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Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour and places future projects on hold after Kyle Gass comments on Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Jack Black announced on Instagram that he's cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said "Don't miss Trump next time."

In his later statement, Black said he was "blindsided" by his bandmate's comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago (18 children)

I empathize with his statement, but it was a bad idea to express it publicly like that.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (17 children)

From a purely practical perspective, it immediately balloons the security costs of the tour through the end of the year. Black was smart to cancel the tour and probably saved a few dozen lives in the process, giving how trigger happy Trump's base has proven itself to be.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Food for thought, this is what a win for terrorists looks like. When you can't make a joke for fear of violence, that's the goal of the violence.

[–] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Really fuckin sucks :/

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