Billy Bob Thornton promoting his band

[faldor]

In a very odd fashion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJWS6qyy7bw&feature=player_embedded

Billy Bob Thornton Booed At Canadian Concert
by Paul Cashmere - April 10 2009
photo by Ros O'Gorman


Just a day after making a compete dick of himself on Canadian radio, Billy Bob Thornton was greeted with a severe booing at his Massey Hall concert last night.


Thornton appeared on Q radio on Wednesday morning to promote his band The Boxmasters and their concerts in Canada with Willie Nelson. Instead, the bizarre Thornton ended up acting like a complete arsehole and threw in a few insults to Canadians as well.

Three songs into the Boxmasters set at Massey Hall, Thornton decided to address the crowd about his behavior but instead of apologizing, went on to insult radio presenter Jian Ghomeshi and the people of Canada even more. ?It seems as if when I say something it is in the news,? he started out saying.

The audience began to boo him.

?Boo all you want, but I want to say something.... We're really happy to be here, but I need to say something. I talked to this a?hole yesterday. I sat down and talked with this guy. He and his producers say, `We promise you we won't say that'. The very first thing they said was that. I don't really like sensationalism. If you look someone in the eyes and promise them something, and you don't do it, you don't get the interview. That's the way it goes."

What was apparently promised was that Ghomeshi would not mention that Thornton was an actor. A the slightest mention of even having a career before The Boxmasters, Thornton went off his nut.

Ghomeshi should be given a medal for what he went through and how he calmly handled the arrogant star. The members of The Boxmasters sat silent, looking stunned.

About Canadian concert goers, Thornton called them ?mashed potato with no gravy?.

Thornton claimed in the interview that he did not understand the questions. One of those questions was ?how long has the band been together?.

What is really sad about this incident is that Thornton has basically destroyed The Boxmasters in a fit of arrogance.

I?ve seen the band twice and they are a great live act. Not a great recording act, but a good, tight, fun country-punk band.

The very fact that The Boxmasters is fun made them worthwhile seeing. Thornton has sucked their major asset, fun, out in one angry outburst.

After the Thornton incident, the actor has flushed his credibility right down the toilet faster than you can say Joaquin Phoenix or Michael Richards.

The Boxmasters will not recover from this. They need a new singer or they need to call it a day.

Billy Bob Thornton has destroyed his band.

http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8014

[The Catcher]

I watched the interview, and it was really painful to watch. What a self-righteous, arrogant, pathetic loser. How dare he compare himself to Tom Petty? This idiot should stick to acting, he has no business being an artist when he takes himself that extremely seriously.

[The Catcher]

And as far as the other band members go, I felt bad for them as well as thought they were pathetic to let this self-righteous goon run the whole interview down the toilet with his unbelievable arrogance. It was hard to watch someone being that pathetic. What a loser. And what did they do about it? Shit. They sat there like scared, mindless sheep. Fuck this so-called "group", Billy-Bob should go back to whatever haystack he crawled out from under.

[mrlee]

lolz anyone that claims to be like tom petty = epic fail.

No one does acousticy type music as fucking awesome has Petty.

Petty is a rockstar in a market where they aint usually rockstars.

[faldor]

http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8022

Billy Bob Thornton Off Willie Nelson Tour
by Paul Cashmere - April 11 2009
photo by Ros O'Gorman


The Boxmasters, the band fronted by actor Billy Bob Thornton, has withdrawn from the Willie Nelson Canadian tour after Thornton`s bizarre behavior on a Canadian radio show this week.


Thornton behaved like a spoilt child when he threw a tantrum while being interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi on CBC radio on Wednesday.

The actor took offense at being referred to as an actor.

Thornton made a fool of himself and embarrassed his band members when he said he didn?t know when his band got together, claimed he did not know Willie Nelson (who they are touring with and whose house Thornton has stayed in) and then refused to sing, leaving his band to play an instrumental.

To make matters even worse, he insulted Canadians calling then ?mashed potato without gravy?.

Instead of an apology, Thornton made it even worse the following day when he called Ghomeshi an asshole three songs into The Boxmasters show. He was booed.

Today, the tour has been cancelled and Thornton has left Canada.

While there is no mention of the incident at The Boxmasters website, a statement at Willie Nelson?s website reads, ?It has been reported that Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters will not be continuing the Canadian tour with Willie and Ray. At this time, no reasons have been announced but the remainder of the tour will continue as scheduled without The Boxmasters?.

[The Catcher]

Suits him right. What a spoilt little piece of shit. Who does he think he is? The other band member should kick his ugly ass out and continue with someone better.

[AtariLegend]

Who does he think he is?

The guy who was able to... with Angelina and Halle Berry.

[faldor]

Who does he think he is?

The guy who was able to... with Angelina and Halle Berry.

Halle Berry was just on film though, right?  Regardless, Angelina was quite the score.  He got her when she was just as crazy though.  Perfect timing on his part.  She eventually snapped out of it and saw the light.