In a week when two casinos operated by different Native American tribes canceled three separate Nugent shows set for next month and dozens protested a concert in New Jersey, concert touring experts say the National Rifle Association board member and conservative commentator is doing real damage to his money-earning potential.
"If you're going to say something political, you're going to have some backlash, it doesn't matter who you are or what you say," said Larry Magid, a Philadelphia-based promoter who has handled Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, and Bette Midler. "Nugent seems to have taken it to extremes. I don't know that you can blame anyone for not wanting to play him for all of the baggage that he brings."
Magid, who also organized the famed 1985 Live Aid benefit show in Philadelphia, said Nugent was never a huge concert draw, but his declaration earlier this year that President Barack Obama is a "subhuman mongrel" may mark a turning point.
"I don't know if that is frustration at not being a viable act, but it is stupid," Magid said of Nugent. "If you are a musician, you are trying to bring your music, your art to a broad group of people. It is one thing to take a stance, it is another thing when you are talking about the president of the United States.
"For all of the people enamored with him, there are 20 or 30 or 40 times that who are not enamored with him. To me, it's not bright. If I'm a promoter I have to think two or three or four times before I take a shot with this performer."
"No one should be surprised by any of this," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of Pollstar USA, which tracks concert touring receipts. "It's a free country and Nugent has always had a big mouth. But if he keeps making incendiary statements his future tours may be limited to NRA conventions and Fox News events."
Damn! That was both brutal and clearly extremely accurate.
Nugent was never that popular of a musician anyway, and now with his racism and misogyny on full display it is amazing that ANYBODY attends his concerts.
Well besides Right Wing nuts, paint chip eaters, and fellow pedophiles that is.
To paraphrase President Obama: please proceed, Mr. Nugent.
ReplyDeleteSarah is sending Piper to stay with Ted this summer.
ReplyDeleteJMO, but I would delete this unless you can show a link that shows it is true.
Delete6:58, I believe that was sarcasm.
DeleteAnonymous6:58 AM
DeleteJMO, but I would delete this unless you can show a link that shows it is true.
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its *snark*! You repulic*nts have no sense of humor and Teddy is a pedo, he even admitted it! Go away if you don't like it here! We don't post to please you.
6:58 AM You have a right to your opinion.
DeleteDon't forget Sarah Palin has never acknowledged she changed after she allowed a young Piper to participate in a stage production with a self admitted pedofile. Sarah is the same person today, maybe worse. An adult Counrtney Love also recounted what happened when she was jail bait and with Ted Nugent. Most parents want to teach their children about character and strenghth, not to be proud of standing with a world known discpicable miscreant that preyed on children. There is no indication that Ted Nugent has changed, his wife could be like a Dottie Sandusky.
What Sarah Palin is telling us is that she would do the same thing today, that she would also put her grandchildren in harms way.
If I was one of the parents of her grandchildren, I would bring this up before a judge and make certain Sarah Palin could not see my child without very strict supervision. I would not want my child exposed to family or friends that allow any child to be exposed to vile vermin or the likes of Ted Nugent. We have already seen what happened to Tripp Johnston. Bristol blamed Todd's friends in the hangar for his language and the abuse and disrespect he showed toward adults. Obviously Todd and his friends are very troubled and disturbed men. None of them, including Todd Palin, should be allowed around children. For Tripp's best interest (any other child), both Sarah and Todd should not be around any children without strict supervision. I am sure there is much more about their relationships with children that has not come to light. What has is enough to secure the safety of Tripp if his parents care enough to stand up for him.
Sarah has not grown as a human being, she will not be accountable for any of her mistakes. She is too puffed up with false pride and that is another one of the negative qualities she passes on to her children and grandchildren.
