Neil Young Objects to Songs Being Played at Trump Mount Rushmore Event

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterSince the top of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a surge in racism against Asians and Pacific Islander (API) which has been bolstered by Donald Trump and his administration’s consistent use of the terms “Chinese virus” and “Kung Flu” to describe COVID-19.

Chris Willman Music WriterIf “The Princess Bride’s” Inigo Montoya were to ever attend a Donald Trump rally or watch his campaign’s videos, it’s clear what he’d say: “You keep using that song. I do not think it means what you think it means.”From the 2016 campaign through the present day, music fans have been baffled by Trump’s use of the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” as his walk-off music at rallies.

Kanye West shared a photo on Twitter that shows his face edited onto Mount Rushmore amid his ongoing presidential bid. As the musician forges ahead with his plans to run against both Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in November, he took to Twitter to share an optimistic view of that potential presidency with a photo showing his face on the famous U.S.

Neil Young sounded off on President Donald Trump yesterday (July 6) in one of his signature scathing letters after Trump used his music at another one of his rallies.

Neil Young has shared an open letter written to Donald Trump, as the US President continues to use the musician’s work without permission.Before Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore last week, three of Young’s songs were heard blasting from the speakers – ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’, ‘Like a Hurricane’, and ‘Cowgirl in the Sand’.After initially taking to Twitter to once again voice his disapproval, Young has now written to the President, saying he won’t take legal action because he doesn’t want to

At the foot of Mount Rushmore and on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump dug deeper into America's divisions by accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a "merciless campaign to wipe out our history." The president, in remarks Friday night at the South Dakota landmark, offered a discordant tone to an electorate battered by a pandemic and seared by the recent high-profile killings of Black people.

Neil Young joined a long line of entertainers and performing artists who have slammed the president of the United States, Donald Trump, for using their music without permission. At a recent campaign rally in Mount Rushmore, Donald Trump used one of Neil’s classic songs, “Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World.” Using the Neil Young Archives Twitter account, the legendary performer wrote that he wasn’t ok with the song’s use at the rally.

Neil Young is speaking out against Donald Trump for using his music during the president's Mount Rushmore event in South Dakota.

Chris Willman Music WriterIf Donald Trump were only to play rock songs at his events that had the permission of the recording artists in question, his walk-ons and walk-offs would mostly take place to the sound of silence.

Another day, another celebrity attacking Donald Trump. This time around it was music icon Neil Young, 74, who had a big problem with them playing two of his biggest hits, “Like a Hurricane” and “Rockin’ in the Free World”, upon the president’s arrival at his Mt. Rushmore rally on Friday, July 3. “This is NOT ok with me,” one tweet read. He doubled down on his words in a separate tweet, writing, “I stand in solidarity with the Lakota Sioux & this is NOT ok with me.”

Three of Neil Young songs were used at Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore event and Young is not okay with it.

Neil Young has condemned the use of his music by US President Donald Trump ahead of his Fourth of July speech at Mount Rushmore.Before Trump’s speech, three of Young’s songs were heard blasting from the speakers – ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’, ‘Like a Hurricane’, and ‘Cowgirl in the Sand’.

Ted Johnson President Donald Trump used the spectacular backdrop of Mount Rushmore and the eve of Independence Day to deliver a speech that cast himself as the defender of American history against a out of control “angry mobs” seeking to denigrate the nation’s founders and pull down statues and monuments.Trump’s speech, below the giant faces of four of his predecessors, signaled that his presidential campaign will lean heavily into the the grievances of a perceived silent majority, a term from

Ted Johnson Neil Young objected to the use of his music in the prelude to President Donald Trump’s event at the base of Mount Rushmore, siding with Lakota Sioux who have long claimed the land as their own in violation of an 1868 treaty with the U.S.

The president of the Oglala Sioux tribal council, Julian Bear Runner, doesn’t want Donald Trump, 74, to make his planned speech at the fourth of July fireworks celebration, where 7,500 people are expected to attend, in South Dakota on July 3.

Neil Young has put the spotlight on some of his most politically charged songs with the latest instalment of his “Fireside Sessions” acoustic concert series

David Robb Labor EditorEXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump may be looking for a new walk-off song at his campaign rallies now that the Rolling Stones and BMI have put him on notice and threatened to sue if he ever again uses any of their songs licensed by the giant performing rights organization.

The Rolling Stones are the latest band to join the 2020 edition of “Hey Trump, stop using my fucking music”. And the band mean business, saying they might sue the American President if he doesn’t cease and desist.Ever since Donald Trump decided that his next reality TV project should involve running (mainly into the ground) the most powerful country in the world, a plethora of artists have hit out at him for using their music at his political rallies.