Country singer-songwriter Ward Davis isn’t holding back his feelings after Cody Jinks was forced to cancel two upcoming Canadian shows due to issues at the border.
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Davis, 45, was set to open for the “Must Be The Whiskey” on July 4-5 in British Columbia. Unfortunately, Jinks announced Wednesday (July 3) that the Canada Border Services Agency denied entry to production trucks carrying equipment for his shows. Thus, the performances became “a logistical impossibility.”
Ward Davis Unleashes on Canadian Border Guards
Taking to X/Twitter Thursday (July 3), the “Another Bad Apple” singer blasted “the Canadian Country Music Defense System.”
“And just like that, we ain’t playing in Canada now,” Davis wrote. “I’d like to thank the Canadian border guards that chose to be petty little ham-eating d— balls, and that kept a lot of people from going to work this weekend. And for all the problems we have in this world, we should thank God that we have these denim warriors keeping songwriters out of Canada. The last thing people need is music. Seriously.”
Cody Jinks Will Refund Ticket Holders
Ward Davis and Cody Jinks have toured together regularly since 2016, when Davis helped the Texan write the title track for his 2016 album I’m Not the Devil. The pair had a July 4 show scheduled at Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia, followed by a show the next day at Prospera Place in Kelowna.
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On social media, Jinks shared that Canadian officials had barred his production trucks from crossing the U.S-Canada border. They were unable to enter the country “despite following all the prescribed procedures given to us,” he wrote.
Unfortunately, Jinks said he had no choice but to scrap both shows. “It is incredibly important to me that everyone who spends their hard-earned money to see a show gets the absolute best experience possible,” he wrote. Without his production trucks, the “Loud And Heavy” singer, 44, simply cannot meet those standards.
“Unfortunately my hands are tied,” Jinks wrote, adding that ticketholders should receive a refund within 30 days.
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