• XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      His partner in Tenacious D, Kyle Gass, had his birthday the day after the Trump assassination attempt. When asked what he wished for his birthday live on stage, Kyle said “don’t miss Trump next time”.

      Jack canceled the remaining shows and has posted some huge social media posts about how terrible that joke was and how upset he is.

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        3 months ago

        Oh and in his posts he said that all future creative plans for the band are on hold, not just the tours.

        Which to me seems like a massive overreaction. I can understand canceling the tours for safety but everything else? Eh…

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          3 months ago

          I can agree. It was a joke in poor taste but a stern talking would have been fine, right? People make mistakes and it’s best to keep politics far from entertainment.

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          3 months ago

          I can’t see that unless some trump turd was in charge of the venue bookings. Most operators are going to take money over pearl-clutching, and hell knows most people that would go see a TenD concert would have preferred to see Donny take one between the headlights to begin with, so they aren’t going to complain.