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submitted 4 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

The latest show on Tenacious D’s Australian tour has been postponed after senator Ralph Babet demanded the pair be deported following an apparent joke about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

American comedy rock duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass were due to perform in Newcastle on Tuesday evening, but the show – part of the band’s Spicy Meatball Tour – was cancelled without notice on Tuesday afternoon.

Concert promoter Frontier Touring said on social media that it regretted “to advise that Tenacious D’s concert tonight at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been postponed”.

Video from the event showed (Kyle) Gass being presented with a birthday cake and told to “make a wish” as he blew out the candles. Gass then appeared to say “don’t miss Trump next time” – just hours after the shooting at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania that left the former president injured.

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[-] puppy@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You mean to say that right wing politician can't take a joke without getting offended? What a bunch of snowflakes. Man up, facts don't care about your feelings!

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago

Government officials get super pissed whenever the violence is aimed at them instead of the poor.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

Free speech, you snowflakes.

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 15 points 4 months ago
[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Postponed is kinda inaccurate...

  1. Kyle Gass's talent agent has cut ties with him.
  2. Jack Black made a statement on Instagram to announce the tour's cancellation and that any future Tenacious D projects were on hold indefinitely, stating that he was "blindsided" by what Kyle said and that he condemend any calls for political violence.
  3. Tenacious D were big promoters of Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan organisation dedicated to encouraging more young people to register and exercise their right to vote, to the point of planning a campus tour in partnership with them. Can't really appear nonpartisan if you (even jokingly) wish for a presidential nominee and former US president to be assassinated.
  4. Black had a lot more to lose from this than Gass, since he's the one with an actual Hollywood film career.
[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

australian senator? what? who gives a shit? most ppl wish trump or the magas were dead.

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[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Crude humor from Tenacious D? I was led to believe this was a family show!

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