Booed Billy Bob Cancels Canada Tour

Band cancels Canada tour after his hostile radio interview

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 11, 2009 12:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Musician Billy Bob Thornton—not actor, lest you ignite his rage—is done touring Canada after his band was met with boos and catcalls on a Toronto stage, the AP reports. The band cites the flu, but the tour's cancellation came two days after Thornton likened the nation's fans to mashed potatoes sans gravy during a cantankerous radio interview—in which he also chastised the host for asking about his film career.

"Canadian audiences seem to be very reserved," Thornton said in the interview. "We tend to play places where people throw things at each other. Here, they just sort of sit there. And it doesn't matter what you say to them. It's mashed potatoes but no gravy."

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Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters perform in Austin, Texas, last month. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters perform at the SXSW Music Festival Festival in Austin, Texas, last month. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

Billy Bob Thornton arrives to the premiere of "Manure" during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in January. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

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Booed Billy Bob Cancels Canada Tour