I have tried to stay out of the ticket sales controversy all week, but now that it seems that the initial furor is subsiding, I feel I must SPEAK MY TRUTH.
With the addition of added shows yesterday and with the admission that some of us who ranted and raved about the ticket scalpers are now purchasing excellent seats at exhorbitant prices off ebay ( ), I ask my question: who will ultimately pay from our outrage?
The saddest truth is that U2's living legacy and credibility will take a direct hit from all of our outrage - the same people that we are b#tching about that we care for so much!
If we TRULY CARED FOR U2 we would have proceeded to express our anger this past week in a more rational and mature fashion instead of kicking and screaming and throwing things around the cyber living room because we didn't get what we wanted!
We didn't have to go to every two-bit newspaper writer who wanted to make a name for themself by downing U2. We didn't have to air our dirty laundry so far out into public view that everyone in the music industry could see it - RIGHT ON THE VERGE OF U2's INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME!
(part 1)
With the addition of added shows yesterday and with the admission that some of us who ranted and raved about the ticket scalpers are now purchasing excellent seats at exhorbitant prices off ebay ( ), I ask my question: who will ultimately pay from our outrage?
The saddest truth is that U2's living legacy and credibility will take a direct hit from all of our outrage - the same people that we are b#tching about that we care for so much!
If we TRULY CARED FOR U2 we would have proceeded to express our anger this past week in a more rational and mature fashion instead of kicking and screaming and throwing things around the cyber living room because we didn't get what we wanted!
We didn't have to go to every two-bit newspaper writer who wanted to make a name for themself by downing U2. We didn't have to air our dirty laundry so far out into public view that everyone in the music industry could see it - RIGHT ON THE VERGE OF U2's INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME!
(part 1)