I notice that these news articles always mention the "subhuman mongrel" rant. But the authors sure have short memories....remember when he told the president to suck on his machine gun? "2. Nugent: "Piece Of Shit" Obama Should "Suck On My Machine Gun." From a 2007 concert where an assault-rifle-wielding Nugent also referred to then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as "a worthless bitch":
ReplyDelete"Obama, he's a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun. Let's hear it for him. And then I was in New York. I said, "Hey, Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch. Since I'm in California, how about [Senator] Barbara Boxer [D-CA], she might want to suck on my machine gun. And [Senator] Dianne Feinstein [D-CA], ride one of these you worthless whore. Any questions? [Ted Nugent via LiveLeak.com, accessed 10/1/12]"
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/21/here-are-13-other-repugnant-comments-ted-nugent/198174
sarah's good buddy teddy, who she allows her youngest daughter to pal around with...DCS should investigate just based on that fact.
DeleteClassy guy, must fit in well with the hillbilly PayMe's. Hope EVERYONE will think twice before hiring his minimal talented group. If they can only get work from him, how good could they be?
DeleteWill someone from AK tell us if Nugent is still starring at the Alaska State Fair?
ReplyDeleteWrong pedophile. The Duck Dynasty "stars" are still scheduled to perform. Don't know what their performance will consist of--duck calls? attacks on the president? assorted bigotry and misogyny? Whatever. The red-necks will et it up but it won't get a big turn out.
Deletelol, teddy, meet my sister, her name is karma...
ReplyDeleteSomeone should tell Mr. Magid that Nugent's political opinions are NOT the problem.
ReplyDelete"If you're going to say something political, you're going to have some backlash, it doesn't matter who you are or what you say," said Larry Magid,a Philadelphia-based promoter . . .
Nugent has the undisputed right to say anything "political" he wants to, and most liberals would disagree, but not go nuts (that's why we aren't conservatives). It is his racist, violent, misogynistic crap that is so entirely objectionable & hateful, and THAT is what is getting his ass fired, not any political statements.
I remember the Dixie Chicks, who had their careers destroyed & their lives threatened for their mild comment about being ashamed that G.Bush was from Texas. THAT is how conservatives react, and it is disgusting.
I am curious as to what Ted had to say about the Dixie Chicks. Anyone know?
Deleteprobably nothing, he prefers his women under the age of 18. you know the age group when some are still naive enough to be taken in by his bullshit.
DeleteThe Dixie Chicks were banned from the radio and their CD's burned. What a difference it makes once we have a blah, highly intelligent DEM. in the WH. Remember one young couple was handcuffed and escorted out of a town hall meeting for wearing anti W tee shirts? Now they are accusing the dems. of being nazi's?
DeleteNatalie Maines' remarks were mild compared to Ted Nugent's, just a bit off the cuff and snarky. Ted's are truly hateful, bigoted and racist.
DeleteAnd just who goes to Ted Nugent's concerts these days? I bet the only people he appeals to are the baby boomer teabagger crowd. It must kill him that musicians around his age like David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen are still making vital music, plus they are sexier than fuck! Nugent is where sexy goes to die.
Many also forget that Natalie was responding to a question from the concert audience. Unlike madman motormouth and his psycho pal Palin, she didn't go on that stage with any 'agenda' besides entertaining the crowd.
DeleteDidn't matter to the imbeciles, no words against President Bush 'policy' or his book of lies were allowed in them days.
If there was ever proof this story is 100% true, all anyone has to do is look at the spectacular fall of one Sarah Palin. A once guaranteed money making machine came to a screeching halt once she opened her mouth for all to hear.
ReplyDeleteYes, remember when Sarah had three to four speaking gigs a week and now she has them maybe three or four times a year.
DeleteHer speaking gigs are not paying anywhere near what they used to either!! No more private jets, 4 star hotel accomodations, black SUV's and bendy straws. How the (almost) mighty have fallen. Even Toad does not seem to want to be around her, either.
DeleteYeah, ain't it sweet? She let it all her opportunities dribble away. She's that ignorant and spiteful.
