Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor 'told Ted Cruz to f*** off' for asking to be on concert guest list
The 53-year-old singer told the crowd what had happened, during the industrial band's show.
“Who voted for Ted Cruz?,” he asked the crowd. “See, the lights aren’t on, I can’t see. Is there any way to turn the lights on? I’d like to see.”
He added: “Raise your hand, you guys, nothing to be ashamed of, just checking."
He went on to tell them that the former Republican presidential nominee had tried to get on the VIP list for the show.
When he found out, Reznor said he told him to "f*** off".
“He might be here tonight,” the singer added. “He was bugging to get on the guest list, and I told him to f*** off.”
A member of the crowd filmed his comments.
The musician then admitted to the crowd that Mr Cruz, who narrowly defeated Democratic Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke in the Senate election race had attended one of his shows several years ago.
He said that the politician "drank all the beer, and was just a pain in the ass to be around.”
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In a recent interview with The Guardian, he lambasted the US leader and said that Americans were beginning to see a “fall of the empire” under his presidency/
“It feels like things are coming unhinged, socially and culturally,” Reznor said. “The rise of Trumpism, of tribalism, the celebration of stupidity. I’m ashamed, on a world stage, at what we must look like as a culture.”
He also called the current Mr Trump a “f***ing moron.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trent-reznor-ted-cruz-nine-inch-nails-concert-guest-list-show-dallas-a8659541.html
Ha ha, this is why I love Trent.
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Just because. 
I'm lovin' this.
Where are y'all getting that information from? Did I miss it when I read the article? Just wondering.
Li'lmiss
Does he croon to Heidi that he wants to "fuck her like an animal?" 
Singalong with the kids?
Hell, the entire Year Zero album.
And I love me some Nine Inch Nails. Even at 70 years old, I'm a rock and roller. 
Cannot wait for that show!
I'll be sure to post some pictures. I'm going to the last show of the Cold & Black & Infinite tour at the Palladium on the 15th.
I used to live in St. Pete in the early 2000s. Used to love fishing off the pier (on the occasions I couldn't afford a charter out of Tarpon Springs) and spent almost every day on the beautiful beach there. I even got to two Stanley Cup games the year the Lightning won the cup. Great area, but Route 19 is a nightmare. Too many snowbirds. Have a great time amigo!
Great venue, I've been to some really awesome shows there.
The musician then admitted to the crowd that Mr Cruz, who narrowly defeated Democratic Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke in the Senate election race had attended one of his shows several years ago.
He said that the politician "drank all the beer, and was just a pain in the ass to be around.”
So Ted Cruz did make it backstage once?
Gen X are such a mixed bag. We've got Michelle Obama on the one hand and Ted Cruz on the other.
I read "Hillbilly Elegy" and could not understand how the author could live many of the same experiences I did and listen to the same music and come out the other end a Republican. 
