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Brian May slams Donald Trump for using Queen music at rally

Iconic guitarist Brian May has revealed that he was met with "an avalanche of complaints" from Queen fans who thought he had given permission for republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump to use the band's music in his campaigns. 

Trump used Queen's legendary song 'We Are The Champions' as his entrance music at a recent rally, but hadn't cleared the usage. May took to his official website and slammed the businessman-turned-politician's inclusion of his song:

“This is not an official Queen statement, but I can confirm that permission to use the track was neither sought nor given. We are taking advice on what steps we can take to ensure this use does not continue.”

Yesterday, Queen singer Adam Lambert told his followers on Twitter that he will worry for the future of his country if Trump gets elected

"Although I am not firmly educated in politics, for more instinctual reasons, I think Trump would be a highly risky leader. He seems to manipulate fear and ignorance in order to gain popularity. How he is even taken seriously is beyond me. This isn't the Apprentice, it's real life! I want to LIKE our future President, not be embarrassed by him."

"I want to be inspired and hopeful in potential times of crisis - not terrified that he'd provoke both national and international chaos and division. Our President doesn't need to be employing pompous, narcissistic negativity for attention. We should leave that to tabloid celebrities."

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