Delete...soon Sarah Palin will only be able to book gigs at "NRA conventions and Fox News events"
ReplyDeleteSarah is following Ted down the same path. " I don't whine that those people "uninviting" us are sexist or anti-conservative or anti-Christian."
Ha! true she follows Uncle Ted... but she has Becky Mansour and her sidekick Tammy Bruce and they are working on damage control. Everyday it is Sarah is popular with 'Millennial' (just ask that mover and sharker Bristol). Sarah has black friends, Sarah has gay friends and so on.
DeleteWhat is Sarah's Friend of the Day today July 26, 2014? I haven't checked SarahPac Facebook.
This was supposed to be a reply to @6:57, but I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. :(
ReplyDeleteI am surprised the author did not mention that Nugent called Native Americans 'unclean vermin' after the first tribe cancelled his concert: http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/265276/speedreads-day-after-native-americans-cancel-ted-nugent-show-citing-racist-views-nugent-calls-haters-unclean-vermin
ReplyDeleteYes he did. And it got him cancelled at another casino :)
DeleteHit him where it hurts, in his pocketbook.
And it will hurt , Ted the pedo has been doing the casino, state fair, very small venues for decades.
What about Sarah stand up for Todd and his blood family and children (if he has any)?
DeleteSpeaking of racism:
ReplyDeleteMaher to Neil deGrasse Tyson: Republicans Hate You Because You’re Black and Smarter Than They Are (Video)
“I think the reason they don’t like you,” said Maher,” is that you’re a scientist–and a black one–who is smarter than they are.” He added, “It’s like Obama. A black person taking a white person’s job by being better at it. How dare he?”
http://aattp.org/maher-to-neil-degrasse-tyson-republicans-hate-you-because-youre-black-and-smarter-than-they-are-video/
Open Carry Ammosexuals Target Refugee Children for Anti-Immigrant Protests
If you thought that the sole purpose of Open Carry was forcing people to reconsider the entire idea of a second amendment, let me quickly disabuse you of that. The group “Rally Against Clay Jenkins” is planning an anti-child refugee protest for Saturday in Dallas, and many members of the Open Carry community will be in attendance.
http://aattp.org/open-carry-ammosexuals-target-refugee-children-for-anti-immigrant-protests/
Totally ‘Not-Racist’ Former School Bus Driver Unleashes Vicious Rant About ‘N*gger’ Children (Video
A former Florida school bus driver is under fire after an insanely racist rant was caught on camera. Pamela Michener not only threatened to slit an African-American woman’s throat, but dissolved into a bigoted tirade about “n*ggers* and “stinky” black children.
A neighbor confronted Michener after the bus driver allegedly threatened her fourteen-year-old child.
“Let me tell you something, you fat f*cking n*gger: Maybe if you disciplined your f*cking ni*gger, stinky-ass black children, I wouldn’t have to put my two cents in,” Michener responded. “F*ck you, f*ck you, I ain’t got time for you. Suck a d*ck.”
http://aattp.org/totally-not-racist-former-school-bus-driver-unleashes-vicious-rant-about-ngger-children-video/
Despite a felony record and questionable mental health, Pennsylvania ammo sexual Richard Plotts viewed it as his god-given right to carry a gun. When he encountered a sign announcing that his trusty pee-pee enhancer was not permitted at Mercy Fitzgerald Health System, Plotts went over the edge, according to police.
ReplyDelete“There’s evidence that he took offense to the issue that there were signs posted at Mercy Fitzgerald Health System indicating that it was a gun-free zone,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said. “That’s the only motive we have been able to determine at this point in time . . . he was upset about that policy.”
At around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday Plotts showed up an hour early to his appointment with his psychiatrist Lee Silverman at the Sister Marie Lenahan Mercy Wellness Center, across the street from the main hospital. The two were joined in Silverman’s office by Lee Hunt, his case worker.
