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submitted 2 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago

That's a deportation-worthy statement?

[-] Norgur@fedia.io 86 points 2 months ago

In a country that has neither got anything to do with Trump nor with the shooting... Someone needs to pamper a certain voter demographic, I'd say

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago
[-] Norgur@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago

I got a toddler at home. I'm very familiar with their product range :P

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Usually people say "pander to", I'm not sure pamper really makes sense here

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Pamper is a synonym for coddling. Makes perfect sense in this context

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

As far as immigration goes (even temporary) Oz still has the equivalent of moral turpitude regulations. They can be quite strict. They can also just say they don't like the cut of your jib.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied Djokovic was being singled out and said no-one was above the country's rules. But he added that Djokovic's stance on vaccination had drawn attention.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59889522

Note that this is only an example of a famous person running afoul of Australian immigration. Anti vaxxers are of course assholes and morons.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

Land of the free, freedom of speech, lmao

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Yes Newcastle, Australia - the land of the free as it was always known

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