Music artists, including ABBA, demand that Trump cease using their songs.

Trump has been urged by artists such as Foo Fighters, Guns 'N Roses, Celine Dion, and Beyoncé to cease using their music at his rallies.

Music artists, including ABBA, demand that Trump cease using their songs.
Music artists, including ABBA, demand that Trump cease using their songs.

The latest group of famous musicians to request that former President Trump cease using their music at his rallies is ABBA, a Swedish pop group.

On Thursday, Politico reported that ABBA's record company and the band themselves have requested that Trump stop playing their music. This is not the first time that artists have demanded the former president refrain from playing their songs, with Foo Fighters, Celine Dion, and Beyoncé also making such requests.

On Thursday, the record company of Abba, in conjunction with its members, informed Svenska Dagbladet that videos featuring Abba's music being used at Trump's events have been discovered and requested that such use be immediately removed.

Members of the band Abba, in 1974
The famous Swedish band, Abba, slammed former President Trump for playing two of its songs during a recent rally. (Photo credit should read OLLE LINDEBORG/AFP via Getty Images)

During his July rally in Minnesota, Trump allegedly performed some of the band's iconic songs, such as "The Winner Takes It All" and "Money, Money, Money."

The record company defended their decision to not license Trump to play their songs by arguing that he has not obtained the necessary permissions.

No permission or license has been granted to Trump by Universal Music Publishing AB and Polar Music International AB as they have not received any request.

According to a Trump 2024 campaign spokesperson, the campaign had a license to play ABBA music through their agreement with BMI and ASCAP.

Neither BMI nor ASCAP has responded to Planet Chronicle Digital's request for a response to Cheung.

The Foo Fighters recently criticized the Trump campaign for using their song "My Hero" to introduce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at an Arizona rally last week.

The band stated on X that it does not support Trump using its songs.

The Foo Fighters did not grant permission to use their song for Trump's campaign, according to a statement from a band spokesperson.

The spokesperson stated that "proper measures are being implemented" against Trump's campaign and that any proceeds from song streams will be given to the Harris-Walz campaign.

Beyonce in a white shirt sleeve button down sits courtside next to Jay-Z in a black longsleeve shirt
Beyoncé's record label attempted to block the Trump campaign from using her music in campaign videos this month. (James Devaney/GC Images/Getty Images)

In a reply to Planet Chronicle, Cheung refuted the statement that BMI had granted the Trump team permission to use the song.

Neither Foo Fighters nor BMI responded to Fox's inquiry regarding Cheung's statement.

This month, Celine Dion criticized the Trump/Vance campaign for utilizing her hit song "My Heart Will Go On" from the movie "Titanic" in their advertisements without her permission.

Celine Dion's management team and record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., discovered the unauthorized use of her video, recording, musical performance, and likeness in a Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally in Montana.

"This use is not authorized and Celine Dion does not endorse it or any similar use," the account stated, followed by "…And really, THAT song?"

Johnny Marr, the guitarist of the Smiths, expressed his anger on X about Trump playing one of their songs during his rallies in January, stating, "Ahh…right…OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass. Consider this s--- shut right down right now."

Sinead O'Connor's estate and Isaac Hayes' family have requested that Trump cease using their songs at rallies, with Hayes' family filing a lawsuit against the former president.

In August, the campaign was forced to remove a video of the former president using Beyoncé's song "Freedom" after her record label blocked the campaign from using it.

Other artists such as Adele, Aerosmith, and Guns 'N Roses have also expressed complaints about the Trump team utilizing their songs in recent years, as Politico reported.

by Gabriel Hays

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