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Tenacious D’s Newcastle show postponed after comment about Trump assassination attempt

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.

UltraGiGaGigantic ,

It’s me…

No KG.

No me

Tenacious deeeeeeeeheeee

tigeruppercut ,

So who actually postponed the show? One senator got his balls in a twist, but it doesn’t seem like anything official’s been done yet.

tobogganablaze ,

They (themselves) have now completely canceled the rest of the tour:

www.9news.com.au/…/74fb229f-dbef-45a4-8b72-107417…

WanderingVentra ,

Because of that comment? Come on guys, don’t give in like that.

BossDj ,

Looks like Jack Black was genuinely bothered by it.

I also wonder if there’s a part there aren’t saying. Maybe they have gotten death threats or fear for their lives

Delusional ,

Make a comment about a horrible man nearly missing his demise, cancel tour.

Horrible man rapes children, defrauded charities, wants to fuck his own daughter, cheated on all of his wives, tries to destroy democracy in America, yet he’s still Republican’s #1 choice for president.

Republicans are complicit in the destruction of America.

JustAnotherRando ,

That definitely feels like Jables had a “come on man, you can’t say that shit in public” moment with KG. I wouldn’t be surprised if they lay low for a while on the band and focus on other stuff until this blows over.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Yeah Jables can’t really be associated with that. He might lose his spot in Jumanji 5: More Money Please.

Viking_Hippie ,

Or Kung Fu Panda 5: ok, but this is the last one for real!

Seriously though, Jack Black is a treasure as a performer and seemingly as a person, normally.

He’s dead wrong on this one, though. Poor Kyle must feel so damn betrayed right now!

Rev3rze ,

I lost some respect for jables here, the way he’s seemingly throwing Kage under the bus… But at the same time I can recognise that JB has always tried to keep up a positive persona. Not apolitical but he’s never been the type to promote violence directed at specific people. Kyle did him kinda dirty by doing something to potentially harm that (assuming he was truthful when he said he was blindsided by it, and not just saying that after it blew up in the news).

Not saying Kyle is wrong and Jack is right here, though. I’ve always felt a little bad for Kyle that Jack put tenacious D and therefore Kyle on the sidelines when his Hollywood career took off. Kyle was rightfully quite jaded about that and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s led him to doing this without considering the possible consequences for Jack.

The whole thing sucks for both of them, I guess.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I’ve lost some respect for shutting it down as hard as he did. I could see postponing some shows, dropping out of the Rock the Vote things they scheduled in October. Maybe more if they’re getting threats and have safety concerns now.

But going as far as to say that all future creative plans are on hold I think was too far especially. Though I can see if he truly was blindsided, that it could hurt.

solomon42069 ,

As an Australian, I’m sorry for how backwards and retrograde this country is.

stringere ,

Hold my Bud Light.

stringere ,

Hold my Bud Light.

DarkCloud ,

Also that particular Senator is from a particularly stupid minority party owned by a billionaire.

vxx ,

Do they get kicked with a boot now?

majestictechie ,

They’re not savages. They use a wing tipped shoe now

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Babet’s comments aren’t the real story though - he’s just a dog whistling idiot trying to get attention.

Jack Black cancelled the rest of the tour, and not because of what Babet said:

Jack Black, one half of the American comedy rock duo Tenacious D, says he no longer feels it is “appropriate” to continue the band’s tour following a controversial joke by his bandmate Kyle Gass at the band’s recent Sydney show.

“I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday,” Black wrote in a statement posted on Instagram.

abc

Celebrities should not condone political violence. “It was just a joke” doesn’t give you a free pass. There’s plenty of things one could say as a joke which are completely inappropriate and unacceptable.

prettybunnys ,

Lost some respect for JB here

Zaktor ,

Same. Have some fucking loyalty to your boy, he said nothing warranting this reaction.

SupraMario ,

He’s afraid of getting cancelled

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Meh. I think what you really mean by “lost some respect” is that you’ve realised that JB has a different stance on this to your own.

solomon42069 ,

That’s a relief I guess, but I still have a great sense of shame and remorse for our conservative politicians. In America they sell out to billionaires for huge rewards. In Australia they’ll fuck the country for a bag of peanuts.

MutilationWave ,

In America you can apparently buy a senator for less than the price of a home, and a Supreme Court justice for an RV and some vacation trips.

FordBeeblebrox ,

Happy Birthday Kyle

Keep on rockin! 🤘

fisco ,
@fisco@lemmy.ml avatar

The world has gone PC mad 🤦🏻‍♂️

xenoclast ,

That’s not what’s happening. These are authoritarian fascists being upset at slights against their Great Leader. Textbook behavior.

Very very very different than common context for “PC”

CableMonster ,

So wishing/advocating someone murdered is a “slight”?

ChickenLadyLovesLife ,

Tenacious D … ixie Chicks

Thteven ,
@Thteven@lemmy.world avatar

Man, I gotta go out and buy their album to support these guys.

Grayox ,
@Grayox@lemmy.ml avatar

The Tenacious D movie is insanely funny, cant recommend it enough.

