Posted on 07/16/2024 7:14:01 AM PDT by conservative98
Jack Black’s band Tenacious D has cancelled its upcoming gig after United Australia Senator Ralph Babet demanded the band be deported from Australia over an "evil" joke band member Kyle Gass made about the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
Gass made the controversial comment during a concert in Sydney on Sunday night which coincided with his 64th birthday.
After a cake was brought out for the musician as Black sang ‘Happy Birthday’, Gass was asked to make a wish when he jokingly replied “Don’t miss Trump next time” to shocked laughter and applause.
The rockstar’s comment appeared on a now deleted TikTok but has since been shared on X, formerly Twitter, to nearly 900,000 viewers.
Since the video's circulation, Tenacious D has postponed Tuesday night's Newcastle show hours before gates were set to open despite Black being seen in the city, according to The Daily Mail.
A message on the page for Tenacious D's show reads: "Frontier Touring regret to advise that Tenacious D’s concert tonight at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been postponed.
"Ticket holders are asked to hold onto their tickets until further information is available."
The video of Gass making the joke was met with outrage from more than a thousand commenters including X-owner Elon Musk and Mr Babet who both described the comment as “evil”.
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Out of the mouth of a lying sack of crap.
It wasn’t a change of heart. After his bandmate opened his fat mouth, liability insurance costs for the venues they were booked at skyrocketed through the roof leaving him no choice but to cancel the tour.
I find it interesting that in his apology, he mentions ‘hate speech’ before ‘political violence’ as something he’d never condone or encourage. ‘Hate speech’ is the far greater sin to him. Saying something mean is worse than trying to kill President Trump.
Well he and his band suck anyway. He should go back to substitute teaching.
they are quite rich I would assume, but nonetheless this is a ‘dixie chic’ moment on steroids.
I assume black’s legal/manager/whoevers got to him asap and said to disavow/etc or face losing his acting career in the fallout from this.
How blessed am I? An Aussie who never heard of him!
Thats OK that you have never heard of him.
You just are not the mosh pit, tatooed, pierced, head shaved bald type of person!
I am surprised that the Oz powers that be cancelled him and sent the prick packing so that he had to cancel his whole tour.
Sky News tonight told us that the shooter was seen carrying a ladder. He climbed up on the roof with his rifle and although several members of the public attempted to alert LEO’s that there was a man on the roof with a rifle, there was no immediate response. Apparently one officer climbed the ladder, but when he reached the top, the gunman pointed the rifle at him and so he climbed back down.
After President Trump was shot, the female security personnel ran around like chickens sans their heads, one scrambled down low to rescue the Presidents red cap, another ran frantically back and forth while struggling to put her gun into its holster. Keystone Cops couldn’t have done it better.
There’s the suggestion that the female head of security is a friend of Dr (?) Jill Biden, and she promised to hire more women on security duty. Heaven help us. I can just see the next step; they would need to be coloured women. Just give Whoopie a gun and get it over with.
And you can’t have security personnel up on a sloping roof, they might get hurt. Mind you, the fellow that carried the ladder didn’t think the slope was too much.
Thank you Lord, for looking after President Trump!
I can tell you one thing. WHat appears to be Divine intervetion to save TRump’s life has brought millions back into the practice path of devout Christianity.
And Trump has not born witness to it. He does not have to it is a self evident truth for most.
IN Tibet it would be called an intervention of the dralas.
I can tell you one thing. WHat appears to be Divine intervetion to save TRump’s life has brought millions back into the practice path of devout Christianity. The evil of the left and progressives is now being conbatted directly. I have no doubt that the Deep State will go right on trying to kill DOnald Trump
Trump has changed somewhat. I wrote about it here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4251335/posts?page=676#676
And Trump has not born witness to it. He does not have to it is a self evident truth for most.
IN Tibet it would be called an intervention of the dralas.
May the power of Good in the universe be forever on his side, Amen.
We can onlywatch and wait. They will try again to assassinate him.Cheatly has not resigned, whichi means the SS will continue its espionage against the TRump campaign.
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