Well, it turns out that venue in Las Vegas that banned Linda Ronstadt when she made some pro-Michael Moore remarks on stage is in the process of being sold to new owners, and those new owners have spoken out in support on the singer.
As reported yesterday, some audience members stormed out in disgust when Ronstadt dedicated a song to Moore while performing at Vegas' Aladdin Theater, and the venue's management asked her to leave pledging to never book her again. Moore responded by saying that if the venue revoked that ban he would appear with Ronstadt as one of her backing singers.
Yesterday Robert Earl, chairman of Planet Hollywood International who are the prospective new owners of the venue, told reporters: "We hope to be approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission to become the new owners of the Aladdin Resort in Las Vegas as early as 1 Sep. Upon the assumption of ownership, and with a new management team in place, we would like to offer the use of the Theatre of Performing Arts to Linda Ronstadt for a second concert and further to take Michael Moore up on his offer to join her on stage to introduce her and sing a song. We respect artists' creativity and support their rights to express themselves. We were very sorry to hear about the unfortunate circumstances of this past Saturday night and want to make it clear that Planet Hollywood has never, in our 13 year history, restricted any artists' right to free speech and we will continue with that policy once we take ownership". And hurrah to that.