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1 day agoTrump post mocking No Kings protests enters the "danger zone"
Kenny Loggins demanded removal of his performance of 'Danger Zone' from a White House video, saying the use was unauthorized and divisive.
It became the inescapable soundtrack of the summer: the uplifting melody of Jess Glynne's 2015 dance-pop hit "Hold My Hand," followed by a chirpy voice declaring that nothing beats a Jet2 holiday. Over the last few months, the British travel agency's advertisement has become a viral TikTok sound, serving as the ironic backdrop for millions of things-gone-terribly-wrong style disaster videos.
In the suit, filed in London High Court, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never got songwriting credit on their band's 1983 single, one of the biggest hits of the '80s and famously sampled on Diddy and Faith Evans' "I'll Be Missing You." They allege in the suit that they have never been paid for their writing contributions.