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Nugent Protestors Back Out Amid Safety Fears
Protestors will not be demonstrating outside an upcoming Ted Nugent performance at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center in Midland, Texas.
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Members of Una Voz Unida of nearby Odessa started an online petition last month asking for the cancellation of the Aug. 17 show.
“Please cancel Nugent’s performance. Nobody is precluding Ted Nugent from speaking,” the petition stated. “It is a question as to whether or not the Wagner Noël, in a community such as Odessa and Midland should accept a notorious bigot in the name of supporting veterans. Wagner Noël is better than this.”
Art Leal, president and chairman of the group, told the Midland Reporter-Telegram his group received hate messages from Nugent supporters and was informed open-carry advocates might counter-demonstrate at the concert. A spokesman for the venue told Pollstar that it was not aware of any such situation.