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03-31-2016, 05:59 AM
The Roots pull out of David Bowie tribute concerts over 'bitchassness'
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The Roots have pulled out of two upcoming David Bowie tribute shows at New York's Carnegie Hall. The reason? Bitchassness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qKoPIiXtac).*
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, just one day before of the first show, Questlove cited a fellow musician's refusal to allow the group to use their equipment.*
He wrote:*
"Mood. I've never been so insecure or petty as to deny a fellow musician use of ANY of my equipment (or my band's equipment——or resources or contacts or k**wledge or ANYTHING) it angers me when that same courtesy is **t reciprocated. (Believe you me I was about to get #TomPetty (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tompetty/) or #PettyWap (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pettywap/) or*#PetRockAndCLSmooth (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/petrockandclsmooth/) or #BlackPetty (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/blackpetty/) or however you wanna roll wit it)—-keeping a level head and **t being self destructive is a weak point I'm working on. But I'm also keeping it true: The Roots/Bilal/Kimbra (w/ Wendy Melvoin, DD Jackson & Ray Angry) pulled out of these Bowie gigs. We have patience. But we do **T have patience for the Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/david-bowie-tribute-roots-questlove-bitchass/)
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The Roots have pulled out of two upcoming David Bowie tribute shows at New York's Carnegie Hall. The reason? Bitchassness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qKoPIiXtac).*
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, just one day before of the first show, Questlove cited a fellow musician's refusal to allow the group to use their equipment.*
He wrote:*
"Mood. I've never been so insecure or petty as to deny a fellow musician use of ANY of my equipment (or my band's equipment——or resources or contacts or k**wledge or ANYTHING) it angers me when that same courtesy is **t reciprocated. (Believe you me I was about to get #TomPetty (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tompetty/) or #PettyWap (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pettywap/) or*#PetRockAndCLSmooth (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/petrockandclsmooth/) or #BlackPetty (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/blackpetty/) or however you wanna roll wit it)—-keeping a level head and **t being self destructive is a weak point I'm working on. But I'm also keeping it true: The Roots/Bilal/Kimbra (w/ Wendy Melvoin, DD Jackson & Ray Angry) pulled out of these Bowie gigs. We have patience. But we do **T have patience for the Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/david-bowie-tribute-roots-questlove-bitchass/)
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