According to Wave3.com, legendary rocker Ted Nugent was dropped from the June 23 concert at Fort Knox Godman Airfield in Fort Knox, Kentucky after he made comments that some perceived as a threat against President Barack Obama. Co-headliners Reo Speedwagon and Styx remain scheduled to perform at the show. A replacement for Nugent may be selected.

While attending the National Rifle Association convention on April 14 in St. Louis, Missouri, Nugent, who has endorsed Mitt Romney in the general election, said, among other things, "If you don't know that our government is wiping its ass with the constitution, you're living under a rock... I'll tell you this right now: if Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year... Our president, and attorney general, our vice president, Hillary Clinton - they're criminals. We're Americans because we defied the king... We are patriots, we are bravehearts. We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November. Any questions?"

Since then, Nugent told conservative radio host Glenn Beck, "We actually have heard from the Secret Service and they have a duty. I support them. I salute them. And I look forward to our meeting tomorrow." Nugent went on to say: "I've never threatened anybody's life in my life. I've never threatened. I don't waste breath threatening."

He went on to joke: "We're going to have a little barbecue get-together. I'm not trying to diminish the seriousness of this, because if the Secret Service are doing it, they are serious. They are dedicated and I will be as polite and supportive as I possibly can be, which will be thoroughly."

Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul addressed the controversy in a brief statement: "Divisive language is offensive no matter what side of the political aisle it comes from. Mitt Romney believes everyone needs to be civil."

Ted Nugent told The Pulse Of Radio that he can't believe how anything he says seems to be automatically cast in a negative light. "I mean, it's just insanity how they immediately reduce everything I do to homophobic, sexist, racist, and shameless self-promotion," he said.