Springsteen Cover Band Gets Cancelled
No Surrender, a Bruce Springsteen cover band, were booked for a May 30th show at Riv’s Toms River Hub in Toms River, NJ. But then the venue owner changed his mind after the real Springsteen openly criticized Donald Trump.
Tony Rivoli, who owns Riv’s, texted the band’s frontman, Brad Hobicorn, last Sunday saying the show was off because it was “too risky at the moment.” Riv’s clientele is mostly conservative.
Rivoli texted the concert would have done well “but now because Bruce can’t keep his mouth shut we’re screwed.”
Earlier this month Springsteen told a Manchester, England audience that President Trump is “incompetent and treasonous.”
The band could have played songs by other classic acts but Rivoli wouldn’t pay them the $2,500 they’d expected. Rivoli said it was No Surrender who ultimately chose not to perform in Toms River.
Hobicorn said the band is not political and the musicians just want to make some money and rely on it financially.
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