Pro-Hamas staff refused to show up for work, and “several local pro-Palestinian activist groups credited themselves for pressuring Meow Wolf to cancel the event.” So Meow Wolf and the Rialto bowed to threats from the supporters of the “Palestinian” jihad and canceled Matisyahu’s concerts. Here yet again we see it: both the left and its Islamic allies are inherently totalitarian, and violent toward dissent.
“Matisyahu counters canceled concert with free show tonight in Tucson,” by Charles Borla, Tucson.com, February 15, 2024:
The Rialto Theatre in Tucson canceled the Matisyahu concert Thursday night hours after saying it would not do so despite criticism over the reggae vocalist’s pro-Israel stance.
Matisyahu countered, promising a free show tonight at The Rock, 136 N. Park Ave.
It will be the first time Matisyahu performs here since October 2022, when he performed at the Rialto.
The venue is limited to “the first 300 people,” Matisyahu said Thursday afternoon on Instagram about the show at The Rock.
The Rialto Thursday afternoon cited safety concerns and a staffing shortage in explaining why it decided to cancel the concert after all. It did not mention the artist’s politics.
A venue in New Mexico canceled a show Wednesday night over similar concerns.
“Due to safety concerns and staffing shortage, the Rialto Theatre is unable to continue with (Thursday’s) Matisyahu performance,” the downtown Tucson venue said Thursday afternoon in a Facebook post. “We will always prioritize the safety of our employees and our guests.”
On Wednesday, the vocalist was expected to perform a sold-out show at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe for his “Hold The Fire Tour 2024.” But following employee safety concerns over an anticipated pro-Palestine protest, the concert was called off about an hour before showtime, Albuquerque-based news outlet KOAT reported.
“The event was expected to have both protesters and counter-protesters, which became a safety concern for employees,” KOAT reported. “Several local pro-Palestinian activist groups credited themselves for pressuring Meow Wolf to cancel the event. The pro-Palestinian and union activists claim to have overwhelmed Meow Wolf with social media posts and phone calls.”
Matisyahu said the two venues canceled its shows without his or his band’s permission, in an Instagram post Thursday afternoon addressed to his fans.
“My band and I should have played a sold out show at Meow Wolf (Wednesday) and we were excited for (Thursday’s) show at the Rialto (Theatre) in Tucson,” he wrote. “Instead, the staff at these venues refused to come to work, forcing cancellations. Without our permission or approval, the venue in Santa Fe misinformed our fans cancelling the show was due to ‘security concerns,’ when the only concern was a group of staff unwilling to work my show.”
“Tonight in Tucson, we have offered to supplement their staff shortages on our own dime, but to no avail,” Matisyahu wrote Thursday afternoon. “They do this because they are either anti-Semitic or have confused their empathy for the Palestinian people with hatred for someone like me who holds empathy for both Israelis and Palestinians.”…
rick says
The pro-Hamas crowds pose a very peculiar problem for America. The right of Free Speech and right to demonstrate “peacefully” actually work to deny Free Speech because speakers who are pro-Israel are forced to cancel their speeches due to the threat of violence. Performers who are pro-Israel have to cancel their concerts. Those who are pro-Hamas use their Constitutional right of free speech to cancel the free speech of others through the threat of violence. So Free Speech by pro-Hamas carries with it a threat of violence. A Muslim version of our Bill of Rights Constitutional Rights denying those rights to those people who disagree with them.
James Lincoln says
rick,
The United States still has free speech “on paper” but cancel culture and / threats of violence can shut it down.
This cannot go on…
WPM says
Shira law to be put into place over riding the first amendment of free speech in America also freedom to associate with who you want to..
Scotsman48 says
To this pro Hamas gang diversity only means their way or the highway as they scream about their human rights while denigrating everybody else’s human rights and that’s about as Fascist as you can get.
islam is a Fascist Religious Cult so no surprise there.
jerry glenn says
Tucson surges in the national Islamopandering derby.
OLD GUY says
I’ll bet that if he was a pro Palestine performer that show would not have been canceled. The venue would have brought on additional security and the Tucson police would supply additional police presence.
The Istanbulian says
The only answer is to begin canceling all who are pro Islam due to its myriad human rights abuses and genocides around the globe. Arabic colonialism must feel the de