Andrea Bocelli Cancels Trump Inauguration Appearance

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Andrea Bocelli Cancels Trump Inauguration Appearance After Backlash #BoycottBocelli

Famed tenor Andrea Bocelli has decided that it is not worth it to accept the Trump inauguration gig because of the backlash he has received. After saying that he would sing at the Trump Inaugural in 2017, a #BoycottBocelli movement got started, and Bocelli was reportedly feeling the heat. The backlash continued to brew, and Andrea Bocelli has decided that it isn’t worth it.

Sources close to tenor Andrea Bocelli said he did not anticipate so much venom in agreeing to sing for the Trump inauguration celebration, says PageSix. When he heard about the #BoycottBocelli movement, he was shocked. Even though it is a political event, Bocelli thought of it as a celebration.

...The Boston Globe says that Andrea Bocelli performed in Boston for the first time in years on Saturday night, but some ticket holders decided to skip based on the Trump inauguration performance. Twitter users and fans of Italian tenor Bocelli have been begging him to cancel on the President-elect. Others are taking it further, and threatening to destroy their Bocelli CDs and boycott his concerts.

read more: http://www.inquisitr.com/3812441/andrea-bocelli-cancels-trump-inauguration-appearance-after-backlash-boycottbocelli/

[Coventina]

1. Glad he canceled, but wow, he must be really ignorant.

A celebration? Really?

I know most of Western Europe follows American elections pretty closely.

When I was in Durham, England in 2008, just as the campaign was getting underway, I attended an evensong service at Durham Cathedral, and the priest mentioned the American election IN HIS PRAYER!

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.

Perhaps being sightless he wasn't fully aware of the endless visuals of Trump everyone else has seen.

Anyway, I'm very happy he pulled out.

[femmocrat]

2. That made my morning.

I sent him a tweet.

Now, Jackie Evancho should cancel as well.

[Mike Nelson]

3. While I'm not sure...

...how Trump would be considered a "celebration," I think we should thank him.

[handmade34]

4. good!

[Cha]

5. This is good news.. anyone who says NO to drumpf

deserves props.

mahalo, bigtree~

[Cha]

7. Celebration of fascism, Bocelli?

[malaise]

9. My exact thought

[man on the moonshine]

8. Duplicate

of http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028383643

Sorry, bigtree.

[Denzil_DC]

11. Hi. The "no duplicates" rule only applies in "Latest Breaking News".

We quite often have more than one thread about the same issue in the other subforums, it's not a problem.

And welcome to DU.

[pangaia]

14. Triplicate.. sorry big tree LOL :))))

[Dopers_Greed]

10. Poor Dumpf

I bet he can still book some of those Nazi-themed hardcore bands to play Inauguration.

[Sunlei]

12. republicans will have to settle for the military bands, who have to play their assignments.

[pangaia]

15. Every single person in the military bands in DC have 10 times the talent Bocelli has.

They are not military folks who 'decided to join the band.

They are all professional musicians who got the gig through auditions, very difficult auditions... same as orchestra musicians.

Same with the West Point Band, Air Force Band in.. Boulder is it? etc..

[Sunlei]

16. I know. what I meant is they can't refuse an assignment and they probably won't 'take a knee'

and refuse to play.

[pangaia]

17. Oh, sorry, I wasn't criticizing your comments at all.

I was just saying something whilst enjoying my morning Guatemalan high mountain espresso.

[lunatica]

20. I wasn't aware Bocelli is a band

or even in one...

[pangaia]

22. ?? I was replying to sunlei's comment about military bands..

just as a point of info..

[pangaia]

13. Dear Amy Feinstein,

He is NOT a famed tenor.

In fact he is not even a 'tenor.'
He is a pop/crossover from nowhere singer.

Signed your friend,
Pangaia from DU

[Mendocino]

18. Who's left?

Wayne Newton, Ped Nugent,..uh... ummm... can Scott Baio sing?

[JBoy]

19. Now Trump supporters are threatening to boycott his concerts?

Lol. I can't imagine many of them even know who he is.

[TaterBake]

21. Supporting Trump Act Of Treason

Donald Trump is a Russian agent.

Don't believe me? Just wait till he lifts the sanctions, and lets Exxon go ahead with their $500 billion dollar deal.

Anyone supporting Trump in any way should be arrested and tried for treason.

[Coventina]

23. Bocelli is Italian, so treason laws do not apply to him.

Glad he decided not to perform, though.

[liberalhistorian]

24. The fact that he would even consider the Cheeto

Mussolini's coronation to be a "celebration" tells me everything I need to know about him. I don't care if he's backed out of performing, his Christmas and other CD's I have are still going into the trash. He cancelled because of fear, and not because he understands what a dangerous fascist Drumpf is.