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Guitarist for the dude who tried to rhyme "thorn," "dawn," and "song" is in a world of butt hurt over "Freedom 250"
On the maturity level, Poison is one notch above that fucking childish, leering, sexist piece of shit song "Cherry Pie" by Warrant. And he stole Axl Rose's "snake dance" too.Bret Michaels guitarist Pete Evick had a simple message for fans who disavowed the Poison frontman after learning of his scheduled (and now-canceled) participation in President Donald Trump's Freedom 250 concert series: "FUCK OFF."
Michaels was booked to perform at the concert series in Washington, D.C. as part of the Great American State Fair, which runs from June 25 to July 10 and will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. But almost as soon as the lineup was announced, artists were met with swift and severe backlash and promptly dropped like flies from the bill.
"Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of," Michaels said in a statement announcing his exit from the bill. "Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable. Because of that, I have made the difficult decision to step away from this performance."
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"If Bret or me have ever put a dime in your pocket, given you a free ticket, a free meet and greet, a free hotel room, a free flight, a photo pass, let you or your child perform on stage with us, gotten something signed for you or your charity, let you stand on the side of the stage, let you open for us, given you a shout out on social media, gone out of our way to call or FaceTime a sick or dying relative that we don’t even know, or if you are one of those people when I’ve gotten Bret to show up at one of my local gigs, and you were the first in line to be close to him who has now openly turned your back on him: FUCK OFF," Evick said. "We see you, we see your posts, FUCK OFF. I’m not saying you have to openly support him. But those that called us friends 4 days ago and have used and abused us and have now turned on us. FUCK OFF."
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bret-michaels-guitarist-freedom-250-critics-fk-off/
Michaels was booked to perform at the concert series in Washington, D.C. as part of the Great American State Fair, which runs from June 25 to July 10 and will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. But almost as soon as the lineup was announced, artists were met with swift and severe backlash and promptly dropped like flies from the bill.
"Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of," Michaels said in a statement announcing his exit from the bill. "Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable. Because of that, I have made the difficult decision to step away from this performance."
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"If Bret or me have ever put a dime in your pocket, given you a free ticket, a free meet and greet, a free hotel room, a free flight, a photo pass, let you or your child perform on stage with us, gotten something signed for you or your charity, let you stand on the side of the stage, let you open for us, given you a shout out on social media, gone out of our way to call or FaceTime a sick or dying relative that we don’t even know, or if you are one of those people when I’ve gotten Bret to show up at one of my local gigs, and you were the first in line to be close to him who has now openly turned your back on him: FUCK OFF," Evick said. "We see you, we see your posts, FUCK OFF. I’m not saying you have to openly support him. But those that called us friends 4 days ago and have used and abused us and have now turned on us. FUCK OFF."
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bret-michaels-guitarist-freedom-250-critics-fk-off/
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