It appears that Don Henley has now joined the growing list of outspoken performers to be bludgeoned by the realization that people just ain't paying pampered pop stars to preach.
The on-line version of the July 31 Orange County Register (registration required) reports that:
Singer Don Henley drew a chorus of boos from fans at the Pacific Amphitheatre after he made several political comments between songs during his concert Thursday night, becoming the latest performer to elicit such a negative reaction.
Two weeks ago, Linda Ronstadt touched off a disturbance at a show in Las Vegas when she dedicated a song to filmmaker Michael Moore. Fans at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino booed, threw drinks and ripped down posters in the lobby, prompting the management to escort the singer from the premises and bar her from performing there again.
Henley, referring to that incident Thursday night, began a sentence with, "Given what my good friend Linda Ronstadt," but was silenced as the amphitheatre erupted in boos. He responded: "Whoops--Orange County," adding, "We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore." (emphasis mine)
In the real world, a "civil debate" typically consists of two equally matched sides discussing a mutually agreed upon issue. In Don Henley's tie-dyed fantasy world, a debate apparently consists of one washed up 70's soft-rock star with a microphone connected to some colon-splittingly loud amplifiers shouting out tired leftist political platitudes to 16,000 fans who each paid upwards of $40 to hear "The Boys Of Summer" for the 873rd time.
At least the Vote For Change crowd has the decency to inform their audience that they're buying a ticket to a political rally. Give it a rest, Donny, and the next time you feel like going all leftie on your fans, don't do it in Orange County.
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