Eric Church Facing Controversy for Canceling Concert to Watch March Madness
"Rooting for Duke"
Am I now.... rooting for... Duke?
— Martin Cizmar (@martincizmar) March 30, 2022
"I'm a UNC fan and this is not cool. Plenty of people that have rooting interest in sports have to work whether their team is playing or not. Plus this may put some bad karma on Carolina for the game," a Twitter user commented.
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Eric Church canceled a sold out concert in TX on Saturday because he wanted to watch the Duke-UNC game live with his family.
That's the most North Carolina shit I have ever heard.
— Cynda talks too much (@thepurplecaniac) March 29, 2022
"Apparently all this Church Choir rhetoric is just marketing. He gets a memory with his family but cancels a memory for 20,000 of his followers. I will no longer be one of them. And as a lifelong Kentucky fan, this will be the first time I ever root for Duke," an angry fan wrote.
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Eric Church didn’t cancel when his whole band had covid but he did cancel for a basketball game 😭 ngl I’d be pisssssssed if I had those tickets
— yeehaw 🤠 (@mccountrry) March 30, 2022
"Here's an idea...Wouldn't it be amazing if he got to the venue and his tickets were ['canceled.'] They should give his tickets to the fans who spent the most money traveling to his concert and then let him buy them out at the price of a redo concert with all expenses paid by him," someone else tweeted.
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I was a huge eric church fan until this moment. I will not support him anymore. Not only is this incredibly rude to his fan it's also disgustingly rude to the venue employees who just had several of their working hours taken away with little notice. Be better man. https://t.co/OQaxv7sP6w
— Kaytee (@SassychewEbacca) March 30, 2022
"I have seen a lot of comments about all the ticket holders who may have lost additional money in travel, hotel, airfare, etc. What about the people who work the concerts? People who work parking [and] concession stands [and] security [and] those kinds of things. Do they get compensated?" a Twitter user wondered.
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Eric Church is cancelling a concert so he can watch a basketball game. Thousands of people made plans to see his 4/2 show. Many artists play through injuries and miss important life events for their fans. Not Church. He really might be the biggest douche bag in America. pic.twitter.com/eA7CxXdvm9
— GonzoApp (@GonzoApp) March 29, 2022
"Being from NC, it's a huge game. But those fans spent a lot of money on tickets," one person offered. "He has an obligation to those fans. I could understand if he was sick or something but that is a lame excuse to cancel a show."
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I support Eric Church, the opportunity to watch your alma mater destroy your arch enemy at the worst and most injurious possible time only comes once in a lifetime
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) March 30, 2022
Notably, Church does still have some supporters who understand his position. "First ever tournament matchup between two of the most storied rivals in the game, Coach K's last tournament and a trip to go to the Championship and knock said rival out into retirement, hell yeah I would do the same thing he is!" a Tarheels fan exclaimed.
prevnext"Love the Outrage"
Eric Church is calling in sick to work to watch a huge sporting event like millions of us do each year. I love the outrage. Go get a 12 pack. Turn on your big screen. Play Eric Church music on YouTube. Problem solved
— nathan (@nathanial75) March 30, 2022
"I don't know him but how are people mad at him for wanting to see his favorite team go against their biggest rival on possibly the biggest game they have played against each other," one last Twitter user posed.
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