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Bruce Springsteen & Paul McCartney Get Silenced in London & No One is Happy
Bruce Springsteen was not the boss in London during his concert at Hyde Park last night. In what should have been an amazing grand finale, he called Paul McCartney on stage, and the two began to sing together.
"I gotta tell you, I've been trying to do this for 50 years," he told the crowd. But the magic moments were cut short. As the legendary rock pair was belting out a version of "Twist and Shout," they were abruptly silenced mid-tune in front of 65,000 fans.
According to CNN, the concert was supposed to end at 10:15, but when they went on to give fans more, organizers didn't take kindly to the extended play session. They were apparently violating the city's curfew (performances are supposed to end at 10:30), and so they cut them off at 10:40 p.m. without warning. They weren't even able to say their farewells, and just exited the stage in silence.
Talk about an uptight and rude move, and no one is happy about it, besides the smug council who is making no apology. After the concert it tweeted, "Tonights Hyde Park Concert was finished by organisers. They were sticking to their licence for the event."
But this is SIR Paul McCartney and The Boss we're talking about. How dare they! Even London's mayor Boris Johnson was outraged by the move. He told London radio:
It sounds to me like an excessively efficacious decision. You won't get that during the Olympics. If they'd have called me, my answer would have been for them to jam in the name of the Lord!
English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney!. On a Saturday night! Who were we disturbing? There's no grudges to be held. Just feel bad for our great fans. ... It's some City Council stupid rule.
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butterflyfreak
Maybe these guys should have planned it better so they got all their jamming done by the curfew time. Just because they're big musical names doesn't mean they should be treated any different than anyone else. I get so tired of people thinking that just because they're famous, they don't have to follow the rules. These guys are performers, they KNOW it's all about timing, so why didn't they do a better job of it?
Tinykitty
PonyChaser
A contract was in place. It's not like they didn't know about the curfew time. If the City of London had violated a single letter on that contract, you can bet Bruce and Paul's people would have been all over them. But since it's Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney, oh, that makes violating a contract all right?
Heather Duso Johnson
I don't think either performers were wearing watches or looking an asst. for the time. It is hard to "time" a concert as an ovation can go on for a longer amount of time than usual, the performer may have issues with a guitar or mic, they may tell a different story than usual depending on the town. Like when I saw Sir Paul, it was in Detroit and he had been to the Motown museum, so we heard stories on that. I happened to be at a concert the day Michael Jackson died, so they threw in a video tribute and sang "I'll Be There" in addition to the normal set. Stuff happens. So there should be a little give room.
Yuri
vancitymom
bergencounty
The masters played, Everyone knew the LYRICS and I'm sure they
them out for BRUCE and McCartney. Now THEY all can say they were PART OF HISTORY "The Night the 
was PULLED on 
on ROCK-n_ROLL" !!!
tbrucemom