The singer is supporting Bernie Sanders.
Real estate mogul Donald Trump announced he was running for president on Tuesday, while Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" played repeatedly in the background.
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Young's manager, Elliot Roberts, released a statement saying that Young would in fact be supporting self-described democratic-socialist candidate Bernie Sanders:
Donald Trump was not authorized to use "Rockin' In The Free World" in his presidential candidacy announcement. Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for President of the United States of America.
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Though on ASCAP's website, the company specifies a different set of rules for the use of music in political campaigns, stating that the "campaign will need to contact the song's publisher and possibly the artist's record label to negotiate the appropriate licenses with them."
ASCAP also specifies that if the campaign does not abide by these rules and the artist does not want their music associated with the candidate's politics, they can take legal action against the candidate.
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