There is really no right or wrong answer on this one, and there are good arguments on either side. Once at our concert series we had a duo that was booked for traditional (we advertise ourselves as presenting only traditional folk music and make it clear to performers what we are looking for) but towards the end they included a very preachy, very clumsy rap style protest song that I didn't like at all and didn't feel was appropriate for the venue. And basically I agreed with their politics - but the song itself was just too 'in your face' - so much so that it put me off. A couple of young kids who think they know it all - "they've seen the mountaintop" and are enlightening all of the rest of us...that type of thing. It didn't go over well. Nobody asked for their money back though, and for the most part they got traditional music at the concert.

I think what I would do is reply to the email, copying Magpie, explaining that the suggested donation goes 100% to the band, and it is up to them whether or not they want to send a refund. Let Magpie respond as they see fit.

The women do sound like idiots !