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Jack Black has said he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.The comedy rock group were on stage in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday when Gass was asked to make a wish after being presented with a cake for his 64th birthday.He appeared to reply: "Don’t miss Trump next time."

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Did he confirm the band is breaking up, or could they just be canceling the tour until this blows over?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's no news about the band breaking up. They just don't want Kyle shot live on stage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I mean, wouldn't the safest place to continue doing concerts would be Australia, where they actually have pretty stringent gun laws?

[–] JJROKCZ 9 points 4 months ago

It’s almost surely the latter