US singer Linda Ronstadt kicked out of casino for praising Michael Moore

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2004

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — US singer Linda Ronstadt was booed off the stage and kicked out of a Las Vegas casino after praising polemical filmmaker Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11," the casino said.

The management of Las Vegas Aladdin Casino and Resort evicted the famed crooner from the premises after members of the audience reacted furiously to her praise of Moore, whose film bashes US President George W. Bush, during a concert on Saturday night.

"She was removed from the hotel towards the end of the concert," a hotel official who declined to be identified told AFP.

"The company decided to remove her from the property after she dedicated a song to Michael Moore. This angered our guests who spilled their drinks and demanded their money back," the official...

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