The Rolling Stones have joined the ever growing list of musicians who have banned Republican hopeful Donald Trump from using their music at gatherings and other campaign events. This is in direct response to Trump using ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ and ‘Start Me Up’ during political events.
A few months ago we covered the news that Adele had directly requested Trump to stop using her music, with the hopeful (and seemingly inevitable) Republic nominee using ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ‘Skyfall’. See our article on that here. However as mentioned, it’s not just Adele and The Rolling Stones who have banned Trump from using their music, but rather other huge household names such as Aerosmith and Neil Young.
Aerosmith in particular had this to say on the matter:
“‘Trump for President’ does not have our client’s permission to use ‘Dream On’ or any of our client’s other music in connection with the Campaign because it gives the false impression that he is connected with or endorses Mr. Trump’s presidential bid.
We are unaware of any public performance license granting Trump for President the right to perform ‘Dream On’ in connection with the Campaign. If Trump for President has any such license, please forward it to our attention immediately”.
The Rolling Stones today released a statement saying:
“The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately.”
Listen to The Rolling Stones’ ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ below: