Tenacious D cancel tour after comment about Trump shooting: “All future creative plans are on hold”

nme.com:

Tenacious D have cancelled their tour and confirmed that “all future creative plans are on hold” after Kyle Gass made a controversial comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.During a live show in Sydney last Sunday (July 14), Jack Black sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to his bandmate Gass, before asking him to make a wish.

Gass then said: “Don’t miss Trump next time.”The musician’s remark was about the failed assassination attempt on the former POTUS at a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday (July 13) where a shooter fired at Trump, but only grazed his right ear.However, the incident claimed the life of one attendant at the event.

Two others were also critically injured. The shooter has since been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks – who was shot dead at the scene by a Secret Service sniper.Today (July 16), Australian federal senator Ralph Babet issued a letter calling for Black and Gass to be deported from Australia: “Tenacious D should be immediately removed from the country after wishing for the assassination of Donald Trump at their Sydney concert.”NEW: Comedian Jack Black's bandmate makes a "birthday wish" during a performance in Sydney, says he wishes they "don't miss Trump next time." Black was videoed giving Tenacious D band member Kyle Gass a birthday cake."Make a wish," Black said.

Gass then responded: "Don’t… pic.twitter.com/jSyqrKISOl— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 15, 2024He continued: “I condemn in the strongest possible way the call to political violence by Tenacious D in Sydney on Sunday.“To advocate and or wish for the assassination of a President is egregious, disgusting, filthy, evil, and not acceptable in any way, shape or form.