Musicians Kyle Gass (L) and Jack Black of Tenacious D perform onstage during 'Spike's Rock the Troops' event held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam on October 22, 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The comedy rock duo Tenacious D — made up of Jack Black and Kyle Gass — has cancelled the rest of their tour after Gass' remarks about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.Musicians Kyle Gass, left, and Jack Black of Tenacious D perform onstage during Spike's 'Rock the Troops' event held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Oct. 22, 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii. has cancelled the rest of their tour after Gass' remarks about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Gass responded, "Don't miss Trump next time," an apparent reference to the rally shooting a day before that left the former U.S. president with an injured ear."I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form," Black said in a Tuesday statement on
"The line I improvised Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake," he wrote Tuesday. "I don't condone violence in any kind, in any form, against anyone.Spicy Meatball Tour
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