Van Halen tells McCain to stop “Right Now”

It seems more and more musicians are wining more and more about where and when their songs are getting played. The Republican National Convention caused a number of non-McCain supporting musicians to make it clear that just because their song was played did not mean support from them.

Van Halen apparently did not give the John McCain campaign permission to use the bands “Right Now” song during the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. According to TMZ the band had no idea the song was going to be used and, “Permission was not sought or granted nor would it have been given.”
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