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And now, even the Bruce Springsteen cover/tribute band has backed out of the
Trump inauguration show:
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-cover-band-drops-out-of-donald-trump-party-w461203
"Will Forte, the group's 63-year-old keyboardist, manager, agent and
publicist, among other roles, was telling the band..."
"We're standing out in the storm right here," he told the band. "We gotta
get out of the storm."
If the B-Street Band pledge allegiance to anyone, it's Springsteen, who has
repeatedly voiced his anger and disgust at the president-elect. (Forte
half-jokingly said of the B-Street Band last week, "I don't even know if
they have any politics.") Out of respect for their musical inspiration,
they've decided to pull out of this week's event.
"We had to make it known that we didn't want to seem disrespectful, in any
way, shape or form, to Bruce and his music and his band," Forte says. "I
don't want to upset them. We owe everything to him and our gratitude and
respect to the band is imperative above all else. It became clear to us that
this wasn't working and we just had to do what we thought was the right
thing to do and that was to pull out."
"Nice guys. Met them. I wouldn't say right or wrong. Up to them. But it's
naive to think one can separate Art and Politics. Art IS Politics." -Little
Steven Van Zandt said.
"I'm worn out," Will Forte says. "The band's worn out. Everybody loves to
have their 15 minutes of fame, but maybe not this way."
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And so it goes.