So, it’s well documented now that the Decemberists are in Stephen Colbert’s bad books. Heck, they’re even in mine after what they pulled in Vancouver a couple weeks ago. Dirty water be damned! The show must go on! I wasn’t there on Nov 18, 2006, but Patrick, from Beetroot, was.
Seriously though, these antics remind me of when I tried to see Radiohead in Toronto during the famous blackout of 2003. Oh yeah, there was a little thing called the SARS outbreak finishing up too. In that situation, I couldn’t make it back to T.O. for the rescheduled show. My brother had to refund the tickets and I went to Vancouver, ironically enough, to see them. Luckily for Patrick, another fellow named Patrick has come through and hooked him up with a buddy pass around the middle of December. Let’s hope that the show works out this time.
Allow me to have a green moment. Even Thom Yorke has discussed how big ticket live performances are extremely taxing to the environment. Well, I want to take it one step further and say that even shows that don’t happen are a huge waste of natural resources. Shame on Eco-terrorism! Shame on the Decemberists!
I don’t look forward to the day when major concerts are hosted exclusively online. Unfortunately, I too feel like the concept of big concerts is not sustainable. To find out about your own Carbon Footprint, click here. ♪
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Wait a second. Radiohead wanted to play TO in 2K3. The city wouldn't let them due to the blackout. By the time the concert rolled around they hadn't figured out the root cause of said blackout and were concerned that a big assed concert may not be the best thing in the world if there was another blackout.
Given the number of car accidents, elevator strandings, subway strandings, gas shortages, etc. having a concert where 1000s of people could be stranded in one location is really not a great idea.
SARS was a non-issue. I mean Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (who is clinically dead and very prone to respiratory ailments) made it to perform. I seriously doubt Thom and the boys were really concerned about SARS.
So, there were no antics on the part of radiohead. There was only a good decision on the part of the city.
The antics were on the part of Ticket Master. Those muppets have never heard of the refund concept.
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