway. We hang out on the lake alot most summers and for the past 20 years. Alot of music is always blaring. I’ve never once heard anyone playing their crap. It must be a Demonrat city thing.
I am sure the left wing radical democrat kennedy klan is really mad.
Foey Fighters Foney outrage. they know they sold the rights to a publishing company. the publishing company can do what they want. And of course they are left wing radical democrats.
Maybe. They still have legal standing, though, if they want to argue that association with Trump might hurt their brand. But we’re talking about Foo Fighters here. Let’s be real, seeing their boring live set is enough to hurt their brand. Ha!
Then their legal dispute would be with BMI, not the Trump campaign.
Greed has consequences; sell your rights away, and you don’t have any.
A has-been, B-level band like Foo Fighters should be thankful for any royalties and that anyone is listening to their music.
TDS burns in them
Since music groups ARE only people like anyone else, nothing special, their outrage is moot! I do appreciate their expressions of outrage though. How else could I know that they are worthy of my contempt?
FOOey,, and I use to think Dave was a cool guy,,I know better now. Hey Dave don’t look now,, bur you are now officially a TOOL.
For the foo fighters to give money to the other party instead of being on the other side trying to save America 🇺🇸 from the dangerous democrats trying to turn America into a third world nation . What the hell is wrong with him.
Contrary to popular propaganda,, leftist are not cool people,, and a burnt out rock band ought to be happy that anybody is playing their OVERrated music.
Notice either not one country music good old boy has sued the left for using their music or the media never covered it if they did. My guess is the former. Good old boys don’t think everybody on the planet must kowtow to silly whims.
No one made the Foo Fighters list anything with ASCAP. But they did out of greed, of course they did.
This is all kabuki theater from the Poo Flingers to virtue signal
to ther no IQ base that they don’t like Orange Man Bad.
They know full well they sold their publishing rights and
have ZERO idea what the new owners are doing with their former songs.
All leftists do is lie.
Trump needs to sue them! They are a bunch of old liberals. They are all communist, baby murderers!
Never heard of Foo or who it might be fighting.
Foo Fighter Phags think they’re going to get into court and win, to give money to democrat filth before Harry/Balz lose in Nov? 👌😂
Commie greedy filth love capitalism too? 😂
That only reeks of Libturd desperation… Poo Fighters they are.
The Democrat party has absolutely nothing to do with America. They hate America, its Constitution, and its citizens.
It is imperative that they cease flying the American flag while their constituents burn it with disdain.
They should be flying Hamas, Chinese, and Iranian flags – and most appropriate (in more ways than one) the Skull and Bones flag.
I wish politicians would just stop leeching off of artists altogether. You wanna make some cheesy song to glorify your ultimately forgettable campaign? Hire someone to write you a new song, then, you tw*t!
Foo Crap made their lie full accusations, the MSM reported the BS as the truth; later, and as always, the MSM are proven wrong for spreading an outright lie, along with the accusers lie, and all we hear are The Sounds of Silence….
The MSM and Kamuelist Goobermint ought to buy the rights to the song “I’M SORRY” and run it non-stop until the last DEM dies off.
Nobody claimed the Foo Fighters were smart.
When two giants became allies against the enemies within. A cancer, a tumor, must not be allowed to kill our children,
If Foo Fighters doesn’t want to allow BMI to issue licenses to anyone who pays for one, then they should withdraw their catalog from BMI.
But if they do that, all other venues (e.g. radio stations, juke boxes, DJs, etc.) will all need explicit licenses from the band. So they’ll stop playing Foo Fighters content altogether.
If they want to torpedo their entire financial future over a hissy fit again Republicans, they’re welcome to do so. But until then, they should just STFU.