Coming off my latest Tension tour - taking in 54 cities over more than six months - was quite emotional. By the time I began the European leg in Finland, I was thankful for my room at Hotel St George in Helsinki. Even though it's in the heart of the city, it was the perfect calming tonic. It has a spa and there are covers over the TVs, so I wasn't hit with a media wall unless I actively wanted it.
Mr Joseph's allegations concerning my client are false, baseless, and reckless. They are categorically denied, and we will use all legal means available to address these claims and to ensure that the truth is brought to light.
The tour began last month, with a pair of sold-out shows at the American Airlines Center, in Dallas, where the Mavericks play; soon after, videos of exuberant audiences began to circulate online. Not all of the excitement has been cheerful: during a show in Kansas City, a fourteen-year-old attendee was caught on tape assaulting a sixty-six-year-old usher, and was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault; dates in Chicago and Detroit have been cancelled, without much explanation.
Reports silently leaked on TikTok over the weekend, beginning with the September 25th show in Dallas at - and we wish we were making this up - The Bomb Factory. "Whoever was shitting their pants at the HAIM concert pls see yourself out," one person posted. The comments were full of confirmations, including, "Were you guys stage right?! That's where we were and it was awfullll," and "STAGE RIGHT IT WAS SO BAD," as well as clues to a deeper mystery.
In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treacherous government.
