What, No Rock Lobster? Biden White House Scraps Plans to Have B-52s Play at State Dinner

It must be nice to be a Biden. The world may be on the verge of war, the American economy is in shambles, and vile antisemitism is exploding all across the country. But you still get to go hang out at the beach whenever anything bad happens. Heck, you can even hold a picnic on the South Lawn while Americans are being held hostage by Hamas terrorists (and call a lid before noon the next day).

Might as well hold a state dinner for Australia, right?

But maybe even the tone-deaf White House is starting to notice their horrible optics. For the upcoming dinner, the administration announced that they were canceling the B-52s. Awww, how diplomatic of them.

The White House scrapped plans to have the new wave band the B-52s perform at Wednesday’s state dinner for Australia’s prime minister after deciding that it would be inappropriate. https://t.co/GkbyviwsYG
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 25, 2023

The White House scrapped plans to have the new wave band the B-52s perform at Wednesday’s state dinner for Australia’s prime minister after deciding that it would be inappropriate at a time when 'so many are facing sorrow and pain, in the words of first lady Jill Biden.

Oh, thank goodness that 'doctor' Jill, our moral arbiter, has weighed in on what's appropriate and not.

Note that they're not actually canceling the dinner -- because they are still out of touch -- just the band. And probably because of the name 'B-52s,' even though the band has nothing to do with the bomber (they named themselves after the beehive hairstyle).

So, they're still going to throw a ridiculously opulent party while Americans are still being held hostage, just no 80s music, because that would be bad. Or something.

Joke's on them. Any time the B-52s play is inappropriate. https://t.co/3DsbUjnrpr
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 25, 2023

I can see the AP reporters debating what kind of band the B-52s are.

Suddenly, a 57-year-old veteran comes in from his 8th smoke break of the day and says, “Just say New Wave.”

He simultaneously laughs and dies inside and grabs his smokes and starts humming Mesopotamia. https://t.co/6gsmy34ssR
— Scott English (@iamscottenglish) October 25, 2023

Yeah, they're really more pop than new wave, but we'll let that one slide. It's not like Duran Duran was available.

"You're on." https://t.co/DIAw2J0bZp pic.twitter.com/zWu8zX7J1s
— Extremely Careless (@Shanghaibeast) October 25, 2023

HA. Except we're not sure if old James Taylor would spend more time singing or lecturing everyone. Hey, maybe Antony Blinken's band is available.

Sign says "stay away, fools" https://t.co/fKxQlx3AGG
— Zack Stanton (@zackstanton) October 25, 2023

There goes all the Good Stuff, especially the Quiche Lorraine. https://t.co/bnYWsSdIld
— Keith Wolter (@KeithWolter) October 25, 2023

They’ve been rescheduled for a state dinner with the governor of Idaho. https://t.co/cx8IR22E8K
— Carl MacGowan (@CarlMacGowan) October 25, 2023

🎶 Drone if you want to... 🎶 https://t.co/RnLk5Dxrob
— Blue Shift Blog (@BlueShiftBlog) October 25, 2023

Lots of fun here with B-52s song titles and lyrics. Personally, we were hoping they would play Deadbeat Club, but only if Hunter came to the state dinner

this feels like if the west wing were a satire like the office https://t.co/WzY3ZkwkMi
— Contradiction Bro (@ContradictBro) October 25, 2023

We think the current administration is more like Veep but without the funny.

It's time to have the B-52s perform for Hamas.

Not the band. https://t.co/ZPSZi0EEFZ
— Sunny McSunnyface (Taylor's Version) (@sunnyright) October 25, 2023

Hey, now that sounds like a great suggestion. But we think we'll let Israel handle Hamas in their own way. They've got this.

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