Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” royalties will now go to Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign. (Getty)
Foo Fighters have stated they are going to be donating the royalties from “My Hero” to Kamala Harris’ presidential marketing campaign after Donald Trump used the monitor with out the rock band’s permission.
Historical past at all times appears to repeat itself, doesn’t it? Earlier this week, Beyoncé threatened the Republican presidential nominee with a cease-and-desist order after he used one in all her songs in an election marketing campaign video, whereas rock band Queen compelled the politician to cease utilizing their monitor “We Will Rock You” through the 2019 US election marketing campaign.
Now, a spokesperson for “The Pretender” hitmakers has confirmed that they’d be donating the royalties from the monitor, which Trump used at a latest rally with out permission, to the Harris Waltz marketing campaign.
“Foo Fighters weren’t requested permission and in the event that they had been, they’d haven’t granted it,” a consultant for the band instructed PEOPLE Journal in a 26 August assertion.
They added that frontman Dave Grohl and band members Pat Smear, Josh Freese, Chris Shiftlett, Nate Mandel and Rami Jafree would donate any royalties from streams or purchases of the monitor to the Democratic marketing campaign.
Trump performed the Foo Fighters’ music on 25 August upon welcoming former impartial candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on stage at an Arizona rally. It got here after Kennedy had ceased his marketing campaign, and as a substitute endorsed the previous president.
One X (previously Twitter) addressed the music incident, asking the band on-line: “Hey @foofighters, did you let Trump use ‘My Hero’?” To this, they merely responded, “No.”
They reshared the interplay on the platform, writing: “Allow us to be clear.”
Simply final week, the previous president shared AI-generated photos in a bid to suggest that he had assist from nearly all of Taylor Swift followers, regardless of not having their assist.
In 2021, Swift stated Trump’s presidency compelled her “to lean in and educate” herself about politics. A 12 months earlier she backed Joe Biden – not Trump – for president.
Earlier than that, she wrote an open letter rejecting Trump’s beliefs and urging the Republican senator in her dwelling state of Tennessee to assist the Equality Act, which sought to include protections in opposition to LGBTQ+ discrimination into the federal 1964 Civil Rights Act.