{"id":2003490,"date":"2023-08-17T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-killers-forced-to-apologize-after-political-gaffe-sparks-boos-from-the-crowd\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T11:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:09:21","slug":"the-killers-forced-to-apologize-after-political-gaffe-sparks-boos-from-the-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-killers-forced-to-apologize-after-political-gaffe-sparks-boos-from-the-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Killers apologize for political gaffe, face crowd&#8217;s boos."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-killers-forced-to-apologize-after-political-gaffe-sparks-boos-from-the-crowd%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An\u200b American Rock Band Sparks \u2063Controversy with Political Gaffe at Concert in Georgia<\/h2>\n<p>An American rock band issued an apology\u200d on Tuesday after a political gaffe during a performance spurred members of the audience to walk out of a music venue\u200c in the nation of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees at a concert in the city of Shekvetili weren\u2019t \u200dhappy when vocalist Brandon Flowers urged them \u2064to embrace a\u200c Russian national who had been invited on stage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-libertarians-fuel-fall-of-socialists-in-senate-for-first-time-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Argentina: Libertarians Fuel Fall of Socialists in Senate for First Time in 40 Years\">play drums<\/a> as their \u201cbrother,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/16\/entertainment\/the-killers-apology-georgia-concert-russia-intl-scli\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers appeared\u200c to lecture the Georgian audience about the nation\u2019s \u2063distrust for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/found-wake-russias-retreat-called-21st-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">northern neighbor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know the etiquette of this land, but this guy\u2019s a Russian. Are you okay \u2063with a Russian coming\u2063 up\u2063 here?\u201d\u200c Flowers questioned the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200bvocalist \u2014\u200b a progressive extremist who has conflated the United States with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-killers-brandon-flowers-slavery-has-been-over-for-a-long-time-but-systematic-racism-has-been-in-place-ever-since-2738213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racism<\/a>\u201d \u2014 went on to urge citizens of the Caucasus nation to abandon the concept of national identity and \u200dcitizenship.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t recognize if someone\u2019s your brother, he\u2019s \u200bnot your brother? We\u2019re all separate? We all separate on \u200cthe borders of our countries?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m not your brother? Am I not your brother, being from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-many-american-flags-go-back-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some concertgoers walked \u200bout of the venue in opposition to\u2062 Flowers\u2019 lecture, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Russia occupies two \u2064regions of Georgia internationally recognized as Georgian territory.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia were brought under Russian control during a 2008 \u200cinvasion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/5-day-long-russo-georgian-war-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia has no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-kosovo-establish-mutual-diplomatic-ties\/\" title=\"Israel, Kosovo establish mutual diplomatic ties\">formal diplomatic relations<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heavy-law-enforcement-presence-russian-fighter-spiraled-crash-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> \u2062as a result of the occupation.<\/p>\n<p>In their apology statement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-used-bill-clinton-to-escape-jeffrey-epstein-report\/\" title=\"Ghislaine Maxwell Used Bill Clinton To \u2018Escape\u2019 Jeffrey Epstein: Report\">band claimed<\/a> that Flowers\u2019 on-stage \u2064remarks were merely about brotherhood between fans of The Killers, rather than nationality.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[I]t was \u200bnever our intention to offend\u200d anyone,\u201d the\u2062 statement began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a longstanding tradition of inviting people \u2063to \u2062play drums and it seemed from the stage that\u2062 the initial response from the crowd indicated \u2062that they were okay with tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-killers-forced-to-apologize-after-political-gaffe-sparks-boos-from-the-crowd\/\" title=\"The Killers apologize for political gaffe, face crowd's boos.\">audience participation member coming onstage<\/a> with us,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that a comment, meant to suggest that all of The \u200cKillers\u2019 audience and fans are \u2018brothers\u2019 and \u2018sisters,\u2019 could be misconstrued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not mean \u200cto\u200d upset anyone and we\u2062 apologize,\u201d the apology concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mfuAf2I8xb\">pic.twitter.com\/mfuAf2I8xb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Killers (@thekillers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekillers\/status\/1691561689882484827?\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One Canadian of Ukrainian heritage explained why\u200d Flowers\u2019\u200d remarks were met \u200dwith a\u200d cold reaction in a tweet response to \u2064the\u2062 tepid apology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Canadian Ukrainian here,\u200c I attended your gig \u2064in Montreal last year, love your music since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you understand why there was such\u2063 a reaction \u200cfrom the people of \u200dGeorgia.<\/p>\n<p>Would be easier to understand if you imagined that instead of Georgia in 2023 you\u2064 are \u2062giving a\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elias Artista (@artista_elias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artista_elias\/status\/1691871127834898878?\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Georgia\u2062 has incurred an influx \u200dof migrants from Russia in \u2062the aftermath of the latter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vladimir-putin-misled-russian-military-ukraine-invasion-afraid-tell-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invasion<\/a> of Ukraine, with new\u200b arrivals hoping to escape\u2063 diminishing economic prospects in their home country.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/killers-forced-apologize-political-gaffe-sparks-boos-crowd\/\">The Killers Forced\u2064 to Apologize After Political Gaffe Sparks Boos from the Crowd<\/a> \u2062 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200cWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American rock band apologized on Tuesday for a political mishap during a show that caused some audience members to leave a music venue in Georgia. 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