Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler orders Donald Trump to stop using band's music in second cease-and-desist letter

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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has ordered Donald Trump to stop using his band’s power ballad “Dream On” during campaign events.

Lawyers for Tyler, a registered Republican who attended the first GOP debate, sent a second cease-and-desist letter to the billionaire’s presidential campaign committee on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

The letter claimed Trump “did not have our client's permission to use Dream On" or any of Tyler's other songs and that it ”gives the false impression that he is connected with or endorses Mr Trump's presidential bid“.

The frontman’s lawyers said the cease-and-desist order was related to permission and copyright, not politics or a personal problem with the controversial Republican nominee.

It isn’t the first time a band has taken issue with Trump for using their music at rallies.

R.E.M’s 1987 song, "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” was used to rouse the crowd at a Tea Party rally at the US Capitol in September as Trump emerged. Lead singer Michael Stipe reacted with fury via R.E.M bassist Mike Mill’s Twitter feed shortly after, telling Trump and other politicians using their music: “Go f**k yourselves.”