Current:Home > InvestThe Smiths guitarist calls for Donald Trump to 'shut down' using band's music at rallies -Blueprint Wealth Network
The Smiths guitarist calls for Donald Trump to 'shut down' using band's music at rallies
View
Date:2025-04-13 04:32:46
Johnny Marr is asking Donald Trump to please, please, please put an end to using The Smiths songs at campaign rallies.
Marr, The Smith's guitarist, reacted to a video showing Trump using the band's song "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" at a rally in South Dakota last year.
"Ahh…right…OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass," the British rocker wrote on X Wednesday. "Consider this shut right down right now."
USA TODAY reached out to reps for Marr to comment.
Political reporter Ben Jacobs said on X Monday that the former president has been using "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" to warm up crowds ahead of his rallies, including one in Laconia, New Hampshire.
Trump has a growing list of artists who have issued cease and desist letters for his use of their songs at rallies without permission, including The Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, John Fogerty, Neil Young, Rihanna, Pharrell, Steven Tyler and more.
Jimmy Kimmel takes on New Hampshire's Republican primary between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley
Trump and fellow presidential hopeful Nikki Haley went head to head during the New Hampshire Republican primary.
Jimmy Kimmel cracked jokes about the pair on Tuesday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" declaring that voters had to choose between "the woman who would become their party’s first-ever female nominee for president or the first guy on trial for defamation related to sexual assault."
"Haley had a unique advantage in New Hampshire because, like the state, her initials are 'N.H.,' which after tonight will stand for 'not happening,'" Kimmel quipped.
The late night host went on to show an interview with Trump on Fox where he declared that he's much "sharper" than Haley despite his age and challenged his opponent to an aptitude test. "She's not gonna win," the former president said.
Jimmy Kimmel slammed Aaron Rodgers:When is it OK to not take the high road?
"The two of you need to sit down side by side, live television — not so close he can cheat off you, but pretty close to each other," Kimmel joked of the hypothetical aptitude test. "We’ll put a divider between you so he doesn’t get chicken-nugget grease on your dress, and let’s find out whose brain works better. We’ll call it 'Cognition Impossible.'"
Kimmel added: "I bet he couldn’t pass the quiz on a Denny’s place mat."
35 musicianswho famously told politicians: Don't use my song
veryGood! (78)
Related
- Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
- ECU baseball player appears in game with prosthetic leg after boating accident
- A California judge is under investigation for alleged antisemitism and ethical violations
- Most Americans want legal pot. Here's why feds are taking so long to change old rules.
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- Science experiment gone wrong sends 18 students, teacher to Tennessee hospital
- Q&A: Everyday Plastics Are Making Us Sick—and Costing Us $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare
- Sleater-Kinney talk pronouncing their name the secret of encores
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects
Ranking
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him
- In MLB jersey controversy, cheap-looking new duds cause a stir across baseball
- MLB spring training 2024 maps: Where every team is playing in Florida and Arizona
- North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID
- Miami's Bam Adebayo will start All-Star Game, replacing injured Philadelphia center Joel Embiid
- We Found The Best Shoes For 24-Hour Comfort, & They're All On Sale With Free Shipping
- Is hypnosis real? Surprisingly – yes, but here's what you need to understand.
Recommendation
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
New ban on stopping on Las Vegas Strip bridges targets people with disabilities, lawsuit alleges
Thousands of fans 'Taylor-gate' outside of Melbourne stadium
Kevin Harvick becomes full-time TV analyst, reveals he wants to be 'John Madden of NASCAR'
All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
Relive the 2004 People's Choice Awards: From Oprah Bringing Her Camcorder to Kaley Cuoco's Y2K Look
'We can’t do anything': How Catholic hospitals constrain medical care in America.
Texas ban on university diversity efforts provides a glimpse of the future across GOP-led states