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Indie Group MGMT To Sue France's President!

US lawmakers aren't the only politicos US musicians will go after! Indie group MGMT is reportedly demanding compensation from French president Nicolas Sarkozy for using their song, Kids, as part of his campaign without permission. The song was featured at a Sarko political rally and in two online campaign videos. Sarkozy's people admitted the 'mistake' and offered [...]

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16:59 on February 28 2009

MGMT take on Nicolas Sarkozy

The Telegraph Blog — Psychedelic Indie rockers MGMT are reportedly suing Nicolas Sarkozy for using their record Kids as a campaign soundtrack without permission.Sarkozy could have used his wi... more info
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04:12 on February 28 2009

MGMT - Kids

8/1 — Kids featured on We (Don't) Care EP (2004) (as The Management) 5:11 Kids featured on Time to Pretend EP (2005) 5:28 Kids featured on Oracular Spectacular (2007) 5... more info
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23:00 on February 27 2009

Indie Group MGMT To Sue France's President!

Perez Hilton — US lawmakers aren't the only politicos US musicians will go after! Indie group MGMT is reportedly demanding compensation from French president Nicolas Sarkozy for using t... more info
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