The show at Market Hotel was supposed to take place on July 8th as part of what Hinckley calls his “Redemption Tour,” during which he will play his songs for the first time live and promote rehabilitation for formerly incarcerated criminals and the mentally ill.
On Wednesday, Market Hotel wrote on Instagram that they approved the show, which had been booked by a third-party promoter, because they believe the tour "sends a message that mental health issues and a criminal past can be recovered from and atoned for, after serving one’s debt to society and getting real treatment.
However, the risks of promoting a show by someone whose notoriety rests solely on a violent past, and "seeing the nature of who this booking has antagonized," led the venue to cancel. "It is not worth the gamble on the safety of our vulnerable communities to give a guy a microphone and a paycheck from his art who hasn’t had to earn it, who we don’t care about on an artistic level, and who upsets people in a dangerously radicalized, reactionary climate," they wrote.
(Literally foaming at the mouth) “Do it for the aaaaaart!” (Crushes PBR can on forehead)