Trump and MAGA destroyed by classical musician on stage
Donald Trump has found himself in the firing line of classical music ‘bad boy’ Nigel Kennedy, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Virtuoso violinist Kennedy, 68, wearing a Mohican top, hit out at the Republican as he took to the stage at London’s Cadogan Hall for a sold-out performance last week, delivering a blow to Trump as he refused to hold back when it came to sharing his despair at the state of the world.
When he introduced a piece by an immigrant musician during his Spiritual Connection tour, he told nearly a thousand adoring fans, “I don’t know if this man would have been in America if today’s president had been there.”
As the crowd clapped and cheered his reference to Trump’s brutal deportation policy, which has been labeled fascist by critics, he added, “I don’t really know what to think about that.” But people vote for this c… It’s all very strange.’
His comments will delight BBC bosses, who are being sued by Trump for up to $5 billion for editing one of his most incendiary speeches ahead of the Capitol riot.
And they came hours after global outrage over the US president labeling a female journalist aboard Air Force One as a “pig.”
Trump has also been criticized for recently defending Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House when asked by another female reporter about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Kennedy made other comments during his roaring set, in which the Jimi Hendrix-obsessed maestro played rock on an electric violin, as well as classical music and a rendition of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s theme song to David Bowie’s war film. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.
Despite being a darling of the classical world, he constantly joked about high-minded music snobbery, calling the famous music school, the Conservatoire de Paris, the “Paris Conservatory of Mediocrity” during his set.
He also hung an Aston Villa football team scarf on a wing behind him throughout the performance, noting the team’s clumsy playing style.
When one of his fans also waved a Lions scarf at him from a balcony, Nigel turned his own scarf over and threw it on the ground.
Then he groaned, “We’re not bad, but I don’t like all that tippy-tappy stuff… come on in, in an old English way.”
Kennedy also praised the British, saying, “We are the most self-effacing mother in the world.” And after traveling the world, he added of his return to London: “It’s nice to be back in a place where people understand what I’m talking about.”
Before the break, Kennedy encouraged the audience to get drunk and brave the cold weather outside. The violinist, who has admitted to getting high on weed, said: “I’m thinking about your health, so drink to each other as we get into this colder weather and we dehydrate.”
He laughed when he saw an “exodus” to the bar and told the front row that they had “no chance” of getting drinks by the time they got out to get in line.
Kennedy then applauded punters as they brought their drinks back into the venue after fist bumping his band and front row spectators during the performance.
The performance marks a huge return to form for the virtuoso, who was partially deaf for three months after receiving his third Covid jab in 2021.
He wore gold trainers and colorful tops throughout the show, a year after admitting his hearing loss left him unable to perform in concerts as he found himself becoming out of tune.
Kennedy – who has performed with the likes of Paul McCartney, The Who and Led Zeppelin – even feared he would never play professionally again when he was struck by the disease.
Last year he said: “I wasn’t able to give concerts. I didn’t want to play with colleagues while cheating.”
Kennedy now has three homes in North London, Poland, and Malvern, Worcestershire, and lives mainly in the Polish countryside just outside Krakow with his artist wife Agnieszka.
He joked during his London performance that his ponytail-wearing guitarist “looks like my wife from behind”, adding: “One woman is enough, especially if she looks like my wife… (but) it’s meant as a compliment.”
His 1989 recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons sold more than three million copies, making it the best-selling classical recording ever and sending him to the upper echelons of the classical music world. Kennedy suffered more pain this year when his only son, Sark Yves Amadeus Kennedy, 25, was busted for drug trafficking in the province for more than five years.
Sark was found to be a vital part of a multi-million pound gang that flooded South Worcestershire with 55 pounds of cocaine, sent from Birmingham in Britain, and was among 16 men and women jailed for a total of 96 years after a four-year police hunt.
Kennedy has previously admitted that he likes to party and, when questioned by a reporter about whether he is still on Class A drugs, said: “I don’t think you should ever say no to anything because that’s just completely limiting.”
