Concert Promoters Won't Let Bruce Springsteen And Paul McCartney Be Great
At the very end of Bruce Springsteen's 3 hour-long set at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park last night, panties blew off of overexcited crotches when Paul McCartney came out to yodel and twerk his ass next to The Boss for two songs. Bruce said that he's been waiting 50 years to perform on stage next to Paul McCartney. They finished "I Saw Her Standing There" together and as they sang out "Twist & Shout," the show's promoters issued a STFU notice on them by turning off their mics. The promoters didn't worn a ho or scream at Bruce to pull his cheeks together and cut it short. They just muted a bitch like that. After some people called the silencing of The Boss and McCartney a blasphemous sin, the organizers said that they had to do it, because the clock struck 10:30 and that's the time the city told them to kill the fun or they'd get a fine. Live Nation, the show's organizers, issued this statement of words to The Guardian:
"It was unfortunate that the three hour-plus performance by Bruce Springsteen was stopped right at the very end but the curfew is laid down by the authorities in the interest of the public's health and safety."
But Stevie van Zandt of the E-Street Band wasn't taking that excuse and tweeted on and on about being muzzled:
One of the great gigs ever in my opinion. But seriously, when did England become a police state? We break curfews in every country but only English cops needs to "punish us" by not letting us leave until the entire crowd goes. Is there just too much fun in the world? We would have been off by 11 if we'd done one more. On a Saturday night! Who were we disturbing? The cops got nothing more important to do? How about they go catch some criminals instead of fucking with 80,000 people having a good time? English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney! I'm sorry but I have to be honest I'm pissed. Like I said, it didn't ruin the great night. But when I'm jamming with McCartney don't bug me! If it's a public transport issue I'm sorry but people are adult enough to go get a train if they need to without the cops pulling the plug!
Something in the milk ain't clean about this shit. I bet Live Nation isn't spitting up the whole story. Why do I have a feeling that 10 seconds after the music died, Heather Mills was seen hopping away with a cuntified smile of victory on her face and a fake backstage pass in her hand. That bitch never stops!
Submitted by chinlee3 on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 2:52pm.
Wow, that sucked. Nothing like sitting there and pretending that your childhood idols shouldn't have retired long ago.
The worst thing about a show like this is EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the audience is singing along, mostly out of key.
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Wow, that sucked. Nothing like sitting there and pretending that your childhood idols shouldn't have retired long ago.
Submitted by Das ist ein Dreck on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 9:08am.
It's like the western civilisation has lost the war against terrorism. Because when the muslim terrorists goal is to reduce western freedom and open mindedness ... what i'm seeing here looks like an achievement of theirs.
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This is true because it's exactly the effect they want. These two artists are as safe and established as anyone but they still have to bow down to pointless bureaucracy. I still can't get mad. If they did this to Sinead I'd be furious though. ;-)
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I've seen both BS & PM in concert (20 years ago, when they could still sing), and both shows were amazing. I can't say I've been impressed with anything I've seen either of them do for the past decade +.
I'd like to think if I'd made the kind of impact on music the were they have, I'd hang it up when I couldn't do it anymore.
But then again, egomaniacs need to be loved, and these two have egos the size of Texas. Sad they don't see how pathetic it makes them look.
And yay! London for not kissing ass.
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LIVE NATION SUCKS! Worst concert promoters EVER! They oversell every time and are only in it for the money. FUCK EM!
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Fuckery is what fuckery does.
Ah rules...they do not apply to all of us.
Remember a few years ago, I had to go to the hospital in NYC. Well, Bon Jovi had decided to allow the minions to hear them perform...in the middle of the friggin street. A place called Central Park was a mere blocks away..but they wanted the middle of the street. Got to the hospital late...the doctors and nurses were scrambling because everybody/everything was late because of a bunch of entitled douchebags.
Submitted by Whamo on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 4:21pm.
You are right--music is very subjective!
I'm going to check out one of your favs, My Morning Jack I'm Nosey:) Oh Yeah, Paul Simon has composed some pretty decent stuff too. The list is endless!
i actually am not a fan or either one of these people's music, so meh to the both of them...
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Submitted by Webberbear on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 2:03am.
Submitted by bambam - "...Fourth, (and really, the one that matters to me more than the rest) he's married to Adrienne Barbeau. A.d.r.i.e.n.n.e. B.a.r.b.e.a.u..."
