Bret Michaels' guitarist has a hissy fit about the 250th cancellation!!!

[Coventina]

https://variety.com/2026/music/columns/freedom-250-bret-michaels-fickle-fan-bases-trump-concerts-1236766360/

Excerpts from the dumb article:

“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 (whom) I’ve gotten Bret to show up for 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. 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 four days ago and have used and abused us and have now turned on us: FUCK OFF.”

*snip*

Evick did a pretty good job of making the case that Michaels really was motivated by fears that the shows could become a target for a terrorist attack — mostly convincing because he said that he had bowed out of being in the band for that night, himself, before the gig was even announced, because of his own feelings about that. “I’m simply not leading my friends and family into a possible terrorist attack,” the guitarist said. “I’m watching all these right and left comments acting like we the artist are thinking the left might attack us as to why we backed out. That’s the furthest thing from my mind. Have you all forgotten we are at war with Iran, who has a leader whose father and other family members were killed at the hand of our military?… Do you think our concern is some anti-gun extreme lefty throwing a rock at us, or spray painting our bus? Come the fuck on. It’s a much bigger picture than that.”

Not everyone bought that explanation. Wrote one fan in the replies to Evick: “If Bret doesn’t want to play, it’s fine… nothing against you or him, but making up a safety story is kind of an insult to the fans’ intelligence.”

*snip*

“I pray the veterans Bret has spent a lifetime supporting and serving don’t erase a lifetime of love and support for one day. It is heartbreaking to see so many on both sides draw assumptions, make conclusions and try to crucify people to create a story that matched their narrative.”

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[displacedvermoter]

1. He doesn't write any better than Trump,

not sure who he pissed off with...

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. I was confused reading it

He did take a swipe at the left though.

[msongs]

2. who?