The Rolling Stones have made it clear that they don't endorse Donald Trump after the US Republican presidential nominee used their classic song You Can't Always Get What you Want at the Republican National Convention.
Trump ended his 76-minute nomination acceptance speech on Thursday (July 21) by playing the 1969 track.
The band responded by tweeting on Friday: "The Rolling Stones do not endorse Donald Trump. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ was used without the band’s permission." The tweet has since been deleted.
The Republican presidential candidate has used a number of the British rockers' hits on the campaign trail, and in May, the band ordered Trump's camp to stop playing their tunes in public.
A spokesperson for the band told Billboard: "The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs. They have requested that they cease all use immediately."
The band are not the only high profile musicians to object to Trump using their music at the annual political convention. Queen, REM, Earth, Wind & Fire and officials at both George Harrison and Luciano Pavarotti's estates have all taken issue with the use of their music.
The unauthorized use of #HereComestheSun at the #RNCinCLE is offensive & against the wishes of the George Harrison estate.
— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) July 22, 2016
In September of last year, frontman Michael Stipe slammed Trump for using R.E.M.'s song It's The End of The World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) at a rally at the White House.
Stipe said: "Go f*** yourselves, the lot of you - you sad, attention-grabbing, power-hungry little men. Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign".
