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Third Eye Blind Headline Charity Event at RNC

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  1. Melody Bot Jul 19, 2016
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    Third Eye Blind are playing a private charity event at the Republican National Convention:


    Third Eye Blind will be the headline performing act at the charity benefit for Musicians On Call (MOC), a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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    In 2012 lead singer Stephan Jenkins penned an op-ed for the Huffington Post explaining why they had turned down playing a similar event:


    Even the private party my band was asked to play at the RNC is not some innocuous event. Though I am happy to play for Republican fans, like my life-long Republican mom, playing the RNC convention is a tacit endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate and his party platform, and this is not my mom’s Republican Party anymore.
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    Reading through Jenkins’s Twitter feed makes me think this is the last place he would want to be playing. Now I’m curious what they’re going to say on stage.

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  2. tdlyon Jul 19, 2016
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    Most Dope Supporter

    Wonder if this is going to be a Lupe Fiasco at the inauguration type situation...
     
  3. mattylikesfilms Jul 19, 2016
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    Mixed emotions about this.
     
  4. jjnunn118 Jul 19, 2016
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    Signal Vs. Noise Prestigious

    Young Gay Republicans?
     
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  6. GEM37 Jul 19, 2016
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    She haunts the roads

  7. Nick Jul 20, 2016
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    @fangclubb Prestigious

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  8. FakeGyllenhaal Jul 20, 2016
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  9. Thursdaysox Jul 20, 2016
    Thursdaysox

    We know it from the silence

    Wow, I went from "Fuck Third Eye Blind, I'll never pay to see them again" to "WHERE IS THEIR NEXT SHOW NEAR ME, PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY I LOVE YOU GUYS!!" Damn, this is awesome.
     
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  10. somethingliketj Jul 20, 2016
    somethingliketj

    And that's why you always leave a note.

    So awesome. That took some balls.
     
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  11. iCarly Rae Jepsen Jul 20, 2016
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    run away with me Platinum

     
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  12. teebs41 Jul 20, 2016
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    @Jason Tate you should edit lost to include what they actually did Haha
     
  13. ncarrab Jul 20, 2016
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  15. ramomcferno Jul 20, 2016
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    Mystery is the secret ingredient Prestigious

    Played none of the hits? I really want to know what the setlist was. Die-hard fans were probably treated to a really cool rarities set.
     
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  16. iCarly Rae Jepsen Jul 20, 2016
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    run away with me Platinum

    They played some
     
  17. euphguapo Jul 20, 2016
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    that is crazy funny
     
  18. paythetab Jul 20, 2016
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    Chorus.FM Album Reviewer (Adam Grundy) Supporter

  19. Weezer17 Jul 20, 2016
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    Why did they do this, if Stephan turned it down in the past. Seems like a dick thing to do.
     
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  20. Weezer17 Jul 20, 2016
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    Never Let You Go and Jumper were hits.
     
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  21. iCarly Rae Jepsen Jul 20, 2016
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    run away with me Platinum

    It was for charity and I think he wanted to get his platform across

    He is a total dick though
     
  22. Weezer17 Jul 20, 2016
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    Apparently they didnt play Never Let You Go, and played Non-Dairy Creamer instead.
     
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  24. Thursdaysox Jul 20, 2016
    Thursdaysox

    We know it from the silence

    To draw attention to the fact that the GOP is anti-lgbtq, anti-science, anti-vaxx, anti-logic, regressive, and xenophobic.

    Is he the dick, or are the GOP all dicks? Are they both dicks? Do two dicks make a right? I just don't know anymore.
     
  25. ncarrab Jul 20, 2016
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    I don't listen to Third Eye Blind at all, but I'd love to go to one of my favorite bands' shows where they didn't play any 'hits.'
     
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  26. bptky Jul 20, 2016
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    check out Musica - Akron's best live music venue

    Was confused by this post at first, but after reading it sounds like it was for a good cause and although it was during the RNC, it didn't have much to do at all with the party or convention itself.
     
  27. aoftbsten Jul 20, 2016
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    Based on his statements regarding an invite in 2012, how did the they not see this coming haha? I mean, seriously.
     
  28. Buscemi knows best Jul 20, 2016
    Buscemi knows best

    You owe me a Sausage McMuffin

    How are 3eb "fans" who attended this so pissed off? Did they not bother listening to Dopamine? Because it's really good, and this set list is awesome.
     
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