A Miami Beach concert by John Mellencamp and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, which was meant to raise cash for the left-wing political left-wing political action committee Moveon PAC, has been canceled.
The concert was to be part of Moveon’s Vote for Change Tour, which includes several anti-Bush entertainers performing benefit concerts in battleground states.
A page on the Jackie Gleason Theatre’s website says the Oct. 8 concert has been canceled but gives no reason. It directs ticket holders to contact TicketMaster for refunds.
Concert promoter Jon Stoll of Fantasma Productions said the cancellation had nothing to do with lagging ticket sales.
“They weren’t sold out, but they were going to be fine. So it was nothing to do with ticket sales,” he told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Mellencamp decided he would return to the Miami area after the election and hurricane seasons, Stoll told the paper. The rocker’s next concert is scheduled for Saturday in Chicago.
The final Vote for Change event is a concert in Washington, D.C., on Monday featuring many of the artists who have been performing separately.
Mellencamp has been outspoken in his disdain for President Bush. As WorldNetDaily reported, a year ago Mellencamp and his wife wrote an open letter criticizing U.S. foreign policy and calling for the recall of the president.
“The governor of California was removed from office based on finance troubles. And yet George W. Bush has lied to us, failed to keep our own borders secure, entered a war under false pretense, endangered lives, and created financial chaos,” he wrote.
