
“The problem is that Republicans won’t win anybody over by simply disengaging. When it comes to entertainment, that leaves them the choice of tuning out altogether or finding alternatives, he wrote. In announcing the expansion into entertainment, Shapiro said that while conservatives will occasionally engage in a skirmish of the culture war, they largely live within the same culture of the left. Mark Von Holden, Invision via Associated Press It’s unknown if Shapiro and company can rock the house like singer Boz Scaggs, who performs at the Ryman the night before, but it’s a bold move by a conservative media company that previously announced its intention to expand into entertainment. 12 event in Nashville will also feature Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, Candace Owens, Andrew Klavan and Jeremy Boreing. 12 event is called “Backstage Live at the Ryman” and it’s a live version of a regular roundtable discussion between Shapiro and his Daily Wire colleagues. Shapiro is a conservative pundit, podcaster and author.īut the Daily Wire, the company that Shapiro co-owns, is betting that people will pay upward of $77 to watch lively banter between Shapiro and other conservative media personalities, and that others will pay more than $300 to meet them. The usual performers at the Ryman are world-famous musicians. One of these things is not like the others. Upcoming performances at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, include the Gatlin Brothers, Clint Black and the Indigo Girls - and Ben Shapiro.
