The estate of Prince is objecting to the use of the late singer’s music at President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Minneapolis on Thursday, claiming that his representatives last year said that they would not play any of his songs at future events.
“President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a campaign event in Minneapolis despite confirming a year ago that the campaign would not use Prince’s music,” the Prince estate said in a Twitter message. “The Prince estate will never give permission to President Trump to use Prince’s songs.”
They included a letter send last year to the estate’s lawyers, in which an attorney for Jones Day responded to their concerns and wrote that “without admitting liability, and to avoid any future dispute, we write to confirm that the campaign will not use Prince’s music in connection with its activities going forward.
“President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a campaign event in Minneapolis despite confirming a year ago that the campaign would not use Prince’s music,” the Prince estate said in a Twitter message. “The Prince estate will never give permission to President Trump to use Prince’s songs.”
They included a letter send last year to the estate’s lawyers, in which an attorney for Jones Day responded to their concerns and wrote that “without admitting liability, and to avoid any future dispute, we write to confirm that the campaign will not use Prince’s music in connection with its activities going forward.
- 10/11/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump’s team played Prince’s “Purple Rain” during a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday, violating an agreement made by Trump’s campaign and the Prince Estate in 2018. The Prince Estate shared the written agreement on Twitter. The letter from the campaign’s legal representatives said it would not use any Prince songs in connection with Trump campaign events, per the estate’s request that was made after Trump used the song during pre-Election Day rallies.
“President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a campaign...
“President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a campaign...
- 10/11/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
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