Adele Says Donald Trump does not have the Right to use her music in his Campaign

By Cheri Cheng - 01 Feb '16 16:37PM
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Adele, who has often stayed out of politics, has clarified to the public that U.S. presidential hopeful and the Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump, does not have the right to use her music in his campaign.

The singer's spokesperson said to The Independent, "Adele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning."

Trump's campaign had played "Rolling in the Deep" from Adele's previous album, "21," after former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech. The campaign also used the song "Skyfall" as a theme for a rally in Ohio.

The use of Adele's music has enraged many of her fans.

One fan tweeted, "Don't suppose he asked her for endorsement. Hopefully she's objected."

Another twitter user, @KevinPlantz, wrote, "I wonder if @Adele knows that Donald Trump is using her music to promote racism and bigotry."

"Noooooo!! Not Adele!! Must Trump ruin that too?!" one more fan tweeted.

Adele is not the first musician to speak out about the illegal use of her music in promoting a campaign. Aerosmith's lead singer, Steven Tyler, sent Trump's campaign cease-and-desist letters after he played "Dream On" during one of his rallies.

The letter stated that Trump did "not have our client's permission." It continued, stating that the use of the song "gives the false impression that he [Tyler] is connected with or endorses Mr. Trump's presidential bid."

Michael Stipe, the lead singer for the old rock bank R.E.M., was also very upset when Trump campaign's used his song, "It's the End of the World as We Know," which was released in 1987.

Stipe's statement had read, "Go f**k yourselves, the lot of you -- you sad, attention-grabbing, power-hungry little men. Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign."

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