Gracie Abrams slams “wildly uncool” fan petition to replace Dora Jar as tour opener: “Dora forever and ever”

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Gracie Abrams has responded to the “wildly uncool” fan petition to replace Dora Jar as an opening act for her upcoming UK and European tour – see what Abrams had to say below.On Friday (January 24), alt-pop artist and former NME Cover star Dora Jar announced that she would be opening for Abrams on her UK and European tour in February and March, including shows in Nottingham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Cardiff, Dublin and Glasgow.However, in the hours following the announcement, a number of Abrams fans complained about the choice of Jar as support act, with some social media users sharing what appeared to be a crowdfunding campaign to have her replaced on the tour.An anonymous poster using the name Dexter Morgan (a character from the TV series Dexter) launched a Change.org petition on the basis that fans “are perplexed as we do not recognise [Dora Jar] and with less than two weeks till the tour, it’s virtually impossible to familiarise ourselves with her slow-paced songs.” The campaign author also suggested that Jar be replaced with “a more well-known, energetic artist or band”.Jar responded on Saturday (January 25), writing: “Hate comes with the job, the truth is this is the biggest outpouring of love I’ve ever received from a fanbase who is still unfamiliar with me.

Gracie has beautiful open hearted fans and I am so excited for this.”As for the tour headliner herself, Gracie Abrams seemingly caught wind of the petition when she had seen a post on Stereogum‘s Instagram page about the matter.

She commented on the post: “Just hearing about this absolute ridiculousness… so wildly uncool and bizarre and also just does not remotely add up.