Guitarist Steve Van Zandt commented "who in the world wouldn't want to hear one more McCartney or Springsteen tune" after officials shut off the sound system at an outdoor (Hyde Park?) concert -- at about 30 minutes after its scheduled end and a London "sound curfew."
Uh, I can think of a few MILLIONS of people who don't care for that music -- and which several thousand of whom may live in that immediate area and probably wanted to get some sleep. Concert-goers aren't the only ones with rights, you know. The officials (or organizers) who shut off the microphones and sound shouldn't have to defend their actions. They weren't heavy-handed; they were only doing what was right. Perhaps the only thing they might have done better perhaps would have been to communicate the requirements a little more forcefully beforehand.
Just my opinion.
Uh, I can think of a few MILLIONS of people who don't care for that music -- and which several thousand of whom may live in that immediate area and probably wanted to get some sleep. Concert-goers aren't the only ones with rights, you know. The officials (or organizers) who shut off the microphones and sound shouldn't have to defend their actions. They weren't heavy-handed; they were only doing what was right. Perhaps the only thing they might have done better perhaps would have been to communicate the requirements a little more forcefully beforehand.
Just my opinion.
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