Thread: Eagles' Joe Walsh cancels concert with GOP ties

(CNN)For the Eagles' Joe Walsh, the show must not go on.

The musician pulled out of a concert scheduled for July 18 in Cleveland, Ohio, after he said he learned of the show's ties to the Republican National Convention.

"It was my understanding that I was playing a concert which was a nonpartisan event to benefit the families of American veterans on Monday, July 18 in Cleveland," Walsh said in a statement he released Wednesday. "Today it was announced that this event is, in fact, a launch for the Republican National Convention."

Walsh said he also discovered that his name would be used "to raise sponsorship dollars for convention-related purposes" and therefore he felt forced to withdraw from the event.

"I am very concerned about the rampant vitriol, fear-mongering and bullying coming from the current Republican campaigns," Walsh said. "It is both isolationist and spiteful. I cannot in good conscience endorse the Republican party in any way."

Walsh is scheduled to co-headline the "One Hell of a Night Tour" with Bad Company, which kicks off May 12 in Dallas. He apologized to any fans or veterans who may have been disappointed over his decision on the Cleveland gig and promised to do a benefit concert for vets later in the year.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/entert...ert/index.html

wait... HE decides to not go and decided to get ugly about it and it's them that's slinging the vitriol?

color me confused

Why would anyone give a rip what Joe Walsh says or does anyway?

Christians shouldn't be listening to satanic music anyway.

They got someone better to fill in...Detroit's own Kid Rock:

Kid Rock to play event during Republican National Convention

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Kid Rock is doing something Joe Walsh and Cheap Trick would not: perform in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention.

Kid Rock will appear at the Cleveland Rocks 2016 event to be held on the last night of the RNC on July 21 at a venue near the convention site at Quicken Loans Arena.

The private concert, which is not an officially sanctioned convention event, will honor veterans of all branches of the military, with proceeds benefiting several charities that support those who served and their families, according to a press release.

"We thank artists like Kid Rock who are willing to stand up for vets no matter which way the wind blows, and we're looking forward to spending time with the leaders and grassroots of both parties in Cleveland and Philadelphia," Robert Jennings, executive producer of Cleveland Rocks 2016, said in a statement.

Philadelphia is the site of the Democrats' convention from July 25-28.

Kid Rock is one of a few music stars to support conservative causes and campaigns. He supported Mitt Romney in 2012 and, in February, told Rolling Stone that he was "digging" Donald Trump...

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainme...nt_during.html