One of the great gigs ever in my opinion. But seriously, when did England become a police state?
Bruce Springsteen And Paul McCartney Played Together
At a Springsteen concert in London over the weekend, McCartney came out to perform with the band during the encore. They were only able to perform for a few minutes, since organizers literally pulled the plug in order to comply with noise regulations.
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According to the Associated Press, Springsteen—who is notorious for extremely long concerts—had already gone a half hour past curfew when McCartney came out:
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.”
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Afterwards, the E Street Band’s longtime guitarist Steven Van Zandt vented his frustrations on Twitter, calling England 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!
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- queenofconeyisland thinks Bruce Springsteen And Paul McCartney ... is LOL
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simonnightwingc 10 months agoI was at the gig on Saturday - couple of points; 1) Curfew was 10:30pm, not 10pm. 2) Bruce & Paul played two songs in nearly their entirety before getting cutoff on the (3rd or 4th?!) outro to Twist & Shout, but before they thanked the crowd. 3) All in all, they were on stage together for about 15-20 minutes. It was amazing to see & hear them play but a shame that the organisers felt they had to bow down to the pressure! :(
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Rooster Nugget 10 months ago“That’s the nanny state you support, Bruce.” said nobody ever (tho somebody probably should).
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- elphonine thinks Bruce Springsteen And Paul McCartney ... is WTF
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mmmmlowell 10 months agoThe band knew about and agreed to the curfew beforehand. They knew Paul would be joining them on stage, why wait to do it right when they’re supposed to stop playing? Entirely their fault, really.
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- susanac thinks Bruce Springsteen And Paul McCartney ... is OMG
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