{"id":793720,"date":"2019-03-09T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=806126"},"modified":"2019-03-09T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T16:04:29","slug":"filters-el-paso-concert-canceled-by-venue-after-bands-anti-trump-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/filters-el-paso-concert-canceled-by-venue-after-bands-anti-trump-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Filter\u2019s El Paso Concert Canceled by Venue After Band\u2019s Anti-Trump Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filter<\/a>\u2019s concert in El Paso, Texas was canceled by the venue after the band posted an anti-Trump joke on their Facebook post advertising the gig. The venue also warned the band against using an upside-down American flag as part of their video display.<\/p>\n

The band was scheduled to perform at Speaking Rock Casino on Thursday, but the venue was offended by the flag, along with an anti-Trump joke the band made in the caption of a Facebook video<\/a>, \u201cThis is sound check!! We\u2019re Playing El Paso!!! Get here later and it will be packed!! A lot of Trump bashing! Does anyone know Beto?? Bring Beto!\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a separate Facebook post<\/a> from Filter, the venue told the band they were \u201cgetting threatening phone calls and bomb threats from Texans\u201d because of the band\u2019s anti-Trump post. The band claims that their tour manager was napping in the green room and was woken up to 30 security guards and the general manager \u201cshouting expletives and telling the band they were not welcome at the venue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frontman Richard Patrick was also allegedly told by the venue that it was \u201cillegal\u201d to display an upside-down flag as part of their video backdrop, which could refer to Title 4, US Code \u201cThe flag should never be displayed with union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Patrick said the venue was impeding on their freedom of speech, the venue\u2019s guards allegedly told the band, \u201cThe First Amendment does not exist in this Casino. Get the fuck out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the show\u2019s cancellation, Patrick told Billboard<\/em><\/a> that there were no police involved. \u201cIt was all about us. And they still had a show that night; I think the opening band still played,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Patrick also revealed that despite the fact that the band was \u201cgutted\u201d about the show\u2019s cancellation, the band wouldn\u2019t be pressing charges: \u201cI\u2019m not gonna sue anybody, you know? I mean, according to them, people were calling and threatening us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking Rock Entertainment Center general manager Karl A. Maahs told Billboard<\/em> that Filter wanted the venue to post the upside-down American flag image on their equipment and Patrick told the staff \u201che wanted to desecrate it with different markings and everything else, and our staff didn\u2019t feel comfortable doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe told him he could sing the songs, but we\u2019re not gonna stop in the middle of the show, put an American flag upside-down and desecrate it so we could turn a rock show into a political rally,\u201d Maahs said.<\/p>\n

In response to Maahs statement, Patrick said he was \u201cstraight-up lying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Scott, the production manager, that I would not use the image of the flag being upside down. I swallowed my pride. I conceded because I really wanted to play my concert and told him I wouldn\u2019t use the image. And then all hell broke loose because they didn\u2019t like my Facebook post. And if you\u2019re getting bomb threats, why wouldn\u2019t you call the police, FBI or Homeland Security? I think he\u2019s fully lying,\u201d Patrick said.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filter\u2019s concert in El Paso, Texas was canceled by the venue after the band posted an anti-Trump joke on their Facebook post advertising the gig. The venue also warned the band against using an upside-down American flag as part of their video display. The band was scheduled to perform at Speaking Rock Casino on Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-793720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 05:22:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}