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Use of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” at Trump’s rally was “unauthorized,” officials say


Use of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” at Trump’s rally was “unauthorized,” officials say

Representatives for Canadian singer Céline Dion said on Saturday that the use of her 1990s hit “My Heart Will Go On” at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump was “unauthorized” and did not have her permission.

“And really, THIS song?” Dion’s representatives cheekily asked in a statement posted on the singer’s social media accounts.

A video clip of Dion performing the theme song from the 1997 film Titanic was shown at a rally in Boseman, Montanaand was also played at several previous Trump rallies.

According to the statement, her management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada, were made aware on Saturday “of the unauthorized use of the video, recording, musical performance and image of Celine Dion singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at a Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally in Montana.”

Representatives stressed that “this use is in no way authorized and Céline Dion does not endorse this or any similar use.”

Musicians asking Trump not to play their music at his rallies is not a new problem. During his first presidential run in 2016 The Rolling Stones, AdeleNeil Young and Steven Tyler from Aerosmith All of them called on Trump to stop playing their music during the election campaign, as did REM in 2020.

To comply with copyright law, political campaigns must obtain a public performance license from organizations such as Broadcast Music Inc. or the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Songwriters and record labels typically sign blanket licensing agreements that give sports arenas and other venues the right to play their music.

The 56-year-old Dion gave a Surprise performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris two weeks ago, her first since 2020. She announced in 2022 that she had been diagnosed Stiff person syndrome.

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