John Hinckley, failed assassin-turned-musician, books NYC concert

nypost.com:

attempted to kill then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — has apparently hit his goal of rebranding as a singer. He announced on Twitter Friday that he has scheduled a performance this summer in New York City. “Big news!!

I will be performing on July 8 at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn, NY,” he wrote in the tweet, which also noted that “special guests” would make appearances. “Get your tickets while you can.”The show was confirmed in a post on the hotel’s Instagram Stories.

A link on the ticket site Venue Pilot offers a ticket price is $20 for the 8 p.m. show.It was unclear whether the July gig would be Hinckley’s first-ever live public performance.Scenic Presents — a Brooklyn concert promotion company that is handling the show and also tweeted the news — declined a request for comment from The Post, which also reached out to the hotel for a statement.

Responses to his announcement included people asking him to book shows in cities including Boston and Chicago and inquiring whether shirts and other merchandise are available — just like for any other touring artist.In December 2020, Hinckley, now 66, created a YouTube account in an attempt to jump-start a long-simmering dream of working in the music industry.