Ronstadt defiant over Fahrenheit 9/11

Linda Ronstadt said she’ll continue to praise Michael Moore and his film “Fahrenheit 9/11” on stage despite an angry reaction at a Las Vegas concert.

“This is an election year,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “I want people to get their head up out of their mashed potatoes and learn something about the issues and go and vote … I’m not telling them how to vote. I’m saying: 'Get information about the issues.'”

When Ronstadt praised Moore and his documentary on Saturday at the Aladdin hotel-casino, some in the audience stormed out of the theatre and tore down concert posters.

The casino’s president said he did not allow the singer back in her luxury suite and she was escorted off the property after calling Moore a “great American patriot” during a prelude to her encore.