Garth Brooks Explains Why He’s Not Performing at Donald Trump’s Inauguration

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[Fido969]

After initially indicating that he’d be open to the idea of performing at Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration ceremony this week, Garth Brooks is now explaining why he won’t be on hand for the swearing in of the 45th President of the United States.

[MamaDearest]

This is not the first time Brooks was all about the $$$$. Concerts are cancelled and rescheduled all the time. Presidential inaugerations are not.

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Brooks said that because no royalties are paid on the sale of used CDs, writers, labels, publishers and artists were being cheated. He said he would only supply chains that sell used CDs with his cassettes, and hinted that he might be working on another "format" to thwart such sales.

[Fido969]

the demand for tickets allowed him to sell three additional dates that then bumped into the 20th.

Well, personally, if I say I'm going to do something, I do it, even if it is inconvenient for me. The millennial "blow it off" crowd is useless to me.

[Hieronymus]

Reading the story is too much work . . . and why wait for all the facts to be sorted out before posting. It’s a family tradition.

[MamaDearest]

Wasn’t he an Obama voter?

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[LibertarianLiz]

I just saw part of an interview with Jennifer Hudson; and, she is getting death threats from people. This is scary stuff. Yeah, its easy for us to say, just do it; but, we are not the ones getting death threats.

Let's put the onus on the people who are really the problem. The Left in this country will not allow anyone with a viewpoint that doesn't completely, and I mean completely, agree with their POV.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

He became that when he took on his alter ego singing persona.

Oh...I totally forgot about that. "Both" guys were total tools.

[minnesota_bound]

I googled: why is music so bad these days?
https://www.google.com/#q=why+is+music+so+bad+these+days

Many many articles on why!

[wardaddy]

Garth Brooks is generous

I know this personally

But he’s a good works gen X PC loon

I knew this immediately from the Dance video and all the PC imagery

[CodeToad]

“It’s a family tradition.”

lol. Yeah, people tend to bark like dogs that bark because the neighbor dog is barking.

[CodeToad]

"Well, personally, if I say I'm going to do something, I do it,"

Again, you didn't read the story. Garth never said he would do it, he never committed to doing it.

He said he was interested in doing it. That's a far cry from being committed.

[wardaddy]

Yukon Oklahoma

Quasi southern

Unlike Texas the further west you go in Oklahoma the less Reb it gets

You can stand in Texline TX and know it’s Dixie

Cross over to Clayton New Mexico and its Yankees with a splatter of southern talk

in Oklahoma once past El Reno southerners fade quick and it gets more like eastern colorado fast

But eastern half Oklahoma is very very southern God bless em

[wardaddy]

The left is primarily these days four distinct minorities that are loud

Blacks and resultant thuggery

Latino La Raza sorts

The Homosexual and other sexual weirdness mob

Secular Anti Christians who predominate the media and Hollywood

thats the American left in 2017 or at least 80% of it

[kiryandil]

Brooks said that because no royalties are paid on the sale of used CDs, writers, labels, publishers and artists were being cheated. He said he would only supply chains that sell used CDs with his cassettes, and hinted that he might be working on another "format" to thwart such sales.

Be a shame if somebodys were to buy a couple of 100-CD blank stacks and copy Garth's albums onto them, and leave them out in public places.

[Sooner Gal]

Baloney. Oklahoma is the only state where EVERY SINGLE county went red in the last 2 presidential elections. The panhandle (western-most part of the state) is extremely conservative.

Not sure about ‘Reb’, but conservative and Republican - western part of the state definitely is.

[Sooner Gal]

But I don’t claim Barf Brooks - never have.

[Bitsy]

I guess not being from OK and TX I would assume most is southern but I am wrong. But it is a lot like Louisiana. New Orleans with the black population and colleges, is democrat/liberal while Metairie is a suburb is conservative.
I am SO glad I live in a conservative part of LA!

[Clutch Martin]

I lost touch with country after the mid 70s, even then I only listened that old school honky tonk stuff.

[Eagles6]

Faux country is right.

[conservative98]

He was never asked, neither was Kiss or Motley Crue. More fake news...

So, when Garth was asked about the chances of him singing at Donald Trump’s inauguration, we weren’t surprised when he answered back a vague answer.

“Oh I haven’t been asked… but, it’s always about serving. It’s what you do.” http://newsbake.com/entertainment-news/music-entertainment/garth-brooks-officially-says-no-to-donald-trump-will-not-play-for-the-inauguration/

[Fightin Whitey]

Sounds like it could be the band name

Sudden Deter would work well also.

Only problem on my end is I can't play, sing or dance.

How 'bout could I be the manager?