NFL Super Bowl promo ticks off Arcade Fire

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The question of whether Tom Petty was lip-syncing during his halftime performance at the Super Bowl isn’t the only musical scandal brewing following Sunday night’s game. Arcade Fire is now reportedly weighing its legal options after the NFL used its song “No Cars Go” in a promo—allegedly without permission. Pitchfork reports: “We knew these guys were sports fans, but would Win, Regine, and the gang really sell their music to Rupert Murdoch so that he could advertise his football television program? No, no they wouldn’t.

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