Whoops, I was with you 'til this point. Adrienne is actually married to Billy Van Zant, Steven's half-brother. Steven is married to the former Maureen Santoro. (She played his wife Gabriella on The Sopranos.)
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Thanks Webberbear for clearing this up because I was a hard core Soprano fan I did recall knowing Steven's wife on the show was his real life wife.
** To add to the conversation, while I don't give a rats ass for Springsteen, fucked up to say, they shouldn't have pulled plug on UK's Knight SIR PAUL. They crowned him for WHAT? To be treated like everyone else..a common "Charlie Potato?
Paul, come stay in the US and back to NYC. We will still treat you like shit, but you can still make all the noise you want. The PoPo in NYC, turn a blind ear and EYE to anything done by a British white guy like you.
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amen, jack.
a couple of over-rated and over-paid shitbags.
i am so OVER "celebrities" and worship NONE & no one.
big whoopdy fuckin doo, they can play a guitar.
what makes them any better or different than bebier? (pssst ... ans: nothing).
oh wait, i see a difference .... these guys are old & ugly shitbags and are beloved by the elderly crowd while beibs is young & good looking followed by younger dipshits.
same stupidity, different day.
"legends" ... fucking kindly reserve that word for folks who are actually legendary, who do something honorable & worthy. it's like that oft abused word "hero".
STOP ABUSING WORDS.
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"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
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http://youtu.be/p0mHxtpoq2c
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It's like the western civilisation has lost the war against terrorism. Because when the muslim terrorists goal is to reduce western freedom and open mindedness ... what i'm seeing here looks like an achievement of theirs.
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They should have never let these two geysers on stage to begin with... the "boss" blows.
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It sounds like a racket. They should've pulled the plug as soon as McCartney opened his mouth.
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Submitted by mike on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 7:42pm.
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Submitted by mike on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 6:48pm.
Folks, if you're a medical professional, it's NOT okay to take a brain home and allow your family to handle and photograph it.
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My grandfather was a Doctor and he had all kinds off oddities on the shelves of his library. I would spend hours looking at those things. Brains, hearts, two headed pig fetus, four legged frog, siamese twin kittens.....
My grandad, too, as was his father, and his father before him. He has stuff like that, including some really old stuff, most notably some human fetuses in early stages of development. Dunno what we're going to do with those when he's gone.
If you're ever in Philadelphia, go to the Mütter Museum - awesome collection of human medical specimens.
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I'll buy if you ever sell. I always tried to open the jars when they were engrosed in poker and martinis. I was a curious child. I do have his traction table, forceps and accupnction needles. Fun at dinner parties with new invites. My old friends are " over it" but I love putting a newbie in traction. No clue as to what I'm doing but they all claim to feel so much better. I excuse myself to the bathroom and chuckle fits alone.
Submitted by Mel-Tang on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 2:58am.
I am a handy horz. I just installed an oblong toilet seat. Yay me. And its fully functional. All while on Ambien. :P
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The Mister fishes the Bering Sea. 8 months out of the year I'm a journeymen apprentice to all. Thank god for YouTube. I spent 40 minutes with a plunger yesterday trying to get the tub unclogged. Who'd a thunk the metal circle between the drain and facet had holes that needed to be covered in order for suction to work? And here I always believed it just looked like a smiley face who watched me as I bathed.
"English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney!"
I'm with the cops on this one.
Paul McCartney can't sing any more and Bruce Springsteen never could.
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Someone told me earlier that Madonna is going to do this gig later in the summer and that she is always an hour late for her shows. Imagine the shanking she would do to someone who pulled the plug on her!
Submitted by MickeyHolland on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 2:14am.
This is sacrilege in it's purest form.
Um, are we rebelling against our gracious host by declaring Open Post? I'm in! Hi to all still lurking!
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Good morning to you Mickey! Mr Michael K seems to have disappeared to get his Sunday on after he put this post up, and if you'll scroll back a long ways, you'll see we declared mutiny hours ago ;-)
I'm on the way to slumberland, but you have a wonderful day!
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If this was Shitney and the Lesbeaver those trolls would have let that shit go on forever. Guess the lesson is don't get old????????
Hi Mickey! I say if I motion we make it OP, and you second it, then it shall be law and we will be able to conduct lower chats.
This is sacrilege in it's purest form.
Um, are we rebelling against our gracious host by declaring Open Post? I'm in! Hi to all still lurking!
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Submitted by bambam - "...Fourth, (and really, the one that matters to me more than the rest) he's married to Adrienne Barbeau. A.d.r.i.e.n.n.e. B.a.r.b.e.a.u..."
