"The Boss"??? Not the boss of curfew laws!

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The same happened with Guns and roses at reading festival the other year...... they were late in going on and then it hit curfew and the festival manger hit the genie power to kill the show.

When venues have high levels of noise complaints at the best of times the can't afford to go over curfews and loose their entertainments licences. I have killed bands before...... but usually let them finish their song and say thanks.....
 
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I thought the boss invited McCartney to a make good in ireland the next day or so...

Whatever... they were playing covers anyhow...

JR
 
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Can you imagine the backlash in following months if they had NOT stuck to the curfew?

"Famous rapper and fans blast concert producer on twitter after telling him he is not important enough for extended curfew"

"All I'm sayin' is it isn't right, they gave them guys last month more time, and you know, my fans were really into it. They should have let us keep going."
 
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Some comments in the article make me wonder if the performers did know about the curfew. They broke the curfew time by more than 30 minutes, that's not a minor "last number and say goodbye" thing.

So there are a few causes possible:

#1 They didn't know exactly when the curfew was or how strict the curfew was.
#2 They didn't care about the curfew.
#3 They wanted to generate press noise for general promotion.

As I know it, stage times (on and off) are the only law at festivals, a lot of things are subject to negotiation, stage times are not. Why should it be different for the Boss and Sir Paul?

The guitar player's remark about breaking curfews all over the world leads me to believe it's #2 and #3 in play here.

The mayor's remark is very dangerous, as future curfews would have suffered from this. There's no use in issuing a curfew when it's not followed, regardless of who is on stage. The mayor could have worked towards a later curfew in the first place, let's say midnight. I suppose they would have played until 0:23 or something then.

Bottom line: Strictness of curfew times should not depend on the act on stage, it would be unfair and lead to some trouble at curfew'd shows with "lesser" acts.

EDIT: I suspect the last, last number to be "Hey Jude". A great soft curfew breaker. The band can stop and the audience sings it for quite a long time...
 
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Jack Arnott said:
Beatle covers, or Springsteen covers? ;-)
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I was trying to be humorous and a little snarky (I am not a big fan of Sir Paul, while I like the younger Paul McCartney's music ).

I may be mistaken but the short clip I saw in news coverage of the event sounded like "twist and shout", which would be a cover of a Beatle's cover of an Isley Bros. song.

JR
 
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John Roberts said:
I was trying to be humorous and a little snarky (I am not a big fan of Sir Paul, while I like the younger Paul McCartney's music ).

I may be mistaken but the short clip I saw in news coverage of the event sounded like "twist and shout", which would be a cover of a Beatle's cover of an Isley Bros. song.

JR
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You are right, it was "Saw her standing there" and "Twist and Shout" with some bits of "La Bamba". Something like 11 minutes stretching over the curfew time even longer.

I just read, in Dublin the Boss joked about the cut-off in London.

The Boss slams UK gig curfew in Dublin - UTV Entertainment

Not very professional imho. (1. not obeying the curfew in the first place, 2. implying that curfews should not count for "higher musicians" like the Boss and the Sir. I don't think he should do this.
 
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