Johnny Marr is not happy to discover that a Smiths song was used at a Donald Trump campaign rally.
The former Republican president and current candidate for nomination during the Republican primaries clearly does not respect private property as much as he claims. In any case, it relies on the artists’ copyrights! His campaign team gleefully uses pieces of music, without even bothering to ask permission.
Johnny Marr, the guitarist of the Smiths, has just experienced it. He was stunned when he discovered that his music was being used by the Trump camp. A user on please let me get what I want) as the crowd waits for the event to begin. The caption reads: “We hear The Smiths more often than we think at Trump rallies in 2024.”
The musician shared the message and said he would put an end to the use of the group’s songs by Donald Trump’s campaign team at his political events. “Ahh… that’s right… OK,” Marr wrote. I never thought this could happen. Consider this thing definitely over now. »
The Smiths’ music was reportedly played at several events hosted by Donald Trump, including his latest rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Monday, as one user noted: “While Trump is scheduled to take the stage in Laconia, the new addition to his pre-rally music is The Smiths. »
Johnny Marr is not the first musician to speak out against the use of his songs at Mr. Trump’s rallies: Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and Queen, among others, have all publicly voiced their objections.
Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary on January 23, ahead of his competitor Nikki Haley, further consolidating his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination before the US election in November.
