He’s suing (again) over the president’s unauthorized use of the song at political rallies

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Neil Young is filing suit after “Rockin’ in the Free World” was played at a Trump rally. The lawsuit—filed yesterday (Monday, October 26) in Virginia’s Eastern District Court—specifically cites an “unauthorized public performance” of Young’s 1991 protest anthem at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on October 12. The named defendant is actually not President Donald J. Trump himself, but rather the Trump 47 Committee, his primary political action committee and the event’s organizer.

“‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ is a blistering anthem that contrasts the hollow promises of American political rhetoric with the harsh realities faced by the poor, homeless, and forgotten,” the lawsuit reads.…