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Dave Chappelle Show Abruptly Canceled by Minneapolis Venue Amid Backlash

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Dave Chappelle after facing backlash for the initial booking. In a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday, just hours before the planned show, the First Avenue venue announced that it would no longer be hosting the comedian and that the performance would instead be held at the nearby Varsity Theater, where Chappelle was already slated to perform on Thursday and Friday. «To staff, artists, and our community, we hear you and we are sorry,» First Avenue wrote in a statement via Instagram. «We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down.

We are not just a black box with people in it, and we understand that First Ave is not just a room, but meaningful beyond our walls.»«The First Avenue team and you have worked hard to make our venues the safest spaces in the country, and we will continue with that mission,» the statement continued. «We believe in diverse voices and the freedom of artistic expression, but in honoring that, we lost sight of the impact this would have.»A post shared by First Avenue (@firstavenue)Chappelle has faced a great deal of criticism over the past year for jokes he made regarding the LGBTQ+ community -- particularly the trans community.

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