NIN pulls out of MTV Movie Awards

[wum]

Nine Inch Nails Drop Out Of MTV Movie Awards Over Bush Dispute

Nine Inch Nails have dropped out of the 2005 MTV Movie Awards following a dispute over their plan to incorporate an image of George W. Bush into their performance of the song "The Hand That Feeds." Stepping in to fill the void are the Foo Fighters.

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"Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards as previously announced. We were set to perform 'The Hand That Feeds' with an unmolested, straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop," Reznor wrote. "Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. See you on tour this fall when we return to play in America."

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"While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement. When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards."

That was the only song I liked off the album, too :(

[FlorpIncarnate]

Trent has never liked MTV anyway...

I'm not keen in NIN being all political and shit though... what does Trent's music have to do with politics??

[decypher]

Whatever, good to see that he isn't gonna take shit from producers trying to dictate what he can and can't do.

[firestar]

Foo fighters though?

*Hides*

No no, I like the Foo.. just wondering why they got the nod..