I don't like to get political on this blog, however, when I see a fellow Canadian jeopardize his career for his beliefs, I think it needs post. Good for Matthew, elbows up!
Article from CBC:
Canadian rocker Matthew Good has cut upcoming U.S. shows from his summer tour, saying he can't support government policies and political divisions south of the border and that he's unlikely to perform in the country again until political tides turn.
Good, 54, announced the cancellations in a Facebook post on Friday morning, saying he's willing to "risk my future US career, to stand up against things today."
Since coming to office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has made repeated comments about making Canada the "51st state," launched a trade war against Canada and dozens of other nations, implemented policies affecting the rights of transgender people and ordered mass deportations of undocumented migrants.
Good was due to play in Cleveland on Tuesday, Pittsburgh on Wednesday and Buffalo on Thursday, before returning to Canada to perform in Gravenhurst, Ont., on Friday.
"I'm a very proud Canadian," the Burnaby, B.C.-born singer and songwriter told Radio West guest host Brady Strachan of CBC Kelowna on Friday, hours after posting the announcement. "I think, really, the divisionism that I'm seeing in the United States is something that has really gotten to me."
He said he understands that people are entitled to different political views, but that "right now, that nation doesn't reflect the commonality that this one has."
"I think there are several things going on down there that ... I don't feel that I can economically support," said Good, who rose to fame in the 1990s with the Matthew Good Band and hits like Apparition and Hello Time Bomb.
He has performed as a solo artist since the band broke up in 2002.
