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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:13 PM Jan 2017

More musicians turn down Trump inauguration gig. Moby and Charlotte Church are a big no.

Source: Washington Post

More musicians turn down Trump inauguration gig. Moby and Charlotte Church are a big ‘no.’
By Emily Heil January 10 at 2:47 PM


If invitations to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration came with boxes to check, it seems some musicians would be putting an X in front of the “when hell freezes over” option.

The latest performers to emphatically turn down overtures include Moby (his response: “Hahahahaha”) and Welsh singer Charlotte Church, who peppered her tweet about the interaction with poop emojis.

DJ/singer/prominent vegan Moby revealed the invitation in a Monday Instagram post. Next to a picture of the Capitol building, he suggested one condition on which he’d take the job: “was just asked by a booking agent if I would consider djing at one of the inaugural balls for #trump. … I guess I’d DJ at an inaugural ball if as payment #trump released his tax returns.”

And Church was even more succinct in a Monday tweet. “Your staff have asked me to sing at your inauguration, a simple Internet search would show I think you’re a tyrant,” she wrote. “Bye”



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More musicians turn down Trump inauguration gig. Moby and Charlotte Church are a big no. (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2017 OP
Its like, why do they even ask? LiberalLovinLug Jan 2017 #1
Teddy shit pants Chrisdutch Jan 2017 #7
maybe trump can ask r kelly arithia Jan 2017 #2
Jenna Jameson is a Republican TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #3
LOL DK504 Jan 2017 #4
What on earth possessed them to ask Church?! Denzil_DC Jan 2017 #5
Ditto Moby Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2017 #8
Shows just how incompetent his team is Bradical79 Jan 2017 #6
Most likely, they ran out of "amicable" people a long time ago. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #9

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
1. Its like, why do they even ask?
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 09:00 PM
Jan 2017

I guess they are that desperate. Hoping to find someone besides Ted Nugent to play.

Chrisdutch

(70 posts)
7. Teddy shit pants
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:50 PM
Jan 2017

You mean they've declared the local high schools that have juniors from China and Japan off limit to Teddy?

DK504

(3,847 posts)
4. LOL
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:06 PM
Jan 2017

They seriously asked Moby....aaahahahahahaha. Gotta be kidding me. These people are truly out of their minds and of course their depth. Snort! Snort!

Denzil_DC

(7,242 posts)
5. What on earth possessed them to ask Church?!
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:13 PM
Jan 2017

She's a very well-known and publicly outspoken (not to mention brave) radical it wouldn't be safe to give a mic to at the inauguration, let alone be within striking distance of The Donald.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
6. Shows just how incompetent his team is
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:44 PM
Jan 2017

You would think they'd use google first to find people who might be more amicable to the idea, rather than embarass themselves over and over and over again.

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