Plotts allegedly became angry during the meeting and refused to sit. After he ranted a bit, he pulled his .32 caliber revolver from his waistband, Whelan said. “What happened next was horrible,” he explained. “Mr. Plotts took the gun, pointed it directly at Ms. [Hunt] and fired into her head. . . . That bullet went right into her brain and we believe it was instant death at that point.”
Silverman grabbed his gun and returned fire. “The doctor indicated that he pointed his gun toward Mr. Plotts and fired until it was empty, not knowing whether he hit Plotts,” the District Attorney said. Three of Silverman’s shots hit their target–two in the torso and one in the arm– but he managed to Second Amendment the doctor in the thumb.
A case worker who was waiting in the lobby and another doctor helped wrestle Plotts to the floor.
http://aattp.org/hospital-gunman-who-killed-case-worker-was-offended-by-no-gun-policy/
Maybe that was the rationale why our hospital got rid of the 'no guns' sign at the doors - worries about some idjit coming and blasting his/her head off after blasting someone else first...
DeleteYou left out the Alaska State Fair, Gryphen.
ReplyDeleteHe's not scheduled at the Fair this year but he has been a few times in the past. He has relatives up here and would come up to hunt and do a show at the fair, happily those days are over.
DeleteDear Ted,
ReplyDeleteWould you hurry up and die, so we REAL Americans can piss on your grave.
Signed
Unclean Vermon
+1000
DeleteSigned
Little Rabbit, proud member of the Fond Du Lac tribe of Ojibwe and Viet Nam Veteran
Why wait? Oh, never mind, the idiot's into golden showers.
DeleteIs this one of Ted's good buddies? Sarah would slobber all over this dude.
ReplyDeleteFlorida Man Posts Facebook Pix Of Self Pointing Gun At Head Of Cat And Dog
http://www.alan.com/2014/07/25/florida-man-posts-facebook-photos-of-him-pointing-a-gun-at-the-head-of-a-cat-and-dog/
I'd have no problem putting a bullet between his eyes!
DeleteAllow me to assist you
Delete8:44 AM Your link led to something even more interesting:
DeleteWatch: A Professor’s Amazing Idea On Dealing With Open Carry Activists...
http://www.alan.com/2014/07/26/watch-a-professors-amazing-idea-on-dealing-with-open-carry-activists/
That's a manifestation of people who become serial killers. Torturing/killing animals leads to a high probability of serial killing for the thrill of it.
DeleteHope he donates his body to beauty school. Imagine how many waxing sessions it would take to make his moobs more pronounced? What a sick duchebag.
I am so proud of those that are standing up against that creep. They are doing right for all peoples.
ReplyDeleteTed Nugent is a loathsome man and has been since since he was proud to be Poopy Pance. I think it is alarming that human beings have not been appalled with him since he was proud of his days with underage groupies. Courtney Love should not be ignored, that is a shame. She is very clear he had sex with her when she was young. Blame or dismiss the victim, I suppose, it is still a crime. No decent parent would allow a child to be near the man. We know Sarah Palin is among the worst of parents, it is not a surprize she subjects her children to any number of suspects.
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Sarah+Palin+Attends+Campaign+Event+Texas+Governor+et572lGK6Rol.jpg
http://malialitman.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/you-knew-sarah-palin-was-a-bitch-a-horrible-mom-and-dumb-but-you-didnt-know/
As a parent one would advise even older adult children not to connect with nefarious characters, especially the ones that use religion.
http://amradaronline.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/bristol_palin_phil_robertson_square1.png?w=472
Poor Willow is vulnerable and possibly well medicated, the last thing someone in that situation needs is to be around freaky extremists.
http://c.crossmap.christianpost.com/images/1/37/13754.jpg
Sarah would know about the downside of cults and zealots from her life in Alaska. Too bad she will not teach her children well.
http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2003/10/12/napark_t440.jpg?9e2a24ba44807f8f9b96aad7c4082bf6ded075dc
Is it any wonder Sarah's grandson would be so out of control?
