DiFranco bumped off 'Letterman'

(Launch) - Ani DiFranco was bumped off "The Late Show With David Letterman" after the artist and the show's producers disagreed about which song she should perform. The show put the Holmes Brothers in to take DiFranco's place on July 16.

According to her manager, Scot Fisher, the show failed to strong-arm her into playing an alternate to the controversial and eye-opening song about racism, "Subdivision." The first line in the song is "White people are so scared of black people, they bulldoze out to the country." "Late Show" producers wanted her to perform the more "upbeat," "Heartbreak Even," and DiFranco refused. "We did not reject the song on the basis of its lyrical content," a "Late Show" spokesperson said. "Rather, we felt the option originally suggested by her representatives was preferable, musically."