Protesters: Cancel Ted Nugent show

NEW HAVEN -- Rock musician Ted Nugent is scheduled to perform at Toad's Place in New Haven tonight, but some folks aren't happy about it because of Nugent's comments on the Trayvon Martin case.

In a column on the website rare.us posted July 14, Nugent called Martin a "17-year-old dope smoking, racist gangsta wannabe" who attacked Zimmerman "because it was the standard thug thing to do."

Organizers of the protest want Toad's Place to call off the show, according to WTNH (http://bit.ly/12XACiV) A petition posted on change.org asking Toad's to cancel the show has more than 2,700 supporters.

But the owner of Toad's told the New Haven Register he's running a business and as long as people are buying tickets to see Nugent, the show will go on.

Tickets for the show are $35. The doors open at 7:30 p.m.