Brendon Urie at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Image: AFP/Getty Images/Frazer Harrison)
Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie slammed US President Donald Trump after the band’s 2018 hit “High Hopes” was played at one of his campaign rallies.
Trump’s camp used the song at an event in Phoenix as his son Donald Trump Jr. walked onto the stage. News outlet The Recount posted a clip from the gathering on Twitter yesterday, June 24.
Following the rally, Urie took to his own page to blast Trump’s campaign for using the said track.
“F*ck you. You’re not invited. Stop playing my song,” he told the group.
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 then addressed “everyone else” and stated: “Donald Trump represents nothing we stand for.”
“The highest hope we have is voting this monster out in November,” Urie added, making a reference to the song’s title.
The singer also included a link to HeadCount, an organization that “uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy.”
Dear Everyone Else,
Donald Trump represents nothing we stand for. The highest hope we have is voting this monster out in November.
Please do your part: https://t.co/JX8GynZduq
— Brendon Urie (@brendonurie) June 24, 2020
Aside from Urie, the family of the late American singer Tom Petty also told Trump to stop using Petty’s music at his rallies. Trump’s campaign played Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” at a campaign event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 21.
“Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” the family said in a statement via Petty’s page.
— Tom Petty (@tompetty) June 21, 2020
“Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind,” they added. “Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate.”
Along with their statement, the family also issued a cease-and-desist notice to Trump. /ra
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