Zaktor ,

Jack Black is the one canceling the tour, he doesn’t deserve shit. Get it to Kyle somehow, he was dropped by his talent agency.

Rayspekt ,

Did I fucking read that right that Jack Black said “all creative plans are on hold”? Does he want to disband Tenacious D over this?

kmartburrito ,

I’m sure he’s doing damage control, so that they can talk about it behind closed doors and ensure they don’t step over that line again as a band or as individuals.

theonyltruemupf ,

It’s kind of the job of artists to step over lines every now and then. They have been outspoken about not liking fascism before, haven’t they?

kmartburrito ,

Yeah but implying, even tongue in cheek, that he wishes trump (who is an absolute garbage human being) should be shot, is not something that most celebrities want mixing up in their professional life, which I can totally understand.

Zaktor ,

Most celebrities are cowards carefully plotting a bland apolitical image to maximize ticket sales. I thought Jack Black wasn’t.

AlexanderESmith ,

Jack is absolutely doing PR damage control. Even if he agrees and thinks it's funny, that comment isn't awesome for either of their image.

Even if you hate Trump and would have been fine with him getting assassinated, you can't just go around saying shit like that. The right is (very rightly) on blast for constantly saying shit like this, and it works both ways.

I just hope they figure something out and get back on track with the tour/band.

JustAnotherRando ,

Yup, I expect they’ll lay low for a while (Jack’s got plenty of other stuff to focus on, and I’m sure he doesn’t want any of his other work impacted by blowback).

OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe ,

That’s so upsetting, mostly because fuck anyone that takes that joke as a legitimate call to violence from some of the nicest guys to have ever toured.

I think you absolutely CAN make those jokes, and you should. Nothing is ‘sacred’ as a space for jokes, and surely not the literal satanic piss stain. The ‘right’ gets put on blast for making legitimate calls to violence, and making jokes. You have to do both.

This pearl clutching over “wish he died” jokes is so stupidly puritanical. The world WOULD be a better place if he hadn’t pulled through, the same that it would have been if Bush had been taken out before the 27 middle east invasions. Same if you’d dropped Duterte off a building, Putin out of a window, Mussolini (his granddaughter, the people already got to the man himself) off a cliff. Authoritarians and warmongers and xenophobics have no place in the realm of polite, they gave up their seat, and so they can sit on the stage and be mocked for the spectacle they are.

Varyk , (edited )

Kyle is a cool guy.

How bizarre that an Australian politician is getting his panties in a twist over American politics.

I’m aware of the cultural absorption by other countries of American culture, but it really seems subordinate and pandering of politicians from other countries to emotionally invest themselves in American issues.

Almost as bad as the pandering, subservient American politicians themselves.

Album ,
@Album@lemmy.ca avatar

The Aussies have an extreme right wing thing going on and that group just absolutely fucking loves trump cuz he’s the fast-fasch king.

Varyk ,

I remember them copying the truck convoys and other dumb American stunts.

WhatAmLemmy ,

The fascists are infecting the whole world with their brain rot via the internet. Nowhere is immune.

Varyk ,

The fascists were already there, they’re just not hiding anymore.

Plopp ,

True, but they’re recruiting new members faster than before.

Varyk ,

Are they? I haven’t read many articles about their recruitment numbers.

I feel like they’ve been steadily crawling out from under rocks, but I don’t know if the base itself is growing.

bassomitron ,

They absolutely are growing. They’re heavily targeting youth to indoctrinate, as well:

euronews.com/…/why-is-the-far-right-gaining-popul…

pbs.org/…/examining-the-warning-signs-of-online-e…

Varyk ,

Online extremism makes sense, and targeting the vulnerable makes sense, I’m more curious about the specific growth by numbers versus the numbers before, as far as we have them.

I’ll look into it.

So many socially progressive policies grow more popular according to general population polls, I can’t help but feel like the loud and proud conservatives are making it seem like there are more than their actually are.

Even in Europe, before Trump was a twinkle in he conservative eye, there were plenty of alt-right movements, they just weren’t socially acceptable.

I was in a tiny town in Austria one week and the bar patrons were complaining about some local fascist event/gathering that they were all embarrassed about, or so I was told.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , (edited )

It’s influencers targeting “outsiders.” There have always been outsiders, whether in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, etc. Sometimes that’s even healthy. But because that only became a source of strongly-defined “identity” and “pride,” often people in the past would grow out of it or use it productively (as a source of empathy for other outsiders) and leave only a small dedicated core group who were vulnerable to being exploited.

The difference is that now these influencers indoctrinate a vulnerable audience at the right time, and coach that audience into making alt-right talking points a part of their identity. Social media then allows those new recruits to see each other and create a community that self-reinforces.

There is no equivalent push on the left, because the left assumes that sense will eventually prevail. It was true decades ago, but now there is no reason to believe that - those indoctrinated never have to confront their doctrine, they live surrounded by it.

