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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)

submitted 8 months ago by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world

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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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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 80 points 8 months ago

Y'all burying the lead here: Kyle blew on a birthday cake and made a wish but he spoke it out loud! Now it'll never come true. :(

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

Damnit, Kyle - you had one job!

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

*lede

~Sorry~

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

TIL, huh.

Lede feels like it only exists for that expression, unless you're in journalism. The biggest irony is it's actually a 1950s alteration of lead, but the expression came out of journalism so here we are.