Neil Young Won't Sue Trump for Playing His Music at Rallies, So He Rewrote 'Looking For a Leader'

Neil Young has reconsidered his stance on potentially suing US President Donald Trump for using his music at rallies.Young, an outspoken critic of the President, has condemned Trump’s use of ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ at his campaign events multiple times this year.After initially taking to Twitter to once again voice his disapproval earlier this month, Young then wrote an open letter to the President, saying he won’t take legal action because he doesn’t want to distract from government efforts

Neil Young is not happy about what's been going on in the United States due to Donald Trump's actions. He's so displeased, he revealed in a post on his Neil Young Archives Sunday (July 26) that he may take legal action after all against the former reality TV personality for using his music at rallies."I am changing my mind about suing President Trump.

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

Donald Trump reciting the lyrics to Iron Maiden‘s ‘Run To The Hills’ – watch it below.In the video, the latest in a series of ‘Metal Trump’ videos from YouTube user Lars von Retriever, clips from speeches made by the US President are spliced up to form the lyrics from the iconic track.The 1982 track, which appears on Maiden’s album ‘The Number Of The Beast’, concerns the destruction and genocide of indigenous peoples in America by settlers.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s team is demanding U.S. President Donald Trump stop using his song Memory at political rallies.

Four months after he downplayed the CDC’s recommendations for face masks, Donald Trump finally put one on and late night talk show hosts Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert didn’t waste any time dragging the U.S. president.

According to multiple reports, Donald Trump made a visit to the Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland, this Saturday, and lo-and-behold, the president of the United States of America wore a mask. Hot New Hip Hop claims it’s the first time he has publicly worn one since the pandemic made its way into the United States.

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

Neil Young is "NOT ok" with his music being played at President Donald Trump's Mount Rushmore event on Friday.

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 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.

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

The Rolling Stones have warned Donald Trump to stop using their music at his rallies and events or face a lawsuit.The band have already served the US President with multiple cease and desist directives after he began playing their songs at events on his 2016 presidential campaign.Trump has continued to use the band’s music despite those messages and, now, the veteran rock group are looking to take further steps to stop him from continuing to use their songs without their permission.