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Re: Who In Cincinnati
- To: thewho@mpath.com
- Subject: Re: Who In Cincinnati
- From: ckt@best.com (Chris Thomas)
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 16:11:12 -0800
- Sender: owner-thewho
>While I feel that the Who were not the CAUSE of the tragedy, let's face it,
>they could have contributed to its prevention by simply insisting on reserve
>seating. Pete may like festival seating, but I think it's a social failure.
> A band like the Who could have in 1979 demanded and gotten the promoter to
>guarantee reserve seating. And then, the Who had festival seating at some
>shows in 1982. Jesus, didn't they learn a damn thing? I mean, Pete may
>"just do my job" onstage, but taking some responsibility when you have real
>control would be nice.
Woodstock had festival seating. :) Of course, so did Altamont...
Now, I wasn't there, but I don't think the Who had as much control
as you seem to think. Everything I've read about that incident
points to (1) a lack of security and (2) greedy, ignorant concert-
hall managers.
Chris