Friendly Fires criticise the Tories for using ‘Blue Cassette’ during Boris Johnson’s speech
nme.comFriendly Fires have criticised the Tories for using their 2011 single ‘Blue Cassette’ during Boris Johnson‘s speech at the party conference today (October 6).The track, from their second album ‘Pala’, was used as the Prime Minister walked out on stage ahead of his address in Manchester.Its use sparked an angry response on social media from the St Albans band.“We do not endorse the Conservative party’s use of our track ‘Blue Cassette’.
Our permission was not sought and we have asked our management to make sure it isn’t used again,” they wrote.pic.twitter.com/IKnIcZyoJg— Friendly Fires (@FriendlyFires) October 6, 2021“If we’d have intended them to use it, we’d have named the track ‘Blue Bunch of Corrupt Wankers’.”They also posted a picture of.
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