Crowd divided over 'bad joke' at Sydney gig hours after Trump shooting
It’s not the first time a member of 'the greatest rock band in the world' has vocalised their dislike of Trump.
Comedian Jack Black's bandmate has been accused of telling a 'bad joke' on stage in Sydney on Sunday night just hours after the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump.
Black is seen presenting his Tenacious D band member Kyle Gass with a birthday cake during their performance at the ICC Sydney Theatre in footage shared with Yahoo News.
“Make a wish,” he urges, with Gass then seen blowing out the candles and says in a hushed tone, “Don’t miss Trump next time” — causing the crowd to erupt. While some are heard laughing and clapping, others are less impressed.
“You could hear a couple of ‘oohhs’ — like too soon sort of vibes — but the vast majority was laughter,” one audience member told Yahoo News. Several fans have praised Gass’s comment, while others online have criticised the band, calling it a “bad joke”.
Tenacious D's Jack Black previously jokes about 'evil' Trump
It’s not the first time a member of the group calling itself “the greatest rock band in the world” — known for its outlandish humour — has vocalised their dislike of Trump.
During an interview with Conan O’Brien in 2017, Jack Black was asked if he believed Tenacious D’s “I’m the best and everything I do is amazing shtick” had influenced the former US president.
“Yes. In fact I feel Donald Trump saw a Tenacious D concert, because that’s our whole thing, just like we are the greatest band in the world, no one can touch us, we are the best,” Black responded.
“And he just saw us and said, ‘I’m going to use that technique. I’m the greatest president. I got all the greatest people…’ and then he used it and became president.
“And now, when we go out and perform Tenacious D, I always have like, a little twinge of guilt, because it’s like this evil f***ing warlock stole our magic, but just took out all the irony. And it worked and now he’s destroying the universe.”
Joe Biden says it's time to cool down 'political rhetoric'
In the wake of the shooting that left Trump with a bloody ear, killed one crowd member and left another critically injured, US President Joe Biden has asked Americans to lower the political temperature and remember they are neighbours.
Trump's shooting “calls on all of us to take a step back,” he said on Sunday. “We can’t allow this violence to be normalised. The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down,” Biden continued.
“We all have a responsibility to do this.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the shooting as a “shock to the system” and called for peaceful democratic processes in Australia not to be taken for granted.
With Reuters/AAP
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