Johnny Marr has reacted to a video displaying The Smiths monitor ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Need’ being performed at a Donald Trump rally.
The previous president is presently operating for the Republican Occasion nomination to be U.S. President. A video has been making the rounds on X/Twitter displaying the well-known Smiths B-side monitor taking part in on the South Dakota Republican rally final 12 months.
Marr, the previous guitarist for the Mancunian band and composer of ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Need’, expressed his discontent with the tune being utilized by Trump at rallies.
“Ahh…proper…OK. I by no means in 1,000,000 years would’ve thought this might come to move. Take into account this shit shut proper down proper now,” he wrote in a tweet.
Ahh…proper…OK. I by no means in 1,000,000 years would’ve thought this might come to move. Take into account this shit shut proper down proper now. https://t.co/M6eYROedOy
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) January 23, 2024
Different musicians have beforehand responded to Trump utilizing their music at his rallies. Final 12 months, Duncan Jones, the son of icon David Bowie, reacted to the previous president utilizing the music of his late father to soundtrack his politics.
“Fairly certain this fucker retains on utilizing my dad’s music simply to bother me personally,” he tweeted, including: “(Joke. I’m approach under his radar.)”
It adopted Trump utilizing Bowie’s 1977 traditional ‘Heroes’ for his 2024 US presidential bid announcement final 12 months. “Fairly certain he’s simply doing that now to wind me up,” Jones tweeted on the time.
“We’ve been although this earlier than,” Jones added. “He used the identical monitor 6 years in the past. Ive been informed there may be little we are able to do about it.”
Different acts who’ve spoken out publicly towards Trump’s use of their music embody Rihanna, Queen and Adele.
In different information, Marr was introduced as one of many names to play at Glasgow’s Summer season Nights At The Bandstand this 12 months.