Tom Petty‘s possession has issued a cease and desist order to Donald Trump’s election campaign after Petty’s 1989 song’ I Won’t Back down’ was used without permission at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20.
A statement affixed to social media by Petty’s family after the mobilize said,” Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that foliages too many Americans and common sense behind.
“Tom Petty would never demand a song of his used for a campaign of hate. He liked to introducing beings together.” Read the full statement below.
— Tom Petty (@ tompetty) June 21, 2020
Benmont Tench, a founding member alongside Petty of The Heartbreakers also weighed in with a post on his Instagram, saying,” I in no way approve of Trump even whistling any piece of music associated with our party .”
Over the past few years, numerou creators have issued cease and desists to the Trump administration for unauthorised application of their material, including Rihanna and the property of Prince.
Petty died in 2017, aged 66 , in Santa Monica from congestive heart failure. A law disagree then followed between Petty’s widow Dana York Petty and two of Petty’s daughters- Annakim Violette and Adria Petty- over the hold of the late musician’s estate and back catalogue. The two parties “resolved their differences and rejected all litigation matters “ in December 2019.
Last year a previously unreleased song by Petty and The Heartbreakers named’ For Real’ was secreted as part of a 38 -track compilation,’ The Best Of Everything’.
Read more: Listen to a previously unreleased Tom Petty song,’ For Real’
Later in 2019, Willie Nelson paid tribute to Petty with a reimagining of’ For Real ‘, renaming the track’ For Real- For Tom’, with song follows going to charity.
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