Rolling Stones tell Donald Trump to stop using their music

Mick Jagger and his bandmates have asked Donald Trump’s campaign bosses to stop using their music at his campaign events. Trump practically clinched the Republican Party’s US presidential candidate nomination by winning the Indiana primary and marched out for his victory speech to the Rolling Stones’ 1981 hit Start Me Up, reported Guardian online.

The band members clearly weren’t happy and have instructed legal team to stop Trump’s camp from using Stones hits. “The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs,” a spokesman said.

“They have requested that they cease all use immediately.”

It’s not the first time the property tycoon-turned-presidential wannabe has used Stones songs as campaign music; previous rallies have featured tunes like You Can’t Always Get What You Want and Brown Sugar.

A representative for Trump’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Alongside pop and rock songs, the Trump campaign also plays Broadway show tunes and opera music ahead of rallies. British singer Adele in February said she has not given permission for anyone to use her music for political campaigns, after Trump played her 2011 hit Rolling in the Deep at rallies in Iowa.

Politico magazine reported that the Trump campaign was undeterred and used Adele’s James Bond theme song Skyfall at a rally in Little Rock, Arkansas, two days after her statement.

Rockers R.E.M. lashed out at Trump for using their hit song, It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” at a rally in 2015.

Following Trump’s victory on May 3, his opponents Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropped out of the race for the White House, making the businessman the overwhelming favourite to win the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.