John Hinckley Jr., aspiring songwriter who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, sells out Brooklyn show
thefader.comIt's unusual for a musician to sell out their first-ever paid gig, and even fewer have done it at a 450-capacity venue. But most musicians don't play their first gigs at age 66, or 41 years after attempting to assassinate a sitting U.S.
president to impress a teenaged movie star. John Hinckley, Jr., who shot and wounded a cop, a secret service agent, Press Secretary James Brady, and President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to woo an 18-year-old Jodie Foster — and has now sold out his first live performance only five days after announcing it — is a rare exception.
This past Friday, Hinckley announced on Twitter that he'd be performing at Market Hotel — a Bushwick venue more accustomed to hosting post-industrial acts like Machine Girl and Dreamcrusher than folky singer-songwriters of Hinckley's variety — on July 8.
On Tuesday, after a weekend of speedy ticket sales, he proudly proclaimed that he'd sold out the club, an assertion backed up by Market's landing page for the show.
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