{"id":2333662,"date":"2024-08-29T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abba-record-label-tells-trump-campaign-to-cease-playing-songs-at-rallies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:53:38","slug":"abba-record-label-tells-trump-campaign-to-cease-playing-songs-at-rallies-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abba-record-label-tells-trump-campaign-to-cease-playing-songs-at-rallies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"ABBA record label tells Trump campaign to cease playing songs at rallies &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabba-record-label-tells-trump-campaign-to-cease-playing-songs-at-rallies-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2333662&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ABBA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label\/\" title=\"Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood\u2019s Abuse Allegations, Gets Dropped From Record Label\">record label<\/a>, Universal Music Publishing AB and Polar Music\u2062 International AB,\u2063 has issued \u2062a cease-and-desist letter to Donald Trump\u2019s\u2064 campaign,\u200b demanding that he stop using \u200dtheir songs during rallies and \u2062campaign \u2062events. This action comes after\u2063 the label discovered \u200cthat several of ABBA&#8217;s songs were played at\u2064 Trump&#8217;s events without permission. The letter,\u2062 which\u200d was \u2063notably non-political in tone, stated that no request had been \u200bmade for licensing, and therefore, the use of ABBA&#8217;s music was unauthorized. \u2063Unlike other artists who have publicly criticized Trump&#8217;s campaign for using their music, ABBA&#8217;s label focused \u200csolely on the legal aspect of the music&#8217;s usage. The letter highlighted the necessity for permission, rather \u2062than expressing any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-many-on-the-left-truly-want-their-political-opponents-to-die-the-reaction-to-limbaughs-passing-proves-that\/\" title=\"WALSH: Many On The Left Truly Want Their Political Opponents To Die. The Reaction To Limbaugh\u2019s Passing Proves That.\">political disagreement<\/a> with Trump&#8217;s activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ABBA record label tells Trump campaign to cease playing songs at rallies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1739129\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The record label of the Swedish pop group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1659423\/thank-you-for-the-music-abba-gold-turns-30-with-limited-edition-re-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ABBA\">ABBA<\/a> told former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign to stop playing its songs at rallies and campaign events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Thursday, ABBA&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nirvana-lawyers-nevermind-child-porn-lawsuit-an-absurd-cash-grab\/\" title=\"Nirvana Lawyers \u2018Nevermind\u2019 Child Porn Lawsuit An \u2018Absurd\u2019 Cash Grab\">record companies<\/a>, Universal Music Publishing AB and Polar Music International AB, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump after learning that he had used several of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">group&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s songs at his rallies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The music video for ABBA&rsquo;s &ldquo;Winner Takes it All&rdquo; plays on a screen at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. The video also played on a screen on the opposite side of the stage, the screen which Trump was looking at during the assassination attempt. (Photo courtesy of Brady Knox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We, together with the members of&nbsp;[ABBA], have discovered that videos have been released where Abba&rsquo;s music has been used at&nbsp;Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;events and have requested that such use be immediately taken down and removed,&rdquo; says the letter,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.svd.se\/a\/KMLaao\/donald-trump-anvander-abbas-latar-under-valmoten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> according to<\/a> Swedish newspaper <em>Svenska Dagbladet<\/em> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Universal Music Publishing AB and Polar Music International AB have not received any request, so no permission or license has been granted to Trump,&rdquo; the companies continued in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The message was notably apolitical. It requested an end to the use of the group&rsquo;s music due to a lack of permission without expressing explicit political disagreement, in contrast to the denunciations of other artists and groups.<\/p>\n<p>Several of ABBA&rsquo;s songs were featured at Trump&rsquo;s events before he took the stage, and the music video was often included as well. At the July 13 Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, the site of the assassination attempt on Trump, the music video for &ldquo;Winner Takes it All&rdquo; was played on the screen that the former president credits with saving his life.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Money, Money, Money&rdquo; and &ldquo;Dancing Queen&rdquo; are two other tunes the campaign has played at several rallies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has faced cries to cease using music from a litany of artists, including C&eacute;line Dion, Beyonc&eacute;, Foo Fighters, Johnny Marr, Adele, Aerosmith, Guns N&rsquo; Roses, and the estate of Sinead O&rsquo;Connor. Many of these include explicit statements of political disagreement with the former president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is no exaggeration to say that Sin&eacute;ad would have been disgusted, hurt, and insulted to have her work misrepresented in this way by someone who she herself referred to as a &lsquo;biblical devil,&#8217;&rdquo; O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s estate said in its demand that Trump stop playing her music.<\/p>\n<p>The Foo Fighters recently pledged to donate royalties from the song &ldquo;My Hero&rdquo; to the Harris campaign after it was used at Trump rallies without their permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1739129\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1739129\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABBA&#8217;s record label has instructed former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign to refrain from using their songs at rallies and events. On Thursday, Universal Music Publishing AB and Polar Music International AB, the companies representing the Swedish pop group, issued a cease-and-desist letter after discovering that several of ABBA&#8217;s tracks were played during Trump&#8217;s rallies. The music video for &#8220;Winner Takes it All&#8221; was shown at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. The letter stated that both ABBA and its record labels had noticed videos featuring their music being used at Trump&#8217;s events and requested their immediate removal. They emphasized that no permission or license had been granted for this use. Notably, the letter maintained an apolitical tone; it simply asked for an end to the unauthorized use of their music without expressing any political opposition\u2014unlike other artists who have publicly condemned Trump\u2019s actions. Several of ABBA&#8217;s songs were played before Trump took the stage at his events; among them were &#8220;Money, Money, Money&#8221; and &#8220;Dancing Queen.&#8221; Trump has faced similar requests from various artists including Celine Dion, Beyonc\u00e9, Foo Fighters, Johnny Marr, Adele, Aerosmith, Guns N&#8217; Roses as well as Sinead O&#8217;Connor\u2019s estate\u2014many of whom explicitly voiced political disagreements with him. O\u2019Connor\u2019s estate remarked that she would have been deeply offended by her work being associated with someone she labeled a \u201cbiblical devil.\u201d Recently the Foo Fighters announced they would donate royalties from \u201cMy Hero\u201d to a political campaign after it was used without permission at Trump rallies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2333663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ABBA-Butler-Trump-Rally-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[39682,11790,39683,32531],"class_list":["post-2333662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abba","tag-cease-and-desist","tag-music-rights","tag-trump-campaign"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ABBA-Butler-Trump-Rally-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}