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Jack Black announced that Tenacious D, his rock band with longtime friend Kyle Gass, would cancel its remaining tour dates after Gass made a joke on stage about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. At a concert held in Sydney on Sunday, the duo celebrated Gass' birthday with a cake. According to video footage from the concert that circulated online, Black told Gass to 'make a wish.
'I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,' Black wrote in the statement on his Instagram. 'After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold. I am grateful to the fans for their support and understanding.' Gass apologized in a statement posted on his Instagram on Tuesday. He called his remarks 'highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake.
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