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ABBA hits including "The Winner Takes It All", "Money, Money,
Money" and "Dancing Queen" were played at a rally held by Trump
and his running mate JD Vance on July 27 in Minnesota,
accompanied by videos, said Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet,
which had a reporter at the event.
"Together with the members of ABBA, we have discovered that
videos have been released where ABBA's music has been used at
Trump events, and we have therefore requested that such use be
immediately removed and taken down," the band's record label
Universal Music said in a statement.
It said no permission or licence had been granted to the Trump
campaign.
The members of the band declined to comment further, a
representative told Reuters, adding that they fully supported
Universal's statement.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Several artists, or their representatives, have objected to
their music being played at Trump events over the years,
including late American singer-guitarist Tom Petty, British
singer-songwriter Adele, and rock band R.E.M.
In April, late Irish singer and activist Sinéad O'Connor's label
also demanded the Trump campaign stop using her music.
Canadian singer Celine Dion and her label earlier this month
made a similar complaint, calling the use of her performance
"unauthorized".
(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen in Copenhagen; Editing by Helen
Popper)
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