White Stripes sue Trump for using Seven Nation Army in campaign messages

Rock duo White Stripes have sued Donald Trump over his use of their hit single Seven Nation Army in a campaign message.

The band has accused Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff over a video of Trump boarding a plane for campaign stops in Michigan And Wisconsin last month.

Jack White, the band’s lead singer and guitarist who performs with drummer Meg White, shared the first page of the lawsuit in an Instagram post on Monday, saying, “This machine is suing fascists.”

Shortly after Trump aide Margo McAtee shared the since-deleted video with X on August 29, Jack criticized the presidential candidate for using his song.

‘Oh….Don’t even think about using my music, you fascists. Lawsuit from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5000 others).

Rock duo White Stripes have sued Donald Trump for using their hit single Seven Nation Army in a campaign message

Shortly after Trump aide Margo McAtee shared the now-deleted video with X on August 29, Jack criticized the presidential candidate for using his song

‘Have a great day at work today Margo Martin. And as long as I’m here, a double f*** you DonOLD for insulting our nation’s veterans at Arlington, you scum.

“If anything makes sense, you should immediately lose the votes of all military families,” Jack wrote.

The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Manhattan, says the band also objects to Trump’s use of the song because members Jack and Meg “vehemently oppose the policies and actions Defendant Trump adopted and took while he was President, and the actions he has proposed for the second term he is seeking.”

Several prominent musicians have previously criticized Trump for using their songs at rallies.

Last week, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled that Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming,” after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the estate of Isaac Hayes Jr.

On Monday, Jack posted the first page of the lawsuit on his Instagram and captioned it: ‘This machine is suing fascists’

The band has sued the presidential candidate over a video that shows him boarding a plane last month for campaign visits in Michigan and Wisconsin

The lawsuit alleged that Trump, his campaign team and several of his allies infringed copyright and demanded that they pay damages.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash ruled that Trump must stop using the song, but he denied a request to force the campaign to remove existing videos featuring the song.

Hayes, who died in 2008 at age 65, and David Porter co-wrote “Hold On, I’m Coming,” a 1966 hit for the soul duo Sam and Dave.

Ronald Coleman, an attorney for Trump and his campaign, told reporters after the hearing that the campaign had already decided not to use the song in the future.

Members of Swedish pop group ABBA have asked Trump to stop using their music and videos during his campaign rallies, according to the band’s record label.

Last week, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled that Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming” after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the estate of Isaac Hayes Jr. (pictured)

Members of Swedish pop group ABBA have asked Trump to stop using their music and videos during his campaign rallies, the band’s record label said

ABBA hits such as “The Winner Takes It All,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played at a rally of Trump and his running mate JD Vance on July 27 in Minnesota, accompanied by videos.

“We, along with the members of ABBA, have discovered that videos have been released in which ABBA’s music has been used at Trump events and have requested that such use be immediately removed and taken offline,” Universal Music, the band’s record label, said in a statement.

It was stated that no permission or license had been granted to the Trump campaign.

The band members declined to comment further, a spokesman said, adding that they fully supported Universal’s statement.

Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.