Hands off my music, Donald Trump!

Ahead of the American Presidential elections, the Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump is literally facing the music, from musicians in particular. The crooners are lashing out against the billionaire candidate by asking him to avoid using their songs without their permission for his presidential campaign. While it is an old practice, where presidential hopefuls use songs without the artiste's permission, this year the singers want things to change.Here's what the musicians had to say on how they feel about their songs being used for the Trump campaign...
R.E.M.
The band's hit song 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' was used by Trump before a speech about Iran. Instrumentalist Mike Mills lashed out at Trump and said, 'Personally, I think the orange clown will do anything for attention. I hate giving it to him. The R.E.M. statement will be regarding Trump's use of our song. Nothing more than that!'
The Rolling Stones
Legendary British rockers The Rolling Stones were quite upfront about their distaste for Trump using their songs in his rallies. After Trump played their song 'Start Me Up', they released a statement asking his campaign not do that again. Said the Stones' rep, 'The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately.'
Elton John
The British musician asked Trump to fork out money or not use his music, even though he has met him once. He said, 'I don't really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign. I'm British. I've met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me, it's nothing personal, his political views are his own, mine are very different, and I'm not a Republican in a million years. Why not ask Ted f####g Nugent? Or one of those f#####g country stars? They'll do it for you.'
Queen
British rockers Queen said they would not give permission even if he would have asked them to use the song 'We Are the Champions' at the Republican National Convention. Adam Lambert, who also performed with Queen on tour said on behalf of late singer Freddie Mercury, who had written the song in question. Lambert, who is also gay, wrote on a microblogging site, 'If your political party spends decades treating gay people as second-class citizens, guess what: You don't get to use Freddie Mercury's music at your convention.'

Luciano Pavarotti
Another dead musician, the late great opera singer, Luciano Pavarotti's estate came out and said they did not wish Trump play his music. The statement reads, 'As members of his immediate family, we would like to recall that the values of brotherhood and solidarity which Luciano Pavarotti expressed throughout the course of his artistic career are entirely incompatible with the world view offered by the candidate Donald Trump.'
Steven Tyler
The Aerosmith frontman wrote an entire essay asking Trump to not use his songs without paying him after the Trump campaign played his popular song 'Dream On' at a rally. He wrote, 'This week, I sent a letter to Donald Trump's campaign asking to not use my music at political rallies. My intent was not to make a political statement, but to make one about the rights of my fellow music creators. But I've been singing this song for a while now.'
Adele
The 'Skyfall' singer, through her representative, asked Trump to not use any of her songs in his campaigns. The songs that Trump, a big fan of Adele, was pinching off her were the 'Skyfall OST' and 'Rolling in the Deep'. Her representative said, 'Adele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning.'

George Harrison
Not only living musicians, but even those who are dead and gone have taken up arms against Trump! The late Beatles' George Harrison's estate took offense at Trump's campaign playing their iconic song 'Here Comes The Sun' written by Harrison. In a statement, it said, 'The unauthorised use of #HereComestheSun at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is offensive and against the wishes of the George Harrison estate.'
Last Week Tonight
A music video featuring musicians Usher, Michael Bolton, Cyndi Lauper, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, the band Heart, Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons and Sheryl Crow on John Oliver's Show Last Week Tonight lambasted Trump for taking their songs.
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