New Jersey residents normally have an ingrained reverence for Bruce Springsteen, however that doesn’t appear to be the case for one Jersey Shore bar proprietor. After The Boss turned his newest European tour right into a fiery rebuke of Donald Trump, Riv’s Toms River Hub in Toms River, NJ canceled a scheduled efficiency by Springsteen cowl band No Give up, with the proprietor deeming the present “too dangerous in the meanwhile.”
The nine-piece group was set to play Riv’s on Might thirtieth, however shortly after Springsteen’s remarks on the opening of his “The Land of Hope & Desires Tour,” band members started receiving texts from involved proprietor Tony Rivoli (sure, his actual title). In keeping with NJ.com, Rivoli messaged bassist Man Fleming that Toms River and his institution’s base “is pink and gained’t stand for [Springsteen’s] bullshit.”
Bandleader Brad Hobicorn steered they may play the gig underneath their outdated title, Asbury Fever, with a set of basic rock covers excluding Springsteen. Nevertheless, Rivoli refused to pay the $2,500 fee for a non-Springsteen present. “This isn’t political for us in any respect,” Hobicorn informed NJ.com. “We’re only a cowl band that’s making an attempt to make some cash and other people depend on it financially. We’re those actually getting damage.”
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“Sadly it’s simply an excessive amount of cash,” Rivoli texted Hobicorn. “I needed to do the Springsteen tribute for that cash [and] my social media staff would have promoted it we’d have carried out nicely however now as a result of Bruce can’t maintain his mouth shut we’re screwed.”
Rivoli, nonetheless, informed NJ.com that he by no means formally canceled the gig, and that “as of Wednesday” would have allowed No Give up to play. After No Give up publicized the cancellation in now-deleted social media posts, Rivoli did provide to allow them to play as deliberate, however the band felt “damaging vibes about the entire thing” and that there was now “a security concern.” They’ve since been booked at Headliner Oasis in Neptune Township, one other pink space simply half-hour away from Toms River, on Might thirtieth. See all their upcoming dates right here.
This isn’t the primary time Rivoli’s conservative politics have introduced his enterprise dangerous press. Though his earlier institution, Rivoli’s Restaurant, closed in 2016, pictures resurfaced in 2020 of the restaurant’s signal studying, “I can breathe, I obey legislation,” a reference to the loss of life of Eric Garner. Rivoli publicly apologized.
Springsteen himself, in the meantime, has continued to make use of his stage to talk out towards Trump, even releasing The Land of Hope and Desires EP that includes just lately recorded songs and speeches from his ongoing tour. Trump has responded with memes and petty threats. ipromiseyoumedia’s personal Managing Editor Wren Graves and Writer Alex Younger mentioned the feud in our newest ipromiseyoumedia Chat.
