Jack Black’s Band Emerges From Donald Trump Controversy With New Project originally appeared on Parade.
Jack Black’s band, Tenacious D, is back with a new project after laying low for more than a year in the wake of a controversy that derailed their 2024 world tour.
On Oct. 3, the band, which also includes singer-guitarist Kyle Gass, returns with Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3. The set, which showcases the band’s June 16, 2023, concert at London’s O2 Arena on their Spicy Meatball Tour, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD.
A year and a month after that concert, on July 16, 2024, Black announced that he was pulling the plug on Tenacious D’s world tour after Gass made a controversial comment about Donald Trump from the stage.
During the group’s show in Sydney, Australia on July 13, the band was celebrating Gass’ 64th birthday. When he was presented with a cake and asked to make a wish, he replied, “Don’t miss Trump next time,” referring to the assassination attempt on the then-former president, during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.
Following the statement, Black took to Instagram to announce he was “blindsided” by the comment.
“I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” he wrote, adding that he didn’t feel it was “appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour”, and that the rest of the group’s “creative plans are on hold.”
With the release of Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 that hold appears to be over, at least in terms of releasing new projects.
However, the press release announcing the title also notes that “the band is not available for interviews at this time,” suggesting that Black and Gass aren’t quite ready to fully promote the band again.
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The concert film includes such Tenacious D classics as “Tribute,” “The Metal,” “Master Exploder,” “Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown),” “Kickapoo,” and more.
The package also includes music videos for their cover from Kung Fu Panda 4, “…Baby One More Time” and Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game,” the D’s Oneyplays Studios animated hit “Video Games,” their Fiber d’Lish commercial, as well as their charity covers series including “Tenacious D’s The Who Medley,” The Beatles’ “You Never Give Me Your Money / The End,” and “Time Warp,” from the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show.
Jack Black’s Band Emerges From Donald Trump Controversy With New Project first appeared on Parade on Aug 8, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 8, 2025, where it first appeared.