Brendon Urie, leader singer for Panic! At The Disco, did not mince words when he tweeted his outrage at the Trump campaign for using one his band’s song during its MAGA rally in Phoenix this week.
“Dear Trump campaign,” Urie, who came out as pansexual in 2018, wrote on Twitter. “F*ck you. You’re not invited. Stop playing my song. No thanks, Brendon Urie, Panic! At The Disco & company.”
Dear Trump Campaign,
Fuck you. You’re not invited. Stop playing my song.
No thanks,
Brendon Urie, Panic! At The Disco & company.— Brendon Urie (@brendonurie) June 24, 2020
He followed that up with another tweet saying that Tump “represents nothing we stand for.”
“The highest hope we have is voting this monster out in November,” he added. “Please do your part.”
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The band’s song “High Hopes” was played as Donald Trump Jr. made his entrance on stage at the event in Phoenix, which drew over 3,000 people, all packed shoulder-to-shoulder into the same room, with hardly anyone wearing masks.
Donald Trump, Jr. takes the stage in Phoenix, Arizona, to “High Hopes” by Panic! At the Disco, further proof I will never escape “High Hopes” by Panic! At the Disco. pic.twitter.com/YzobIH7UZl
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) June 23, 2020
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Neoprene
Artists need to cut the Orange Tinted Tard a little slack. There aren’t any artists that support him whose music is worth playing for any reason.
Kangol2
Nah, he could blast Ted Nugent nonstop, since that nutcase supports him 100% percent. Kid Rock too. Just stick with the ones that are fans. It’s a small circle but they do have puketastic music to feature at his sad, dwindling rallies.
Hdtex
And “Neoprene” is useless.
Chrisk
Yeah, play something like cat scratch fever. At least his fans will recognize the songs.
Better yet play something from dead people. They can’t complain anymore.
nm4047
#Chrisk, the estate still has 50years of ownership of a dead performers royalties etc. Just play some redneck hillbillies music, that’s the choice of his support base.
jaack
I really hope you retain an attorney and sue for theft of copyrighted material without authorization nor COMPENSATION. He and his campaign owe you big time for stealing your music. Hurt MAGA and Deadbeat Donald where it really hurts them. Compensation for theft of copyrighted material and copyright infringement. Name your price, say a billion dollar$, plus court cost$. He went bankrupt 6 times we know of so far, but some of the campaign funds belong to you! Sue before he does the bankruptcy dance again. Make Donald Broke Again, BTW Deadbeat Donald you are FIRED.
DavidIntl
Almost surely the venue in question has ASCAP and BMI blanket licenses, and there is no legal impediment to Trump using the song. Under U.S. law artists have no ‘moral rights’ to limit use of their material as they do in some European jurisdictions.
muscular
It is all fake drama. Political campaigns and other users of recorded music buy a bulk license of millions of tracks. If artists do not want their music played by a specific licensee, they just need to send a request to the licensing company.
ShowMeGuy
HAHAHAHAHA uuhhmmmmm No. Not exactly.
ShowMeGuy
Why do republicans always believe that everyone else should work for free?
Denny98
I just wonder if ‘Everybody Plays The Fool’ or ‘Liar’ were options?
Heywood Jablowme
Paula Abdul: You’re a Cold Hearted Snake
Doug
This is the third time that I’m aware of Trump rallies have played music that they didn’t ask for permission to use. They need to stick with nursery songs.
chris_clb614
I still remember the misuse of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”, pretty much because of the few positive lyrics within a song about a Vietnam veteran having a rough go of it since coming home.
justgeo
Love to have this dude suck my dick!