The American comedy rock duo Tenacious D, which performed at Prague’s Karlín Forum last year, is canceling its tour with immediate effect. One of its members, well-known Hollywood actor Jack Black, did so in response to the statement of teammate Kyle Gass. On Sunday’s show, he regretted that the bomber did not hit the former US president and now once more presidential candidate Donald Trump.
According to British BBC Gass said at Tenacious D’s concert in Australia on Sunday. When he was brought on stage to celebrate his 64th birthday, Black asked him what he would like. “To hit Trump next time,” Gass responded. On video from the performance you can hear that some of the audience in the hall are laughing.
Gass was referring to the then-not-a-day-old assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Although he survived the shooting at a pre-election rally in Pennsylvania and escaped with an ear injury, but one spectator lost his life and two others suffered serious injuries. The act was condemned by politicians from around the world and from both major American political parties.
The comedy rock duo Tenacious D — made up of Jack Black and Kyle Gass — has canceled the rest of their tour following Gass’ remarks regarding the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
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Jack Black subsequently postponed their planned next concert in Australia, before announcing on Tuesday night CET that he was canceling the remainder of Tenacious D’s current tour due to the statement. thought and came to the conclusion that it is not possible to continue the Tenacious D tour. At the same time, we are postponing all our future plans. Thank you for your support.” he announced Black on the Instagram social network.
Gass, with whom the Greene Talent agency has since terminated cooperation because of his words, has already he apologized. In retrospect, he considers the statement tragic. “He was grossly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake,” cites website Variety.com. “I reject violence in any form, directed once morest anyone. I deeply apologize to everyone I’ve disappointed and I’m sorry if I’ve caused you pain,” added Kyle Gass.
The band, founded by actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass in the late 1990s, unexpectedly broke through with the comedy concept of two not-so-poster handsome men, in which the love of music is mixed with the desire to make fun of it.
Charismatic, funny and energetic actors first worked together in a Los Angeles theater, later filmed a three-part miniseries for HBO and in 2006 also a feature film The Year of the King, described Allmusic.com website. By that time, they were already signed to major label Epic Records and were fronting bands from Pearl Jam to Foo Fighters. It was acting in Tenacious D that opened the door for actor Jack Black to some of his most famous film roles.
In 2018, the pair on YouTube she published animated three-part series called Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto. She placed the music from it on her fourth studio album Post-Apocalypto. Last year, she performed for the first time in the Czech Republic, namely at the Karlín Forum in Prague. “The overexcited rock show provokes an adequately strong reaction from the audience. The entire time it is a play that in some places approaches musical numbers. Most of the songs have a tight story and the musicians tell it through the mouths of several characters,” Aktuálně.cz wrote regarding the concert.
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