Trump Campaign Trolls Foo Fighters Over Use Of ‘My Hero’ Song At Rally: “It’s Times Like These Facts Matter”

deadline.com:

This is a call from Donald Trump to Foo Fighters. A spokesman for the ex-POTUS and current GOP presidential nominee hit back at the multiplatinum band today after Dave Grohl and company complained about their hit “My Hero” being played at a weekend rally without the band’s consent. “It’s Times Like These facts matter, don’t be a Pretender,” Trump’s rep Steven Cheung wrote on X, copping the titles of two Foo tracks. “My Hero” blared on the PA during a rally with new endorsee Robert Kennedy Jr.

in the swing state of Arizona on Friday, and the band made its distaste — and lack of approval — known soon afterward. Only trouble is, the Trump camp said it has licensed use of that song and so many others from performing-rights company BMI.

Cheung included a quote from a UK newspaperbacking his point. The Independent had tweeted, or X’d, on Saturday that it “has seen documents appearing to confirm that the campaign had indeed licensed the song from BMI’s Songview service.” “We have a license to play the song,” Cheung said in a statement.It’s Times Like These facts matter, don’t be a Pretender. @foofighters https://t.co/yutdFMKH2X pic.twitter.com/l6d6BSnDw2 There is a long history of campaigns, primarily Republican, facing artists’ ire over the use of their music at rallies.

At certain times over the years, campaigns have obtained blanket licenses from rights groups like ASCAP, either directly or via the venue where a rally or event takes place.