Credit: Neal PrestonBack in June, Queen guitarist Brian May expressed his displeasure over Donald Trump use of the band’s classic song “We Are the Champions” during his presidential campaign, saying that “it’s always been against our policy to allow Queen music to be used as a political campaigning tool.” Now, Queen as a whole is speaking out against “We Are the Champions” being used at Monday night’s Republican National Convention — and so is the group’s current frontman, Adam Lambert.
In a message on its Twitter feed, Queen simply wrote, “An unauthorised use at the Republican Convention against our wishes.” However, Lambert posted an even more pointed tweet. The singer, who’s gay, posted a photo of late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, who also was gay, with following caption: “If your political party spends decades treating gay people as second-class citizens, guess what: you don’t get to use Freddie Mercury’s music at your convention.”
In June, May wrote, “We are taking advice on what steps we can take to ensure this use does not continue.”
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— ADAM LAMBERT (@adamlambert) July 19, 2016
