The Rolling Stones tell Trump campaign to stop playing their songs at rallies
The Rolling Stones are threatening legal action against President Donald Trump's campaign for using their music at his campaign rallies.
"Despite cease & desist directives to Donald Trump in the past, The Rolling Stones are taking further steps to exclude him using their songs at any of his future political campaigning," a spokesman for the band said in a statement Saturday.
As first reported in Deadline, the Stones' legal team is working with BMI, the performing rights organization, on the issue.
"The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorized use of their songs will constitute a breach of its licensing agreement. If Donald Trump disregards the exclusion and persists then he would face a lawsuit for breaking the embargo and playing music that has not been licensed," the statement said.
The Stones' classic 1968 hit "You Can't Always Get What You Want" has served as the Trump campaign's walk-off song during campaign rallies, including in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last week.
The Trump campaign declined to comment.
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