SYDNEY (AP) – Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas has apologized after being accused of making a racist joke during a solo concert in Australia. Thomas apologized on Facebook following the Saturday night show in Melbourne, where he joked about dealing with jetlag by drinking. Thomas said: “And then I drink until I think I’m Australian, and I keep drinking until I think I’m a black Australian.” Some viewed the remark as derogatory toward the country’s Aboriginal population. Aborigines have long suffered from high rates of substance abuse, poverty and unemployment. Thomas said he was unaware of the cultural sensitivities surrounding indigenous Australians.
