Wavves Want To Ban All Lives Matter/Trump Supporters From Their Shows

Shortly after the shocking footage which showed the police killing of Alton Sterling was made available to the public, indie rock group Wavves took to social media to clear a few things up about the state of affairs in this country and to spell out which type of people aren’t welcome at their shows. The statement — revealed in a series of screenshots from an iPhone “notes” app — rails against the types of people who perpetuate intolerance and hate, according to the band. They also mention that they would rather perform for a room “half-filled with good energy than one filled with hate.”

https://twitter.com/wavves/status/750800122712174592

“I don’t want everyone at my shows to be a clone of each other,” it says. “However, in light of constant rape, murder, racism, homophobia and misogyny that goes on seemingly every day, I feel the need to make clear exactly who I make music for and who I don’t.”

The note elaborates by singling out Trump fans, #AllLivesMatter supporters, “white people who use racial slurs,” rape-victim-blamers, homophobes, and pretty much all other types of Unsavory People That You Don’t Want To Hang Out With At A Concert. Wavves kicks off their “Tarantula Summer” tour in Phoenix later this month.

Of course, proving their own point, they’ve already been hit back by social-media trolls, many of whom have called them all kinds of insidious slurs.

https://twitter.com/wavves/status/750852349632008192

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But those trolls are outweighed by most of their fans as well as fellow musicians.

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/750838862683918336