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Update 3:52 AM: The latest concert on Tenacious D’s Australian tour is: Donald TrumpThe assassination attempt by Kyle Gass.
When asked by his co-frontman what he wished for, the guitarist commented, “Just don’t miss Trump next time.” Jack Black It has attracted a lot of criticism, with Australian Senator Tribute The band is deported.
Now concert promoters Frontier Touring have posted on social media that tonight’s show at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been “postponed”, urging ticket holders to hold on to their tickets for the time being. Tenacious D’s Australian tour continues for another week before the band plays Auckland, New Zealand. Further shows after tonight have yet to be announced.
previous: All hell broke loose on Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass after a birthday wish about Donald Trump arrived from halfway across the world.
“Just make sure you don’t miss Trump next time,” Jack Black’s longtime bandmate said on stage in Australia on July 14, when asked by the ICC Sydney Theatre audience to “make a wish.” Kung Fu Panda Star. Most of the packed audience erupted in laughter, as you can see in the video footage below.
This came less than 24 hours after an assassination attempt on the presumed former president. Republican Gass’s disrespectful comments largely defy rhetoric and calls from politicians of all parties to ease tensions. Joe BidenThis year’s race for the White House is turning out to be a very tough fight between the two presidents.
A representative for Gus did not respond to a request for comment on his client’s comments. This post will be updated if they have anything to say. Tenacious D’s Australian SRO tour continues for just over a week until the band plays a show in Auckland, New Zealand.
Tenacious D will begin a national tour in October with a sold-out show in Ohio’s Democratic presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance’s town hall, but that doesn’t mean Black, a longtime Democrat, is staying out of national politics.
At a major fundraiser in downtown Los Angeles on June 7, Black, clad in Stars and Stripes overalls, gave a vocal endorsement of the sitting president. “If the president wins in November, I’m sure in his victory speech he’ll thank me for all the sacrifices I’ve made to get here,” Black told a well-heeled crowd at the Peacock Theatre. “At a time when democracy is at stake, Jack Black answers the call. You’re welcome, Mr. President.”
A visibly jet-lagged Biden was the highlight of the event and was interviewed onstage. Barack Obama By Jimmy Kimmel.
As of now, Tenacious DX’s feed has no posts about his onstage remarks or the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th. In fact, the most recent post on the band’s feed, as well as Gass’ feed, is from July 7th.
The TikTok user who originally posted the video of Gass’ comments appears to have since deleted it, but to say that MAGA supporters and others reacted violently to Gass’s ill-advised comments on his 64th birthday would be an understatement.
At the same time, comparing apples to oranges, it is worth noting that many Republicans, including Trump, mocked the brutal attack on the former chairman in November 2022. Nancy PelosiSpeaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband was attacked at the couple’s gated, high-profile San Francisco home, and hammer-wielding David DePape confirmed that Pelosi was the target of the attack because of a security lapse by those supposed to protect her, the second-in-line to the presidency.
“This is not a path we can continue on.” At the time of the attack, Pelosiin words that sound equally appropriate today.
