Rock band pulled from music competition for ‘political causes’

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Low Minimize Connie, a Philadelphia -based rock band, is claiming its scheduled efficiency at a music competition this week was canceled due to politics.

Frontman Adam Weiner posted a message to followers on social media on Monday saying the band had been pulled from the lineup for the "Rocking the River" competition in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Friday.

"For the primary time ever, my present has been canceled for ‘political’ causes," Weiner wrote to the band’s Fb web page. "The promoters in Luzerne County, PA really feel that this weekend's Low Minimize Connie present in Wilkes-Barre shall be too controversial and polarizing ---Low Minimize Connie exhibits are fairly the alternative!!"

The annual summer time live performance collection is marketed as a free occasion open to all ages. An AC/DC cowl band has changed Low Minimize Connie for the July 25 lineup.

Low Minimize Connie's Adam Weiner stated his upcoming present in Wilkes-Barre, PA, was canceled for political causes. (Getty Photos)

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In a video message, the musician known as the county's resolution "so disappointing and upsetting."

"Why did they cancel the present?" he asked . "They gained’t inform us, however they've indicated they're canceling my present for political causes. Now, let me offer you a little bit little bit of context. For those who’ve been to a Low Minimize Connie Present, that onstage, I talk about variety."

Weiner stated he believes variety is one in all America’s strengths, and he would not "apologize" for utilizing the phrases.

"Individuals don’t just like the phrase, however I'll proceed to make use of it as a result of everyone seems to be welcome at a Low Minimize Connie present. ‘Variety’ and ‘inclusion’ shouldn't be soiled phrases," he stated.

Low Minimize Connie performs at SXSW 2023 on March 18, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Photograph by Salihah Saadiq Barnett/Rolling Stone through Getty Photos) (Getty)

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Weiner additionally prompt the band's protest music known as "Livin' within the USA" might’ve factored into the choice.

The music, launched in Could, addresses the "terror, the unease, the worry that so many individuals are experiencing proper now in the USA."

"Due to these ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids which can be completely inhumane and anti-American," Weiner stated.

He known as the present promoter’s resolution to cancel the efficiency "cowardly."

Individuals protest towards U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at San Antonio Metropolis Corridor on June 11, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. (Photograph by Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)

"We might have had a fantastic present this Friday," he stated, earlier than evaluating his expertise to that of late-night host Stephen Colbert's, whose late-night comedy show was canceled final week. Colbert is an outspoken progressive.

"Artists like myself are dropping work due to our ideas, identical to Stephen Colbert," he stated.

A Luzerne County spokesperson informed Fox News Digital , "Our aim is to have a spot the place we will get pleasure from music, meals, promote our neighborhood, have enjoyable, be secure and freed from politics and propaganda."

Low Minimize Connie additionally pulled out of a scheduled Kennedy Middle present in March in protest of President Donald Trump’s takeover of the venue.