Whoops, I was with you 'til this point. Adrienne is actually married to Billy Van Zant, Steven's half-brother. Steven is married to the former Maureen Santoro. (She played his wife Gabriella on The Sopranos.)
OK, sigh. I watched Breaking Bad tonight and it is definitely in its last season lull. That happens. I think I am going to force one of my friends to watch the first season with me. It is so good. And yes to whoever said so, Brian Cranston is hot stuff. What a great actor; he says it all with his face. I've got a crush on the guy who plays Jesse, too.
If y'all haven't streamed the series "Lillyhammer" from Netflix, you should. It's a Steven Van Zandt show, sort of like a culture clash, the Sopranos in Norway but with a more light humor.
Submitted by precociousmagpie on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 11:38pm.
The big surprise in this story was discovering that Steve Van Zandt can spell and use technology.
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He amazes me. First, he's BFF's with Bruce Springsteen, guaranteed to pocket a few million whenever Bruce makes an album and tours.
Second, he gets a part in one of the best tv shows ever playing the BFF of Tony Soprano. Think about the perks he gets from that (an honorary goombah.)
Third, he has/had a radio show on Sirius radio for some years now.
Fourth, (and really, the one that matters to me more than the rest) he's married to Adrienne Barbeau. A.d.r.i.e.n.n.e. B.a.r.b.e.a.u.
I'd kick Helen Mirren outta my bed for Adrienne Barbeau. I hate (wish I was) this guy.
Did anyone else just watch that mermaid show on discovery channel? Way cool. But it lost all credibility when they used a "German" fisheam in an interview whose first language was clearly not German . Boooo!! Hi everyone again, sorry my ADD is bad lately.
I'm an ageist ho I guess, because when I read this "headline" I just thought "meh". Maybe this moment would have been epic 30 years ago, but now all I hear are wobbly, hoarse old man voices. Especially Paul, and I love some of his songs. But damn, when I heard a recent live album I could practically visualize his wobbly turkey neck as he croaked out his classic tunes. Rock music is for young folks, really. Even the most brilliant musicians seem to write their best stuff before age 40, then wank away for the rest of their careers. George Harrison got it right and spent his middle age gardening. When he momentarily came out of retirement he brought us the ghastly "I Got My Mind Set on You." Egh!
The big surprise in this story was discovering that Steve Van Zandt can spell and use technology.
*waves at Owly from fancy new kindle*
There are no free countries anymore Stevie, get used to it.
Submitted by brettsweat on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 11:02pm.
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That's actually bollocks. They've pretty much always had early curfews on events in Hyde Park because it's in a very built up residential/shopping area, in Central London, not the outskirts of Bumblefuck, Suburbia.
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I love "Breaking Bad", watch it whenever it's on, and does anyone besides me (I'm fucking old compared to some of you) find Bryan Cranston hottttttt??? Lordy, he is a fine fine man
It's just because those stupid Chavs & Chavettes were setting all those English neighborhoods on fire with molotov cocktails last summer and watching peoples' homes and businesses burn to the ground while they popped their Burberry collars and didn't brush their teeth. So the Bobbies set up this stupid curfew because they thought tourists would be afraid to come to the Olympics this summer and lose tourist $$$ if the people of London and surrounding areas were blazing up their own counties. (Note to Florida: don't expect a bid for the Summer Olympics to come your way, ever. America would chop you off for good if you weren't our geological penis).
*Waves at everyone*
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Submitted by bambam on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 10:34pm.
Ha, forgot you lived in DC too (or is it somebody else?) You worried about burning? You should worry you don't melt into a puddle of wilted flesh with all the damn humidity we've had.
Isn't it weird how after a couple of days at 103 and up, 98 degrees doesn't feel so bad? Hell, 82 degrees felt like springtime.
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So weird! Temps in the 90s felt quite nice. Even moving today, which hit a high of 95 I think, wasn't all that bad....after 105 degree days for a week, with no electricity, I can handle anything lol
I definitely love a lot of things about DC, but the humidity is not one of them. Sometimes it feels like a disgusting swamp down here. Thank jeebus my new place has functional a/c.
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Omg since there is no open post I will complain here...
Why do Walmart horz insist on going IN through the OUT door???? I had to take the shit of all shits, and had to dodge those morons.
I almost dumped in my pants.
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Submitted by SANS FARDS on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 10:04pm.
