Abba, Céline Dion, Adele: They all don’t want Donald Trump to use their music in campaign appearances. Jack White recently threatened to sue – and is now serious.
Because he apparently used their super hit “Seven Nation Army” without permission, the US rock band The White Stripes is now taking legal action against the Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump. Singer Jack White (49) published a picture of the lawsuit on Instagram. Accordingly, the lawsuit in New York is also directed against Trump’s spokeswoman Margo Martin.
The singer is serious about what he threatened to do on Instagram at the end of August. He also shared a video of Martin on the network, which she had shared on the platform X. In the now deleted clip, Donald Trump can be seen boarding a plane. White wrote: “Don’t even think about using my music.” He also announced a lawsuit there. White accompanied the post with the famous guitar riff of the band’s hit.
Céline Dion does not want Donald Trump to use her music in the election campaign
Trump repeatedly causes outrage with his use of well-known pop hits. In August, singer Céline Dion (56) announced that she did not want the former US president to use her music for his election campaign. Playing the song “My heart will go on” at a rally in the US state of Montana was in no way authorized, she explained on X. “Really, that song?”
Singers Taylor Swift and Rihanna also protested against the use, as did the record company of the late singer Sinead O’Connor. In a statement in March, the company said it was outraged that the US Republican presidential candidate was playing their song “Nothing Compares 2 U” during the election campaign. O’Connor lived by a strict moral code that was characterized by “honesty, kindness, fairness and decency towards her fellow human beings” and called Trump the “biblical devil”. Accordingly, Trump’s campaign team should immediately stop using the music.
There was no comment from Trump. Artists and their representatives such as Tom Petty, Adele and REM have also issued similar requests.
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