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I read about this a few days ago and was just blown away. Some people do not see the importance of music and the effect it has on people. London will feel the effects of this from the outpouring of the music community for months to come. Truthfully they deserve the full wrath of every music lover.
I understand the time concerns and the fact that it is also a residential area. I had a water park being built close to my last house. What did I do? I moved! When you live next to a concert venue, you must have realized when buying your house, apartment or whatever you dwell in that there was going to be loud music, traffic etc.
Pulling the plug on Sir Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen in front of 65,000+ people I am surprised there was not a riot. If they would have told me to turn them off, I would have mentioned the fact that security was kind of light. Are you sure this is what you want to do?
What a bunch of idiots!!!!!
LONDON – Concert organizers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at London's Hyde Park, silencing their microphones at the tail end of the show.
Springsteen had already exceeded the 10:30 p.m. curfew by half an hour Saturday night when he welcomed McCartney on stage and the pair sang the Beatles hits "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Twist and Shout." But the microphones were turned off before they could thank the crowd, forcing them to leave the stage in silence.
A statement from concert organizer Live Nation said it was unfortunate that Springsteen's three-hour-plus performance was stopped "right at the very end," but it said that the curfew had been laid down by the authorities "in the interest of the public's health and safety."
Huge concerts in Hyde Park, a 350-acre (140-hectare) expanse of landscaped garden and parkland that abuts some of London's wealthiest neighborhoods, have increasingly caused friction between fans and the area's well-heeled residents, many of whom gripe about the late-night noise and nuisance.
With complaints on the rise, local officials have decided that as of next year, the number of concerts will be slashed from 13 to nine. Also in 2013, they plan to reduce crowd limits from 80,000 to 65,000.
Steven Van Zandt, who plays guitar in Springsteen's E-Street Band, criticized Saturday's decision as heavy-handed.
"English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney!" he wrote on Twitter. "On a Saturday night! Who were we disturbing?" Finally he added: "There's no grudges to be held. Just feel bad for our great fans. ... It's some City Council stupid rule."
London's flamboyant mayor, Boris Johnson, said Sunday that the singers should have been allowed to keep going.
"It sounds to me like an excessively efficacious decision," he told London radio. "You won't get that during the Olympics. If they'd have called me, my answer would have been for them to jam in the name of the Lord!"
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/15/springsteen-not-boss-in-london-curfew-cuts-short-gig-with-paul-mccartney/#ixzz20i0nnSTs
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Before this post, like all posts must, disappears into the mists of time, here's a review of Madonna's gig at Hyde park last night. Shame about the weather. From reading several reviews from various media sources, it really is looking as if Hyde Park is far from an ideal (rock) music venue. At least, to compensate for the weather, dire sound and warm white wine, she showed off her left buttock (apparently) and finished on time. Cant't be all bad then, I suppose: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/18/madonna-hyde-park-london-review |
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If it was Bieber it should have been a 7:30 curfew :) |
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Bruce Springsteen curfew 'not for health and safety' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18874277 |
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Well it could have been a Justin Bieber concert then you would have had every man and his dog lining up to take credit for pulling the plug...."I'm Spartacus..no I'm bleedin Spartacus...WTF,I'm Spartacus!"....I still can't get used to the label Sir Paul McCartney...or Sir Mick Jagger for that matter,what did he get knighted for..shagging? |
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A summation from someone who was at the gig: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jul/16/bruce-springsteen-hyde-park |
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The news sources for this were all over the internet and on many sites regardless if it was FoxNews, CNN, BBC, Alex Jones, Premier Guitar etc. I understand Hyde Park has been around for some time and I agree to the comparison to Central Park. The residents of NYC understand what the venues mean to the residents and the city in regards to revenue and tolerate a lot of events in the Park. |
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Just one more thing (!) I doubt very much that security would have been 'kind of light' what with the olympics happening here in two weeks and all...just sayin'! |
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- or rather - below! |
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In answer to bri-an's question, it was the concert promotors themselves who 'threw the switch' for the reasons outlined above. |
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Hi Admin |
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..and "who" was that "one" person that threw the switch?. |
