Actor and rock musician says ‘I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence’ after Kyle Gass joked about assassination attempt
Jack Black has put his rock duo Tenacious D on hold following an onstage comment made by his bandmate Kyle Gass, which seemed to support the assassination of
Tenacious D had been due to perform four more dates across Australia before travelling to New Zealand. Tenacious D have spliced together comedy and classic rock for over 30 years, with the creative partnership of Black and Gass dating back even longer, to the mid-1980s when they were both performers in the Actors’ Gang theatre troupe. They began writing music together, gave their debut performance in 1994, and became much-loved by the rock bands they somewhat lampooned, earning support slots with Tool, Foo Fighters and others.
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