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Johnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally
The Smiths guitarist and co-songwriter says ‘consider this shit shut right down right now’ after seeing footage of rally in South Dakota
Marr responded on X after a user shared footage of a Trump rally in South Dakota in 2023 in which the Smiths song Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want can be heard playing as the crowd waits for the former president to come on stage. Musicians including Adele, the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Pharrell Williams and the estates of Prince and David Bowie have objected in the past to Trump and his team playing their music at public events. After years of praise from the former UK prime minister David Cameron, who even picked This Charming Man as one of his favourite tracks on BBC’s Desert Island Discs, Marr wrote: “Stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don’t.
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