The rock band Foo Fighters have stated that they will take “appropriate actions” against Donald Trump’s campaign after they used the song ‘My Hero’ to introduce Robert F. Kennedy Friday.
The epic moment took the internet by storm Friday night as RFK Jr officially endorsed Trump and joined him on stage, vowing to unite America.
Kennedy was greeted with a hero’s welcome at Trump’s rally in Glendale, Arizona.
However, Foo Fighters, fronted by Dave Grohl, issued a statement confirming they were not asked permission to use their hit and would not have granted it to Trump if they had been.
Billboard reports that a spokesman for the band said “Foo Fighters were not asked permission, and if they were, they would not have granted it.”
Furthermore, “appropriate actions are being taken” against the campaign, the spokesperson continued, adding that any royalties received as a result of this usage will be donated to the Harris/Walz campaign.
Trump has faced several previous threats of legal action by musical artists over the use of songs, but doesn’t seem to care.
Recall that at the height of the pandemic, Foo Fighters led the call for so called ‘vaccine passports,’ even putting on events where anyone in attendance was required to provide proof of vaccination.
Kennedy has spoken out against COVID vaccine mandates and made his opposition to big pharma abundantly clear.
During his speech at the Trump rally, Kennedy spoke about a desire to work with Trump to counter the health crisis in America.
It has been rumoured the Kennedy will be offered a position as the head of the NIH or as Health Secretary should Trump be victorious in November.
Kennedy stated Friday that he is turning his back on the Democrats because they have “abandoned Democracy” and “become the party of war, censorship, corruption.”
Kennedy also ripped Kamala Harris for not bothering to outline any policies or do any interviews.
The media reacted as to be expected.
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Much as I liked the FFs back in the early 2000s by about 2010 they’d become little more than a reasonably good tribute band if themselves. Then Dave Grohl decided to become an utter wank over COVID passports, then politics, then Trump and, well, became one of the biggest twats in the music industry. It’s ALWAYS the same, though, with these people-they just become too full of how important their own ego tells them they are…
Turns out Trump did have copyright permission to use the song.
Hey morons…Trump’s team did not get your permission because nobody needs your permission to play a few bars of your junk music, unless they are making money from your copyright or using it as a theme for their brand. I know this is a shock, but you got no say on who plays a few bars of your music, any more than a writer gets to say who can quote them in another publication. That’s what happens when you publish, pal.
Has beens
You signed over the rights, to a music service, for it to be used for these type events.
Wha’ a bunch of puffers those Poo Bighters.
Who are the foo foo fighters, and why should I care?
Well, I certainly wouldn’t want that fat, old “israeli”
using MY song to make himself richer and fatter!
America is dead!
Long live Greater Israel! ?
I doubt you have the talent to make a song desirable enough to be played at a political event. Then again, can’t say the Foo Fighters have done anything I can particularly remember.
Not sure how it works in the US, but in the UK, royalties/performance rights are paid to a central organisation (PRS, I believe), who then distribute the fees on a ‘pro-rata’ basis to artists. So, in most cases, individual bands are not asked and permission is NOT required – it has already been granted through PRS. Anyone who pays the required charges can use the music. Go ahead and have your tantrums, Foo Fighters – we can do with a laugh.
Good sue him.hes a thief and a liàr.
You are a dupe and a tool.
That’s not going to help sales. They could of kept quiet it and made some chump change. Their manager must be high again.
A one hit wonder threatening potential fans lol