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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Tue Mar 25, 2014, 09:06 AM Mar 2014

Texas Town Pays Turd Nugent $16,000 Not to Play Fourth of July Concert

After booking conservative rocker Ted Nugent, known for hits like "That Time He Called President Obama a Subhuman Mongrel," to play its Fourth of July concert this year, the town of Longview, Texas had second thoughts. Now they'll be paying Nugent $16,250 not to perform on Independence Day.

The amount was half of Nugent's guaranteed fee, and Longview says it still has the budget to book an alternate headliner.

The city cancelled the show for "a variety of reasons," a city spokesman told the Longview News-Journal:

"Cost, structure, is it the right musical act for this type of event — a city-sponsored, family-oriented overall event. They decided no, we don't want to move forward, it is not the right act for this. At that point we decided to end discussions."

Nugent, who has also called Obama a "chimpanzee," continues to campaign for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R-Duh) in the Texas gubernatorial race.

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Texas Town Pays Turd Nugent $16,000 Not to Play Fourth of July Concert (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2014 OP

I can't believe they were going to pay that has-been $32,500. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #1

Could turn into a bidding war. DirkGently Mar 2014 #2

$16k? I guess the ol Nuge isn't the headliner he once was if ever. ryan_cats Mar 2014 #3

who would've thought that wang dang sweet poon tang would be inappropriate for a family event? frylock Mar 2014 #4

I guess we do negotiate with terrorists. Orsino Mar 2014 #5

Juanita Jean is having fun mocking this town Gothmog Mar 2014 #6

LuvNewcastle

(16,848 posts)

1. I can't believe they were going to pay that has-been $32,500.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 10:53 AM

Mar 2014

Even putting aside the fact that he's a raging asshole, that is way too much money for someone of his caliber.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)

2. Could turn into a bidding war.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 10:55 AM

Mar 2014

Who will pay Ted Nugent $30,000 to stay away? Do I hear $50,000? $100,000?

A bargain at any price.

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)

3. $16k? I guess the ol Nuge isn't the headliner he once was if ever.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 10:57 AM

Mar 2014

$16k? I guess the ol Nuge isn't the headliner he once was if ever.
They got off cheap, ever listen to him talk? He tries to sound intelligent and comes off as a complete moron.

frylock

(34,825 posts)

4. who would've thought that wang dang sweet poon tang would be inappropriate for a family event?

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 01:41 PM

Mar 2014

the idiot that came up with the bright idea to book nugent should have that 16K deducted from their paycheck.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)

5. I guess we do negotiate with terrorists.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 01:44 PM

Mar 2014

It must come down to their choice of headgear.

Gothmog

(145,481 posts)

6. Juanita Jean is having fun mocking this town

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 04:20 PM

Mar 2014

http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/03/24/oh-so-it-does-indeed-take-one-to-know-one/

So, Longview, Texas, (oh yeah that’s in East Texas) hired Ted Nugent and His All Racist Sidekicks to play at their big ole 4th of July picnic.

Apparently, they did not know who Ted Nugent is. Because now they have changed their minds.

Faced with a guaranteed performance fee of $32,000, the City of Longview instead agreed to pay Nugent $16,000 out of the Maude Cobb annual budget to not appear
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So that’s the going rate? You have to pay Ted Nugent $16,000 to stay from your city.

Hell, that’s a bargain at any price.

So he’ll take the money away from the city budget and stay home in his palatial doublewide shooting off his gun and drinkin’ beer. So who’s the ‘subhuman mongrel’ now?

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