Leonard Cohen Estate Decries Use of ‘Hallelujah’ at Donald Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’ Rally — But It Happened Anyway

Source: www.billboard.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:16:43 GMT

Long Island opera singer Christopher Macchio joined forces with the Marine Band's Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Bennear to perform the oft-covered 1984 song.

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: Music legend's estate refuses to let Trump play beloved hit at Freedom 250 rally: report — www.rawstory.com
Left: Legendary Songwriter's Estate Slams Trump For Planned Use Of Song During Freedom 250 Rally —
Left: 'Mercury, thy name is Trump': WSJ editors bash Trump's latest legislative 'mish-mosh' — www.rawstory.com
Left: Trump retreating to distant moment of glory with pool obsession: biographer — www.rawstory.com
Center-Left: Leonard Cohen Estate Does Not Support Trump’s Plan to Use ‘Hallelujah’ at Freedom 250 Rally — www.rollingstone.com
Center: Leonard Cohen’s Estate Issues A Pre-Event Objection To Use Of ‘Hallelujah’ At Trump’s Freedom 250 Kickoff — deadline.com
Center-Right: President Trump kicks off Great American State Fair, sticks to script with speech — thehill.com
Center-Left: Trump kicks off the Great American State Fair after musical acts pulled out — www.nbcnews.com
Right: ‘America is back’: Trump kicks off Great American State Fair with flyovers, patriotic National Mall speech — www.foxnews.com
Right: Pro-algae activists rally to save Trump’s Reflecting Pool slime after vandals allegedly destroy the lining — www.theblaze.com
Right: Trump team slams 'b***h' Democrat for floating bizarre conspiracy theory on housing bill delay — www.theblaze.com

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