Rock artist Ted Nugent, who for decades has been better known for his reactionary comments and rhetoric than his music, has had one of the stops in his Final Tour cancelled in Birmingham, Alabama.
According to Stereogum, Nugent recently announced tour dates for his “Adios MOFO ‘23: The Final Tour,” with one of the stops on the tour being Avondale Brewing Company in Birmingham. Advance Local reported that the Facebook and Instagram pages associated with Avondale were flooded with negative comments, threatening to stop doing business with the venue.
Avondale announced that the show was cancelled just before the ticket sale window opened, saying “We have heard the concerns of the Avondale community, which is so important to us, and in conjunction with our partners, have taken the necessary steps to cancel the Ted Nugent concert scheduled for July 18.” Nugent commented on the situation in a Tweet, saying “liars & haters drunk on stupid incapable to debate me-.”
Nugent has always been very publicly reactionary. Since 2020 alone, he has made several controversial claims like claiming the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen, downplaying COVID-19, supporting Kyle Rittenhouse, encouraging fans to go “berserk on the skulls of Democrats,” and comparing Joe Bien to Hitler. These remarks and comments have earned Nugent no shortage of ire from people who disagree with his politics and opinions.
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