jaimearodriguez
The Fly
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U2 should severely limit the fan interactions they increased during 2015's tour.
In light of Friday's gunman attack that killed singer Christina Grimmie in Orlando while she was selling merchandise and signing autographs after a show, I have started questioning U2's increased fan interaction before the shows which has greatly increased during this tour. In fact, If I was a friend of the band I would recommend they severely limit these going forward.
The New York Times today posted a great piece called: For Musicians, More Access Means More Vulnerability (link below) in which they talk of how artists are starting to cancel or limit fan interactions because all it takes is one person with motives to do something stupid. One quote from a famous country artist says: “For all the thousands and thousands of fans that say I inspire them and help them, there is probably just a handful that have a twisted perspective,” she said. “But it only takes one of them to be a threat. It only takes one to pull the trigger.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/a...s&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
Remove your fanboy/fangirl hat for a second. Do you really think its safe for Bono to be so accessible before gigs? Especially when there are obviously dangerous radicals who disagree with some of his political positions for example.
Thoughts?
In light of Friday's gunman attack that killed singer Christina Grimmie in Orlando while she was selling merchandise and signing autographs after a show, I have started questioning U2's increased fan interaction before the shows which has greatly increased during this tour. In fact, If I was a friend of the band I would recommend they severely limit these going forward.
The New York Times today posted a great piece called: For Musicians, More Access Means More Vulnerability (link below) in which they talk of how artists are starting to cancel or limit fan interactions because all it takes is one person with motives to do something stupid. One quote from a famous country artist says: “For all the thousands and thousands of fans that say I inspire them and help them, there is probably just a handful that have a twisted perspective,” she said. “But it only takes one of them to be a threat. It only takes one to pull the trigger.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/a...s&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
Remove your fanboy/fangirl hat for a second. Do you really think its safe for Bono to be so accessible before gigs? Especially when there are obviously dangerous radicals who disagree with some of his political positions for example.
Thoughts?