Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards as planned.

The band pulled out when MTV refused to allow them to display a photo of George W. Bush behind them while performing their song, “The Hand that Feeds.”

“While we respect Nine Inch Nails’ point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement,” the network said in a statement. “When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards.”

Nine Inch Nails, led by frontman Trent Reznor, wanted an unedited picture of the president in the backdrop.

Reznor wrote on the band’s web site that they wanted to perform in front of an “unmolested, straightforward image of George W. Bush.

“Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. See you on tour this fall when we return to play in America.”

The Foo Fighters will fill their spot. Eminem and Mariah Carey are also scheduled to perform at the award show on June 9.






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