Ha, forgot you lived in DC too (or is it somebody else?) You worried about burning? You should worry you don't melt into a puddle of wilted flesh with all the damn humidity we've had.
Isn't it weird how after a couple of days at 103 and up, 98 degrees doesn't feel so bad? Hell, 82 degrees felt like springtime.
Submitted by salacious on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 8:29pm.
Talk about going "suns-fards"... fair-skinned people who turn red instead of tanning should always be extra careful.
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I know :( I really have no excuse, because I'm fair-skinned and freckly. I've been really good about lotioning up this summer because DC had a brutal heatwave and I was not taking any chances. Figures, I would get a burn the one cloudy day we've had in two months.
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Yes, Sal!
One day I had some wine with lunch around noon! Although I didn't over drink at all - not with kids to care for!
To be honest, we were exhausted for the school year and working so hard (I work hard, my husband works way harder!!) so we relaxed on the beach a lot, went swimming and had a table at the swimming pools every day. We literally spent every waking hour with our kids (6, 7 and 8) so that was tiring too! We ate, swam, built sand castles, hung out, laughed our asses off (I had to work a little too but nothing that affected our trip at all), had nice "evening time" with Mr F (take THAT Whamo!) and ate out a few times. I pretty much made all other meals in the condo.
Went to sleep and woke up to the ocean (it's going to be VERY quiet tomorrow!) and just relaxed the entire time. We decided to spend the weekend in WV on the way back and got a hotel there.
And that's our lazy but much needed time away with the family!
Whamo deserves his foot injury. I'm gonna have one tomorrow too after mine is inserted up his ass!
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Fury, I'm glad something's doing the trick for you. Cheatin' Whamo can't move anyway, what with his injured foot and all. Do you have anything to say to him?
Besides roaches, what else did you have fun with? I remember seeing one of your posts about having a cocktail or some wine around noon. :D
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Submitted by IrishFury on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 9:14pm.
I'm so out of DListed that I'd have to scroll back forever to know what's going on.
Doubless, the whores have been coming on to Whamo, everyone has been debating over religion I caught a glimpse of that and other than that, just being snarky sluts? Excellent....
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Welcome back Irish!
I've been gone a bit too...can't keep up with all these horz...but yes,I would come on to Whamo, I hate CO$ and Tommy Girl, and I will always, always be a snarky slut. Join the herd, darlin!
Mr. Phelps - Breaking Bad final season premieres tonight @10pm EST on AMC.
Yes indeed Mr. Cranston is a fine character actor. Great series !
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Submitted by Uncle Brain-fart on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 8:48pm.
Evening, guys! How is everyone's Sunday going?
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UBF! We haven't talked in a while. :D
How are the chirruns?
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Sal, looking at your delicious Avi un-numbs my ass. Thank you.
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Submitted by mike on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 9:08pm.
Submitted by Uncle Brain-fart on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 8:48pm.
Evening, guys! How is everyone's Sunday going?
Sup, UBF! Sunday's feeling like a typical dreading-going-back-to-school/work Sunday.
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yup, I definitely can relate to that. I hate that feeling.
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Submitted by IrishFury on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 9:14pm.
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Fury sweetie, good to have you back. Whamo hurt his foot while cheating on you.
Doggy might not be so happy to see you, though. She thought she had the upper hand.
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I get it, two legends and all...but fuck, Paul, get off the stage before they wheel you off. Your voice is shot and your songs are shitty (post-Beatles). Just. Stop.
Submitted by mike on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 9:22pm.
Submitted by IrishFury on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 9:14pm.
Haha - those are known colloquially as palmetto bugs. They're the native roaches (as opposed to the familiar German cockroaches).
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Gotcha. They are massive, I got the total shivers! We really have no bug or any kind of "things" where I live. It's the price you pay for the South, I guess.
North Topsail Island was as quiet and calm and crowd free as always but we headed to Surf City for an hour or two and it was hillbilly heaven, really awful. We stuck to North Topsail!
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This is the one time in my life i will applaud those Health and Safery militants that the UK seems to have wall to wall
- they did us a service and anyone who saw that self agrandising turd attempt to 'perform' at the Jubilee knows im right.
Im horrified we are putting him on AGAIN at the Olympics, because we have no other musicians of world renown?!
@mike, had a fantastic time! Love NC (although most radio channels were country or preachin'! and the flying roaches freaked me out). Weather great but not hotter at all than midwest.
Nice people, beautiful coast, fab sand and ocean, interesting history - what more could one want?!
Have you seen those roaches?
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