On the phone, he refused to even say Donald Trump’s name. Now their nominee doesn’t know this, because he hasn’t read their platform, because he is clearly, clearly a buffoon.” “Their idea of religious freedom is allowing you to discriminate against someone in the workplace. Standing on the sidelines is political.”īut it was the thought of playing the song “Jumper” - a song that had been inspired by the suicide of a friend’s high-school classmate - to an audience of people who supported the current Republican platform that pushed Jenkins to do something. Not ‘Gee, do you think it’s controversial to say something political?’ All music is political. Only in the Republican Party in the United States would that be a cause of chaos. “I said ‘Who believes in science?’ and it’s caused an uproar. He said that he didn’t feel like he said anything too controversial. I asked Jenkins how he felt waking up this morning in the middle of what has become one of the most divisive elections in our country’s history. What started as support from Third Eye Blind fans grew to include Patton Oswalt and actress Melanie Lynskey, who tweeted out, “My ex-husband once tried to convince me that Third Eye Blind were a lot deeper than I thought. Which was a weird feeling - all day yesterday, people who hadn’t paid much attention to the band in years were singing their praises. And I’m just like: ‘That’s what this song is about, so you can boo me all you want.’” According to the video clips that were all over the internet by the next morning, what he actually said was: “You can boo all you want, but I’m the motherfucking artist up here.”įor all those watching from home, Third Eye Blind instantly became the heroes of Tuesday night. “There were some guys in the front, and I’m up there talking about how people like my gay cousin are still not considered to be enfranchised fully into the American fabric, and a guy is booing me saying that. “I said, ‘This next song is about a gay kid who jumped off a bridge because of being bullied,’ Jenkins told me on a call yesterday day. But, as he stood up on stage, about to start playing their hit song from 1998, “Jumper,” Jenkins changed his mind. Third Eye Blind was scheduled to perform, and their lead singer, Stephan Jenkins, had not been planning on making any political statements outside of the politically minded songs he chose to play. The bands that have played kept the shows outside of the arena, like the benefit concert that happened Tuesday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the charity Musicians on Call. It’s just that, you know, no famous rock bands are performing. If the Republican convention were the world’s most Christian bar mitzvah, the theme would definitely be “Rock and Roll.” The Republicans are capitalizing, of course, on the fact that Cleveland is the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and all of the convention merchandise you can find around town is covered with guitars. So I was surprised that the GOP chose as its logo for the week what looks like an updated version of the famous Woodstock poster, with the dove replaced by a weirdly tiny elephant, and the hand of the dirty hippie removed and kept as far away from the Quicken Loans Arena as possible. The Republican Party is about as “rock and roll” as a bar of soap. Bieber has certainly attracted his share of attention over the course of his career, and no matter how it would have happened, it would have made quite a splash.This week, New Girl creator Liz Meriwether will be in Cleveland covering the Republican National Convention for Vulture. It’s worth imagining what the ensuing press storm would have been like had Bieber performed for the group, especially after Third Eye Blind trolled Republican concertgoers during a concert in Cleveland during the convention.
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Braun has hosted fundraisers for the Democratic party in the past.
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Sources "connected with " told TMZ that the singer seriously considered the offer before turning it down at the request of his manager, Scooter Braun, and after he was encouraged to do so by LeBron James, whom the GOP group claimed would also be in the area.
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The money would have been paid to the singer up front. The multimillion dollar offer would have been the largest the singer had ever received, and it appears to have come with some strings attached: he would have been forbidden to hang banners reading Black Lives Matter (All Lives Matter were acceptable), and wouldn’t be permitted to say anything negative about the GOP or its presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Canadian singer Justin Bieber was offered $5 million to perform during the Republican National Convention, according to TMZ, but only passed after his manager threatened to quit.īieber wouldn't have been permitted to say anything negative about the GOP or Trump