Looks like there will be an anti-inauguration counter-concert!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4059096/Dems-plan-rival-concert-Trump-inauguration-Miami-claim-talent-knocking-door-in.html

[Squinch]

1. Oh, yes! This should be great!

[Chasstev365]

2. I've got the Cover Song for King Donald I

CCR's Fortunate Son!

[LeftofObama]

3. The comments by the deplorables at the link are hilarious (to me).

I've never seen such a bunch of sore winners.

Note to deplorables: You won! Go enjoy your inaugural festivities with the Rockettes and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and let us enjoy ours.

[Nwgirl503]

13. Don't forget The Reagan Years and their alternate ego band The Mixx, which is the same band

So strange. You'd think with how popular he is that he'd be able the fill the stage with all his friends in the entertainment industry.

Oh ya...these people are just here to entertain us. Not to have any real world opinions.

[JHan]

38. Daily Mail readers though - so they are a special case.

[onenote]

4. Assuming this is the case

who is going to see it other than the folks that go to Miami to attend? I guarantee that the networks are not going to cut away from Trump's inauguration to show this concert. Sure, some footage will air on the news that night, but that's it.

[kimbutgar]

5. Live streaming on the internet is how they will do it

[onenote]

6. That could work.

[LonePirate]

7. There will definitely be channels who carry it.

Sure, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the news channels will carry the inauguration. However, the CW, independent channels and any number of cable channels could carry it if the names are large and numerous.

Personally, I would love every big name musical act to perform and for the concert to run several hours as a charity telethon of some sort.

[onenote]

10. I'm betting they won't

They will get enormous grief and boycott threats from Trump voters if they do that and thus they won't risk it.

Geez, here in the DC area, Metro (the subway system) is getting pounded by Trumpers because they didn't put the Trump's picture on the commemorative farecard being issued prior to and during the inauguration.

[Hugin]

11. Hah! Boycott threats from Trump voters crack me up.

They have no money and they spend no money...

[onenote]

12. They don't have to spend money. Just organize a boycott of the channels that present the concert

Viewership down = revenues down for the channel.

I'm pretty sure I'm right about this one.

[LonePirate]

14. I could definitely see BET carrying the concert. Maybe even MTV.

[onenote]

15. BET and MTV are owned by Viacom and Viacom has and will have issues it will want addressed

by Congress and the FCC, both of which will be in Republican hands. They're not going to anything to piss of the powers that be.

[lunasun]

29. Yet when DC Metro contacted the Trump campaign for a release to do it they never replied...The

Trumpers should be mad at his staff

[avebury]

23. They should try to hook up with Netflix, Hulu, Sling,

the Youtube channel and what other streaming sites that are available. They should also hook up with Fandango to see if they can get the concert streaming into movies theaters around the country. If they are jumped on the idea right after the election there is so much that they could have done that would drawn so many people alway from Orang Man's festivities.

[Thor_MN]

20. Would you rather sell ads for A list entertainers or the dreck that Trump is booking?

The companies that pay for ads will decide what goes on the air...

[onenote]

27. And what companies are going to want to buy those ads?

[Thor_MN]

28. Companies that want to sell things.

I think that would be plainly obvious and just as guaranteed as your claims.

[onenote]

36. Not companies that will fear being boycotted

Moreover, there is little question that the performers at the counter inaugural and those in attendance will be saying very unpleasant (and very true) things about Trump and his gang of deplorable. Which is fine. But no business is going to want to be associated with it.

Reality bites.

[Thor_MN]

40. Opinons vary.

[onenote]

41. Yes they do. But some opinions are fact based and others are based on wishful thinking

Its a fact that most American corporations are pretty cowardly when it comes to doing things that might upset the powers-that-be, especially when the power-that-be are repubs with whom corporations love to curry favor (and vice versa).

However, maybe you're right and we're about to see a new era of corporate bravery in standing up to the repubs.

We shall see.

[Thor_MN]

43. Opinions based on guarantees instead of facts are mostly worthless.

Corporations are most concerned with their customers. If they sell to the government, they buy lobbyists, not ads. Those that buy ads are more worried about what the people think than the government.

Maybe you are right and companies will start fearing the vindictive assholes in the GOP more than the people that buy their products.

[onenote]

44. As someone who has dealt with Congress daily for decades

I can tell you that you are quite mistaken. Plenty of companies that don't sell to the government are very very concerned about what the government thinks. That's because there are really no companies that aren't subject to some level of government regulation and that don't have some interest in what those regulations look like. Trade, labor law, even the cost of postage are all among the myriad subjects on which companies, directly or through trade organizations, attempt to influence government officials.

