The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr told former President Donald Trump to stop playing the band's music at campaign rallies.
Marr released the statement as a reaction to a video posted on social media by ABC News correspondent Soorin Kim showing a song by The Smiths being played during a Trump campaign rally in South Dakota last year.
Kim noted: "You actually hear The Smiths more often than you'd think at 2024 Trump rallies."
In response, Marr wrote, "Ahh…right…OK. I never in a million years would've thought this could come to pass. Consider this ---- shut right down right now."
Marr is the latest musician to come out against Trump for using music during campaign rallies, following Aerosmith, Everlast, and Neil Young, who filed a lawsuit over Trump's use of his music in 2020.
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