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Steven Tyler has asked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop using the band’s power ballad Dream On at campaign events.
The rock star’s lawyers sent Trump a cease-and-desist letter on Saturday after the Republican started using the song at campaign events.
In the letter, Tyler’s attorney says that the use of the song “gives a false impression that he is connected with or endorses Mr. Trump’s presidential bid.”
Stating that the issue is with copyright, the letter adds that Trump does “not have our client’s permission to use Dream On.”
In a statement to the Associated Press, Tyler’s lawyer Dina LaPolt has said that the issue is one of ‘permission’ and is not ‘personal’ or ‘political’.
Trump has also faced opposition from musicians Neil Young and R.E.M over the use of their songs at events.
The candidate used Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World as he announced that he was running for president, prompting the musician to publically back Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
R.E.M issued a statement following Trump’s recent use of their song It’s the End of the World as We Know It.
The band wrote on Facebook: “While we do not authorize or condone the use of our music at this political event, and do ask that these candidates cease and desist from doing so, let us remember that there are things of greater importance at stake here.
“The media and the American voter should focus on the bigger picture, and not allow grandstanding politicians to distract us from the pressing issues of the day and of the current Presidential campaign.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
