Foo Fighters Donate 'My Hero' Royalties to Kamala Harris' Campaign After Donald Trump Uses Song at Rally

Mar. 15, 2025

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters; Kamala Harris; Donald Trump.Photo:Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Slaven Vlasic/Getty; Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty

Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Slaven Vlasic/Getty; Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty

It’s “times like these” thatFoo Fightersfight back on their own terms.

On Monday, Aug. 26, a spokesperson for the rock group confirmed to PEOPLE they would donate their “My Hero” royalties to Vice PresidentKamala Harris’presidential campaign after former PresidentDonald Trumpused this song at a rally without their permission.

“Foo Fighters were not asked permission and if they were, they would have not granted it,” a rep for the band told PEOPLE in a statement.

They added that the “Fly” band — comprised ofDave Grohl, Pat Smear, Josh Freese, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mandel and Rami Jafree — would donate any royalties from the Trump campaign’s use of the song to Harris and Gov.Tim Walz’s campaigns.

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performs in New Orleans in April 2024.Astrida Valigorsky/Getty

Astrida Valigorsky/Getty

Just one day prior, Trump played the Foo Fighters' hit song when he welcomed former independent candidateRobert F. Kennedy Jr.on stage during a rally in Arizona — just hour after he had stopped his campaign and endorsed Trump.

On Friday, Aug. 23, the band even addressed Trump’s use of “My Hero” at the rally onX (formerly Twitter), sharing an interaction with a user who asked, “Hey @foofighters, did you let Trump use ‘My Hero’ to welcome RFK Jr. on stage,” to which the band replied, “No.”

“Let us be clear,” they captioned the post.

Foo Fighters aren’t the only musicians who have disavowed the use of their music for the Trump campaign.

On Tuesday, Aug. 20, Steven Cheung, a spokesperson forDonald Trump,shared a video on his own X accountof the former president walking off a plane on Tuesday, Aug. 20, set to the track “Freedom” fromBeyoncé’s 2016 albumLemonade.

“Touchdown in Michigan!!@realDonaldTrump,” the caption read.

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Beyoncé, Donald Trump.Kevin Mazur/Getty; Grant Baldwin/Getty

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On Wednesday, Aug. 21,Rolling Stonereported that theTrump campaign did not have permissionto use the song and that the “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” singer, 42, had threatened to send the Republican presidential nominee’s team a cease-and-desist.

At the time, PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Beyoncé for comment.

While the “Halo” artist has yet to officially endorse Harris, she’s previously shared her support for the Democratic party, including in 2013, when shesang the national anthematformer President Barack Obama’s inauguration. She alsoshared a social media clipencouraging voters to support current PresidentJoe Bidenin 2020.

source: people.com