Greg Abbott tells musicians "don't come back" to Texas
Greg Abbott tells musicians "don't come back" to Texas
Thye Texas governor defends U.S. Army sponsorship of SXSW festival by telling musicians "don't come back" after they pulled out of the festival.
Maybe it’s me, but if the army sponsored any event I had been thinking about going to, i definitely wouldn’t.
Why is the army sponsoring anything? Just . . be the army. Y’know. Do army stuff, not put on a wig and play air guitar
They have to because no one wants to
workmurder brown people for oil anymore and that's kinda their entire deal
Now playing any concert in Texas is a political statement against women’s rights
Also,
Texas is a political statement against women’s rights
The "You can't quit, you're fired!" school of entertainment and tourism marketing.
Nickleback and 3 Doors Down are devastated.
Texas can’t even keep the power on long enough for a full live show anyway.
Why even go there in the first place?
SXSW music festival
Why play there? Some phony sense of prestige for what used to be a good music festival and is now just a networking event for rich businesspeople.
Everything's bigger there, even the bigotry.
Money.
As someone who played at SXSW a few years ago...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SXSW is actually the biggest music festival in the world
He simply won’t stand for it
This feels more like a publicity stunt than artists actually sticking to their principles. I mean Texas isn't doing that hot in the human rights category either.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Texas Governor Greg Abbott hit out at musicians on Tuesday who are pulling out of the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) over the U.S. Army's sponsorship of the event, telling them "Don't come back" to the state.
The internationally recognized event brings thousands of visitors to Austin each March, showcasing music, film and interactive media.
On Tuesday, musicians including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Scowl, Gel, Okay Shalom, Squirrel Flower and Sprints began pulling out of SXSW in protest at the Army sponsorship.
Following Hamas' attack, President Joe Biden, who later stressed the need for humanitarian aid to Gaza, announced that the U.S. would stand with Israel during the conflict and pledged to send the country a trove of military equipment and weapons.
The U.S. Army will also construct a seaport on Gaza's Mediterranean coastline to help deliver humanitarian aid, as announced by Biden during his State of the Union address last week.
Despite the two-year pause in the festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event's impact on the Austin economy in 2022 totaled $280.7 million, according to SXSW, as it typically attracts over 300,000 people each year.
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The best and shortest summary starts and ends with Greg Abbott is an idiot.