Dave Grohl performs with the Foo Fighters at Fenway Park. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The latest artist to threaten to take legal action against Trump is the Foo Fighters. During a rally in Arizona on Aug. 23, Trump brought out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. using “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters as his walkout song.
The band was later tagged in a video of the rally. A fan asked the band, “Did you let Trump use ‘My Hero’ to welcome RFK Jr. on stage?”
The band responded, “No.”
In a statement to Billboard, the band’s spokesperson confirmed that “Foo Fighters were not asked permission, and if they were, they would not have granted it.”
The statement continued, “appropriate actions are being taken.” The spokesperson also said that any royalties the band has received because of the usage of the song will be donated to the Harris/Walz campaign.
On Aug. 24, Trump’s spokesperson Steven Chueng told the Independent, “We have a license to play the song.”
But in a statement to Entertainment Weekly on Aug. 26, the band did not back down from their previous comments and legal complaint. The band reiterated, “Foo Fighters were not asked permission, and if they were they would not have granted it.”