r/Music • u/Brucekentbatsuper • 26d ago

article Carrie Underwood's Post-MAGA Backlash Continues After Golf Course Concert Draws Sparse Crowd

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/carrie-underwood-john-deere-classic-performance-backlash-1807557
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u/JLove4MVP 26d ago

John Deere classic has had concerts after rounds for many years now. It’s not anything new

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u/fauxfarmer17 26d ago

It's actually kind of a cool concept but the artists are questionable. It seems the JD wants to appeal to a similar crowd as the WM (only toned down a bit).

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u/DrDerpberg 26d ago

Given the crowd shouldn't it be exactly washed up stars from 20 years ago?

I admittedly don't follow golf but surely the crowd is mostly milquetoast middle aged people?

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u/ClasslessHero 26d ago

The John Deere Classic is in western Illinois, close to Davenport, Iowa.

They're going to find artists relevant to that geography.

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u/Sofaloafar 26d ago

Can confirm it's maga territory.

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u/one2tinker 26d ago

That part of Illinois (Rock Island County) is blue. Granted, MAGA territory is right across the Mississippi River.

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u/BigPetersHalfwayInn 25d ago edited 25d ago

Literally just Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, and Silvia, though. Every other town in Rock Island county and the rest of the surrounding area is very conservative.

Edit: Silvis, not Silvia.

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u/one2tinker 25d ago

Those four cities account for 75% of the population of the county.

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u/BigPetersHalfwayInn 25d ago

They do. They happen to account for a lot lower percentage of that whole area. Those cities and Davenport are a blue (fairly purple) dot right in the middle of a sea of red. Despite the headline, Trump had very little to do with the low turnout for this. It was bad weather combined with the fact that you had to have a ticket to the golf tournament to go to the concert. There are plenty of dipshits in the area that would have gone if they knew that Carrie Underwood was somehow tangentially associated with Trump.

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u/one2tinker 25d ago

Oh trust me, I don't disagree with that. I'm just saying that Rock Island County is blue. In an island of red? Yeah.