[rocknation]

Huffington Post: Rocker Ted Nugent just made big bucks to not show up somewhere.

The town of Longview, Texas...had reached a verbal agreement with Nugent...(to) play inside the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center during the town's Independence Day celebration...

(I)n January 2014...Nugent, who campaigned with Texas...gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott...(called) President Barack Obama...a "subhuman mongrel"...Abbott's rival, Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D), called the Attorney General's embrace of Nugent an "insult..."

(He) apologized for those comments in February...The town paid Nugent half of his guaranteed performance fee of $32,000 from Maude Cobb's annual budget...(t)o break (the) agreement...

(I)n 2012...Nugent was removed from a concert lineup at a prominent military base...after saying he would be "dead or in jail by this time next year" if Obama was re-elected that year.

Well, what do you know -- the bands have been going about this all wrong! Why knock yourself out learning music, trying to get a record deal, making albums and touring when you can just book a gig, collect a deposit, say something politically incorrect, and threaten to show up? That's even better than what the Marx Brothers came up with!

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You would think that Ted would take his hard-earned money and depart graciously...well, you WOULD think that...

...Nugent’s New York agency had agreed on the date, but the city paid a cancellation fee because “we’re a diverse community and we’re trying to find a group or act that people throughout the community feel good about"...(Longview Texas mayor Jay) Dean said..."Not a lot of people know who Ted is...Younger people here don’t know him.”

...Nugent, 65, a former Detroit rocker turned McLennan County rancher...has been recovering from double knee replacement surgery...“I hear from reliable sources that the mayor is a racist and was offended that my band performs mostly African-American-influenced music,” he wrote...“Sounds like a sad case of anti-Texas in Texas...

"Everyone knows ol’ Uncle Ted is the ultimate Independence Day rockout with the ultimate all-American, soul music, rockin’ soundtrack of defiance, liberty and freedom. We shall carry on. We are the good guys. Clueless, dishonest people like the mayor are the bad guys.”

Way to get even more gigs, Teddy! Are you sure the painkillers they gave you for your knees aren't catching up with you?

[rocknation]

UPDATE: Nugent collects ANOTHER cancellation fee!

...(I)f you do know about Ted Nugent, you...probably thought he'd given up his guitar in favor of shooting large animals, campaigning for losing presidential candidates, sitting on the National Rifle Association board, and getting investigated by the Secret Service for implying that he was going to harm the president. But yes, Ted Nugent does still tour as a musician...

Nugent's show slated for Aug. 4 at the Coeur d'Alene Casino (Idaho USA)...has been canceled by the venue after the Tribal Council learned of Nugent's history of ridiculous, racist and violent rhetoric.

“The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has always...worked ... to make sure that each and every person is treated equally and with respect and dignity. We know what it’s like to be the target of hateful messages and we would never want perpetuate hate in any way,” said Chief Allan, Chairman of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in a statement released yesterday...

Jon has said that he wished he could tour by instant travel to and from venues Star-Trek transporter style. Nugent may have come up with the next best thing -- making money touring without even leaving the house!

P.S. He's got a gig scheduled in Montclair New Jersey tonight. A protest is scheduled, too. And clouds are beginning to form over his Saturday show in Oshkosh Wisconsin.

[Raz0r]

He's getting paid for all these canceled shows? LMFAO!

[Raz0r]

http://youtu.be/lAD6Obi7Cag

[rocknation]

Originally Posted by Raz0r

He's getting paid for all these canceled shows? LMFAO!

Originally Posted by rocknation

...(C)louds are beginning to form over his Saturday show in Oshkosh Wisconsin.

The Oshkosh show is not on his Ticketmaster schedule (though there's no indication of a sellout); he's been cancelled in Ridgefield, Washington; and The House of Blues have been starting to get complaints about Ted's upcoming gigs in Orlando, Florida and Houston, Texas!

Money For Nothing - (Dire Straits)

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Nugent Responds: Billboard/Radio.com

"They literally have an army assigned to destroy Ted Nugent...To call me a racist is a clear act of desperation. Because everybody knows I'm not a racist!

My [former] bass player Johnny Gunnel happens to be a black guy. My [former] bass player Marco Mendoza was born in Mexico! Are you kiddin' me? I pay tribute to Martin Luther King in my songs, I've always said my music is a direct result of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, and all the black musical heroes of my life."

"These sick, sick, stoned, hygiene-challenged Michael Moore fans, they call in and complain that I'm a racist, they claim I'm a pedophile, that I dodged the draft. They call all the promoters, they call all the venues, they call all my sponsors...Meanwhile, what am I doing? I'm going to rock my ass off ...I'm having the greatest tour of my life and I'm going to have...the greatest hunting season of my life. So I have created the abject fear in the left of how effective I am."

I guess it takes a hygiene-challenged type to know one. And knock it off with referring to yourself in the third person, Ted -- that's Alice Cooper territory!

[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by rocknation

Nugent Responds: Billboard/Radio.com

I guess it takes a hygiene-challenged type to know one. And knock it off with referring to yourself in the third person, Ted -- that's Alice Cooper territory!

Never knew Marco Mendoza was Ted Nugent's bass player. He's one badass, used to love just watching him with Thin Lizzy.

Anyhow - I know Nugent is a pro-gun crazy basters, but that's the first time I read about him being a racist. What did he do/say?

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Originally Posted by DevilsSon

I know Nugent is a pro-gun crazy basters, but that's the first time I read about him being a racist. What did he do/say?

Take your pick, LOL!

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[DevilsSon]

Right - I completely missed his 'subhuman mongrel' comment. Seems that even The New Yorker dissected it. http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-da...in-translation

Anyhow - while he is a nutter, I doubt he actually is a racist. Sometimes people say disgusting things without implying their terrible connotations. I certainly was guilty of using homophobic language in the past and it's a self-conscious effort to completely remove it from my vocabulary. Sometimes I might still slip a 'you gay bastard' in a random conversation and then I feel terribly guilty. Never ever have I been a homophobe though.

And I find Nugent's music interesting to be fair. Wondering what he thinks about Jon Bon Bon nowadays...back in the day they were like buds, weren't they? He's probably on Richie's side