At this point pretty much everybody with a social media account has voiced their opinion on Eric Church canceling his show in San Antonio to see his beloved UNC Tar Heels take on Duke in the Final Four this weekend.
Eric was trending on Twitter for almost two days with people weighing in, mostly his hardcore fans defending him and random people who probably don’t even listen to country music bashing him for the decision.
But what do Eric’s fellow country artists have to say about the decision?
Obviously one of the concerns is that canceling a show to go to a basketball game sets a bad precedent for other artists, who will now see it acceptable to bail on fans when something better comes up. So it’s been interesting to see other artists who have spoken out, and whether that’s a real concern.
Here are some of his fellow artists who have given their opinion on Eric’s decision:
Jason Aldean
Aldean was asked by the hosts of E! News’ Daily Pop whether he would ever cancel a show for a basketball game:
“This is a tricky question because Eric is a friend of mine. I’m a diehard Georgia Bulldogs fan, and Atlanta Braves, so I understand somewhat where he’s coming from.
I don’t know that I could cancel a show to make it to a game. I feel like people are buying a ticket to see your show, you kinda have to hold up your end of the deal on that.
But I know Eric’s a huge basketball, Carolina fan. And I don’t want to dive into that too much, but I don’t think I would feel good if I did that so I don’t know if I could pull it off.”
American Aquarium
The only difference is that I actually went to the school that I pull for. He’s an App State guy…who pulls for UNC. 🐸☕️
That’s a totally different conversation, but yes, if the Pack ever play for their third Natty…sorry (insert town here), I’m cancelling the Monday gig.🐺 https://t.co/481YiWnZv0
— American Aquarium (@USAquarium) March 31, 2022
Y’all ever called into work to take a personal day? Explain the difference. You let your employer down. You let your coworkers down. You let your customers down. Genuinely curious why straight job folks have normalized personal days, yet a musician is vilified for doing it.🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/9nYULyBELB
— American Aquarium (@USAquarium) March 31, 2022
Want to take bets on whether or not his next San Antonio show sells out? https://t.co/35V1Xb0UR7
— American Aquarium (@USAquarium) March 31, 2022
Ward Davis
I’ll be cancelling my show this Saturday night to go to the chicken dancing championship to see Beaky and Spur-Daddy…
Posted by Ward Davis on Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Hot Country Knights
This one’s interesting because obviously, Hot Country Knights is really just Dierks Bentley.
Attention Hot Country Knights fans… pic.twitter.com/VajQA3TL5I
— Hot Country Knights (@countryknights) March 30, 2022
Kelby Ray, Guitarist for The Cadillac Three
The @titans could be playing on my back deck that day and I wouldn’t cancel on an arena full of people. Poor move buddy. https://t.co/0KtCwOrLTp
— kelbyray (@kelbyray) March 30, 2022
Kenton Bryant
Man, I agree with ya here. I remember having a concert I had looked forward to cancel as a kid because of illness and I was beyond bummed. There’s prolly a lot of bummed kids out there.
— Kenton Bryant (@kentonbryant) March 30, 2022
Adam Hambrick
The 👏🏼 fact 👏🏼 that 👏🏼 @ericchurch 👏🏼 does 👏🏼 what 👏🏼 he 👏🏼 wants 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 why 👏🏼 you 👏🏼 like 👏🏼 Eric 👏🏼 Church
— Adam Hambrick (@adamhambrick) April 1, 2022
Shelby Lee Lowe
Shelby’s an up-and-coming artist out of Nashville, so obviously there are plenty of young artists out there who would kill for the opportunity to play a sold-out arena show no matter what else was going on.
You know what, I think I would give up watching college and professional football for life for the opportunity to play in front of a stadium full of people in San Antonio, Texas 🤷🏻♂️ You do you chief
— Shelby Lee Lowe (@ShelbyLeeLowe) March 30, 2022
So it seems that just like the general public, Eric’s fellow artists are also somewhat split on the choice that he made.
I will say this though: Does anybody really think that his next show in San Antonio won’t be sold out?
And I have a feeling that Eric will make it up to everybody in a big, big way. After all, he’s already proven himself to be one of the most selfless artists when it comes to taking care of his fans.
