A Glitter bomb just detonated on a disgraced British musician.
Garry Glitter, the 1970s glam rocker jailed for child pornography and lyricist for “Rock and Roll (Part 2),” will not collect royalties for the song’s broadcast in the Joaquin Phoenix thriller “Joker,” reported USA Today.
The British record label that owns Glitter’s master rights confirmed that the entertainer would not profit off the film.
“(Glitter) is not entitled to, nor have we paid, any royalties or share of snych fees or other monies from the catalogue,” a Snapper Music spokesman told CNBC.
The 75-year-old entertainer, born Paul Gadd, was sentenced in 2015 to a 16-year jail sentence after his conviction for sexually abusing three underage girls.
In 2015, he was found guilty of attempted rape, indecent assault, having sex with a girl under 13 and four counts of indecent assault, according to BBC News at the time.
The judge tore into Glitter at his sentencing.
“You did all of them real and lasting damage,” blasted Judge Alistair McCreath in 2015. “And you did so for no other reason than to obtain sexual gratification for yourself of a wholly improper kind.”
Near the end of “Joker,” Phoenix, decked out in his full supervillain clown regalia, dances down a long staircase while the mostly instrumental “Rock and Roll (Part 2)” booms in the background.
The song was a No. 2 smash in the United Kingdom upon its 1972 release, while it peaked at No. 7 in the U.S. — Glitter’s highest-charting American single.
“Rock and Roll (Part 2)” is a staple at sporting venues, usually played to charge up lethargic fans.
“Joker” is generating serious Oscar buzz and took home the top prize, the Golden Lion, at September’s Venice International Film Festival. The film also had grossed more than half a billion dollars worldwide by Sunday, according to a Warner Bros. report.
