During a campaign rally last month in West Virginia, Donald Trump’s team played a classic Aerosmith song, “Living on the Edge,” before he took to the stage.
The lead singer of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, got wind of the usage and demanded that Trump and his campaign stop playing any of the band’s music at their rallies or public events. Tyler tweeted, “This is not about Dems vs. Repub. I do not let anyone use my songs without permission. My music is for causes, not political campaigns or rallies. Protecting songwriters is what I’ve been fighting for even before this current administration took office.”
Tyler’s stance left people on social media questioning whether it was really possible for an artist to control when their music is played, or whether an artist could dictate that their music can only be played on certain mediums or at certain events.
