(London) The estate of Sinead O’Connor formally asked Donald Trump on Monday to no longer play her music at election rallies, saying that the late singer considered the former US president to be a “biblical devil”.
Team Trump played O’Connor’s biggest hit, Nothing Compares 2 Uduring partisan events while the candidate was campaigning for the Republican nomination for the American presidential election.
In a joint statement, O’Connor’s estate and his record label, Chrysalis, called on Mr. Trump to “immediately cease using his music.”
The Irish singer, who died last year at the age of 56, “lived by a very strict moral code, defined by honesty, kindness, fairness and decency towards others,” the press release said.
“So it was with indignation that we learned that Donald Trump was using his iconic performance of Nothing Compares 2 U during his political rallies. »
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“It is no exaggeration to say that Sinead would have been disgusted, hurt and insulted to see her work misrepresented in this way by someone she herself described as a “biblical devil”,” it added. .
Fiery and outspoken Sinead O’Connor was critical of the Catholic Church long before sexual assault allegations were widely reported, and she spoke openly about her mental health struggles.
She was found unconscious at her home in London last July and was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner concluded that she died of natural causes.
Sinead O’Connor — her estate — joins a growing list of artists who have objected to Mr. Trump using their songs, including Rihanna, Neil Young, Linkin Park, the late Tom Petty and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.