Ted Nugent’s race remarks cost him concerts

Rocker Ted Nugent has had a controversial concert tour, having venues canceled or protested coast to coast over his remarks about Hispanics, Asians, American Indians and Trayvon Martin.

* The City of Longview, Texas, paid Nugent to not perform at its Fourth of July festival.
* More than 100 protested his concert in Montclair, New Jersey, July 22.
* An online petition was started and then removed over his July 26 concert in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
* The Puyallup Tribe canceled Aug. 2 and 3 shows at its Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington.
* The Coeur d’Alene Tribe canceled his Aug. 4 concert at its casino in Worley, Idaho.
* Protestors petitioned and then clashed with Nugent fans in an Aug. 5 concert in New Haven, Connecticut.
* People protested his Aug. 6 gig in Sturgis, South Dakota.
* A Native American group protested his Aug. 8 concert in Maumee, Ohio, and the owner of the Toledo Blade said he regretted sponsoring it.

Many protesters were American Indians objecting to remarks and his wearing of a feathered headdress as part of his act.

Nugent told Radio.com, “These sick, sick, stoned, hygiene-challenged Michael Moore fans, they call in and complain that I’m a racist, they claim I’m a pedophile, that I dodged the draft. They call all the promoters, the call all the venues, they call all my sponsors, every day.”