http://www.rickey.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bristol-Palins-son-Tripp-calls-Willow-a-Faggot.jpg
Ted Nugent should have never gotten away with his remarks about Our President. He truly showed his disrespect for our country and the choice the people made when they exercised their freedom to vote. What an ughly black heart he proved he has. He did not keep his word that he would leave the country and that has only made things worth for the people. He is a weak bully that can't keep his word. That may be why Sarah Palin is so attracted to him and will put children in his wake. Whatever scarred her in her life continues to plague her and her decision making process is horrific.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140226114356-15-ted-nugent-restricted-horizontal-gallery.jpg
I thought he said he was supposed to be dead or in jail by now....
ReplyDeletewe can only hope that is still to come.
DeleteI vote for the first. Jailing waste is a waste.
DeleteI hope that this goes viral:
ReplyDelete"I take it as a badge of honor that such unclean vermin are upset by me and my positive energy," Nugent said in reference to those opposed to his show.
"By all indicators, I don't think they actually qualify as people, but there has always been a lunatic fringe of hateful, rotten, dishonest people that hate happy, successful people," Nugent said.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/ted-nugent-fires-back-unclean-vermin-after
Funny. I think ol' poopy pants is the saddest failure I can think of.
DeleteJust as well he only plays NRA events. Hopefully that will keep the children away from his advances.
mlaiuppa, I totally agree! What songs (beside "Cat Scratch Fever") has he done, even at his best, he was a nobody. Now that everyone sees him for what he is, how in the world can he "bounce back"? One hit Wonder.
DeleteAnd to think of the vile crap "the Dixie Chicks" got, and they write their own music/songs.
Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent went hunting together and no one returned alive. What happened?
ReplyDeleteA miracle!
LOL. LOL.
DeleteOk, That was way too funny!!!
DeleteThe NRA's Most Ridiculous Video (So Far) Calls for Government Subsidized Free Ammunition
ReplyDeleteThe National Rifle Association (NRA) has been responsible for countless nonsensical, totally illogical and sadistically irrational pro-gun slogans. It's kind of what the NRA does. Its executive vice president and chief crackpot, Wayne LaPierre is a never-ending geyser of these easy-to-repeat yet easily debunkable slogans. So it came as no surprise when the NRA released a brand new YouTube video that literally makes no sense whatsoever -- on any level. In fact, it's so off-the-rails that it's difficult to imagine even the most loyal NRA automatons buying into what it says. Here's the video (via MMFA):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/nra-most-ridiculous-video_b_5621698.html
Why is he even here?
ReplyDeleteDidn't he make some sort of promise if Obama was re-elected?
Or was he referring to a third term, due to his overwhelming ignorance of civics. (And civility for that matter.)
I think NRA conventions and Faux News are wholly appropriate venues for ol' poopy pants the pedophile.
Thanks, I got the acts mixed up. Easy to do these days with people like the ducks and Nugent.
ReplyDeleteEvery once in awhile, when the stars line up just right, poetic justice and a pinch of the "Palin Curse" get a few seconds of sunlight and Karma steamrolls The Nuge. Fox News and NRA conventions don't pay well, nor give an "artist" enough exposure to end up with two nickels to rub together.
ReplyDeleteThe Nuge isn't going to take this too well, pedantic "wah wah wah" on Ram and Brancy's facebook page/ blahhhhhg.
My favorite "quasi" encounter with Bette was about six years ago, my niece took some foreign visitors to see NYC. As they passed a park in Harlem, some woman was telling people to grab rakes and shovels next to this HUGE heap of mulch. "Snap Snap, come on people, time's wasting!". My niece and her tourists had a blast, spent about a half hour spreading mulch while this woman with a rag around her hair and a smock over blue jeans was recruiting people..... then she started singing the "Beaches" song as a reward. They all got selfies with Bette Midler who looked like a homeless woman. My niece sent me a photo and asked me if I knew this woman! I'm still kicking myself for not taking a sick day.