So yep, it’s going to keep growing. The only solution I can think of is to regulate news media to penalize lying and propaganda. That itself is nearly impossible to do right, since it will be abused by every right-wing leader if there is any opportunity.

cyborganism ,

True but now they’re all rallying behind Trump like he’s their divine leader.

girlfreddy OP ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

The second cumming as it were.

cyborganism ,

He’s a false prophet at best.

Motherfucker is a charlatan. People believe he is filthy rich and he can make them rich too if they work for him. But that asshole only thinks about himself, as he has proven repeatedly with all his past projects.

Varyk , (edited )

It does seem like he’s tearing the traditional conservative movement apart though where they hide under rocks and bite ankles. Now they’re all just kind of naked in the wind.

It is creepy, the cult like fascination they have with such a dumb, gross rapist, but I’d rather have all the zealots comfortably exposed and openly committing fraud and getting fired for slurs then secretly planning these movements like they’ve been doing for decades.

comrade19 ,

Babet is a weird little dude. He preaches during an empty chamber and puts it on his social media as though he makes a difference about conspiracy theory enquiries.

Varyk ,

Wow, that is odd.

victorz ,

Gotta lick that boot eh

ProvableGecko ,

Australian government is like that

ColeSloth ,

Because “the people” figuring out there’s way more of them than there is of the ruling class is the only real fear the ruling class have.

paultimate14 ,

The Murdoch empire transcends borders

0x0 ,

In case it’s not clear to any Lemmings, Rupert Murdoch is an Australian and owns Fox News. His influence is the common thread between US and Australian conservative politics.

GreatAlbatross ,
@GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk avatar

Australian politics is American conservatism with thongs and tongs.

Viking_Hippie ,

🎵 Let me see those saaaaaandals! Sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-andals!

xenoclast ,

They’re all on the same team. There are no borders with global fascism.

Zaktor ,

And they all know it, but somehow politicians pretend like they’re all independent and any support or praise is just incidental.

Guy_Fieris_Hair ,

It’s crazy because if they made the same joke in America few people might be pissed, that’s about it. They wouldn’t be banned, and their demographic is not the type to be mad about that comment. It would barely actually affect them here.

DamienGramatacus ,

It’s just geopolitical Game of Thrones shit

MTK ,

I might not be a fascist, but I will fight for your right to be one!

This is where we are at, we are doomed.

At least I’m a minority that will definitely be hunted first so I won’t get to suffer for long.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Nah Babet’s party are closet fascists.

SupraMario ,

An armed minority is harder to oppress! Arm yourself and train. Don’t be a soft target for them.

pH3ra ,
@pH3ra@lemmy.ml avatar

If I didn’t know better, I’d say they are trying to cancel Tenacious D…

rainynight65 ,

The idiocy is that the same people who normally advocate for freedom of speech and freedom of consequences, who oppose what they call ‘cancel culture’, and who think that you should be able to say anything you want, who don’t believe that words have impact - they’re the exact same people who are getting all hot under the collar over this, and are more than happy for this particular speech to have consequences.

You can’t have it any which way. I don’t condone what Kyle Gas’s said, but it’s interesting if not disturbing to see who’s the loudest in advocating for severe consequences.

Read up a bit about Ralph Babet and you’ll see what a massive hypocrite the guy is.

AllNewTypeFace ,
@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space avatar

Babet is a known far-right crank who rode in with the antivaxer movement. He represents not even mainstream culture-war conservatism (the Liberal Party, currently in opposition, does that), but what Australians refer to as “cookers”: the fringe of conspiracy theorists and aggrieved boomers whose brains have been devoured by the Murdoch media. The kinds of people who smuggle horse dewormer to treat their wind-turbine syndrome.

rainynight65 ,

He also claimed that he went into politics as a ‘sacrifice’ for his country - the pay wasn’t enough for ‘all the suffering’ he’d have to ‘endure’ in parliament and all the work he’d be forced to do. He said he’d be much happier running his real estate business

blazera ,
@blazera@lemmy.world avatar

Man everyone just gonna roll over for trump. Are we still expecting the justice system to hold him accountable?

Theprogressivist ,
@Theprogressivist@lemmy.world avatar

Seems like it. Everyone is being told to stop the harsh criticisms of Trump because it’s what fueled the political violence. Dont fall for the gaslighting. He’s a fucking fascist and we should still treat him as such.

ulkesh ,
@ulkesh@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah it’s normal when he calls for political violence that results in “Hang Mike Pence!” chants, but when he’s the target of it, somehow it’s now bad.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

“We can’t stoop to their level!”

Meanwhile, right-wingers are happily hamstringing everyone.

CreativeShotgun ,

It’s not stooping when all that bad shit is true

aesthelete ,

CANCEL CULTURE!!!

PS: Elon Musk and the rest of the hypocrites can stuff their opinions about how to react to assassination attempts after the way they responded to Nancy Pelosi’s husband being attacked.

Track_Shovel ,
@Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net avatar

Meanwhile in Gaza

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/b5b73410-a79c-45fa-bae2-154de726103c.png

Somethingcheezie ,

Wait until trump gets in.

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