Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dan Wilson performing with Semisonic in 2024. The band says, “We did not authorize or condone the White House’s use of our song in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in ...

An alternative rock band that formed during the mid-1990s is speaking out after the White House allegedly used one of its songs in a social media post without the band’s permission. The song in ...

When Nashville songwriter Dan Wilson wrote the song "Closing Time" for his band Semisonic back in the late 1990s, it started out as simply an idea for a new song to close out the group's live set.

Minneapolis rock band Semisonic is protesting the White House's use of its song "Closing Time" in a video showing a handcuffed deportee posted on social media. The video, posted Monday on X – the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in ...