Cheap Trick Please Watch Blackfish and Cancel Your Seaworld Gig.

I would ask, as a fan, that you watch the documentary Blackfish before you decide to perform at Seaworld Orlando on Feb. 15th for the Beer and Bands. As public figures, you have the potential to deliver a message, whether good or bad. In performing at Seaworld you would be communicating the disregard of the highly sentient, sensitive, family oriented creatures that are the Orcas and dolphins that are kept in captivity there, never to swim free again, to be used as incubators for future performers, and only to retire through their death. Barenaked Ladies were asked to view the documentary Blackfish, and have opted out of the performance line up for that day, and I would ask that you also watch this informative piece of filmmaking and follow suit. The times are changing in what I, as a parent, want my child to understand about this world we live in, and it is to teach compassion and kindness to all, especially to those that have no voice to speak for themselves, we must be a voice for them. Your voice could ring loud and long to tell Seaworld that holding these wonderful creatures in captivity is wrong, and you could tell your fans that admire you that you are indeed compasionate and aware of others in our world. Thank you.

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Watch Blackfish

This is important because supporting an organization that continues to confine and manipulate mammals who are known to be like humans in intelligence and family structure is WRONG. This needs to be corrected, please help by not performing at Slave World. Thank you :)

Please don't perform at $eaWorld

Spending your life in a bath sized space is unimaginable... in today's day and age we should not be treating animals this way... it is an utter disgrace.

please watch blackfish so you can make the right choice and cancel

Please watch. Please pay attention to Tillikum's current state. His sadness is palpable.

Please consider cancelling your performance at SeaWorld.

Captivity is not fun, it is tragic!

Please think of the animals.

ethics over money, that's what it boils down to

Please don't perform here!

Please do not support this company.

Please join your fellow musicians in cancelling your appearance at SeaWorld. Do the right and humane thing.

I try to sleep. They're wide awake. They won't let me alone.

LET THE WHALES AND DOLPHINS GO FREE!!!

Please reconsider joining this concert that celebrates the suffering of felow mammels. I used to go to your concerts when you were local in our area ( chicago). I had all of your 8 track tapes! I've been a fan since you played the local college in Naperville Il. etc...Please pull out on this one?

Orcas are such intelligent and social animals. Please don't support separating them from their pods and keeping them in captivity.

please don't support sadness and inhumanity!