Yes, some corporations led the way with regard to same sex marriage despite that subject's unpopularity with the repub base. But that was a narrow issue. The counter-inaugural event will be perceived by the entire repub party (and repub elected officials) as a slap at the legitimacy of Trump's election, which will also then be perceived as a slap at their own election. They're not going to be happy with corporations that are listed as sponsors of an event at which both Trump and the repub party in general are (as they should be) called every name in the book.

[Thor_MN]

45. Anyone can be anyone they want to be on the internet.

Yadah, yadah, yadah.

Opinions are one per customer, and there isn't much of an issue with them varying, unless a blowhole insists that they are right.

Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings, Good Bye.

[onenote]

46. Sigh. That's the attitude that led millions to reject reality and vote for Trump

Just because something on the Internet doesn't validate your pre-disposed assumptions doesn't make it invalid.

We can revisit this after the holidays. They're going to be tough to enjoy.

[NYC Liberal]

42. Well there's certainly a market.

And the "anti-Trump" market is currently a very sizable one -- and larger than the pro-Trump one. Not only did he lose the popular vote by almost 3 million votes, his average approval rating is currently 43.5%.

Companies have also been threatened with boycotts for things like having same-sex couples in their ads, but that didn't stop them -- because the majority support it, just like the majority oppose Trump.

So I don't think boycotts will have any influence on their decisions. I think them wanting to stay in the good graces of the various regulatory agencies, like you mentioned, will probably sway them more.

[lpbk2713]

8. The Trump campaign used music without permission.

The performers later objected. They should be there for this one.

[sheshe2]

9. Priceless...

All the groups that Donnie would want to have for his bigly inauguration will be in Miami.

I see 3AM tweets a coming.

[oberliner]

16. Daily Mail is a right-wing UK tabloid

They take other people's reporting and repackage it to generate hits for themselves.

Here, they took a Politco article:

MARK ROSS, a concert promoter and the son of the late Time Warner CEO Steve Ross, is in the process of putting together a large-scale concert called “We the People” to DIRECTLY compete with Donald Trump’s inauguration. The organizers are looking to hold the event in Miami on Inauguration Day. “The talent is banging on our doors to do this,” according to a source familiar with the planning, although not a single act has been revealed as of yet. Ross is in the midst of lining up funding, according to a source.

http://www.politico.com/playbook

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. True, but they aren't always wrong. There are reports of this elsewhere.

[oberliner]

18. No, but they just take other people's reporting and use it to generate hits for themselves

Usually with a more provocative title thrown in to grab the click bait.

It's annoying.

Not faulting you for posting the article though - just not a fan of that source.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. Good point...

[gratuitous]

19. Wasn't it weird that Trump asked Celine Dion if she would perform?

Who knew that making America great again depended on hiring more Canadians?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Well, he tried to hire Andrea Bocelli, who's Italian.

A-list Americans won't go near that gig.

[HillWilliam]

30. Evidently Bocelli couldn't

see his way clear to perform after all.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. He figured out pretty fast that it would be a career-killer.

The only people who might be interested in performing for that farce are those who are such has-beens (or never-wases), and therefore have nothing to lose, that they'll take any gig that gives them exposure. Although Bocelli is an overrated fake opera singer who sings flat on the high notes, he still is inexplicably popular and has a career that he probably wants to keep.

[Iggo]

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[HillWilliam]

48. Badoomp-Tssssh!

I'll be in and out as usual all year

[uponit7771]

26. You make a good point here, I think Benedict Donald thought he'd keep all his friends who didn't...

... know that he was an overt racist asshole.

Once folk found out who the REAL Twitler was they don't want to be anywhere near him !!

Heard it on NPR... when the people who seek glory get ridicule they quit... The human race should shun Benedict Donald... fuck him.

[elmac]

24. Would love to see them combine a concert with raising money

for Syrian refugees or some other great cause.

[riverbendviewgal]

25. For those who can't make Miami

Perhaps a gigantic New Orleans funeral for the death of Democracy and Justice For All be held with top names in the procession.. lots of caskets for social security, Obama care, Medicare, climate, equality for women and LGBT, and death of science and public schools.

Could have these funerals in all cities.

[cwydro]

32. Is this one of those times when we believe the Daily Mail?

Instead of calling it a tabloid rag, which I've seen often here.

Not seeing any names mentioned in that article.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. It cites a Politico article, so I figured it wasn't made up.

It is a tabloid rag but that doesn't mean it's always wrong. Often they just pick up other news articles.

[LandrosT]

34. I hope so

The orange menace needs to be mocked and ridiculed in any way possible. He thoroughly deserves it.

[lunasun]

35. It shouldn't be a day of celebration IMO ignoring the whole inauguration works better for me

It may bring solidarity for some , but it will still be in response to trump's day
Just my two cents...

[Vogon_Glory]

37. Any updates?

Any updates? Is the counter-Inaugural concert going to happen?

[Cha]

39. Perfect.. it had to be