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May 16, 2008
M.I.A. comments on Coachella set mishap
[M.I.A. scratching her head @ Coachella]
Last week I wrote that M.I.A.'s Coachella set was marred once the crowd got the invite to come on stage. In today's Denver Post, M.I.A. explains what went down in the preview piece for tomorrow's show at the Fillmore.
"Cops on both sides kind of shut us down," M.I.A. said recently from her tour bus, referring to a late-April show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in which 50 eager fans rushed the stage (at M.I.A.'s request) to dance with their idol."People were like fainting and climbing up the scaffolding so they could see," she continued. "The security was beating people up and fights were breaking out in the tent. It just seemed like a big soupy, steamy mess." (Link)
The special Merry Swankster Devil's advocate division says: Huh? Beating people up? Cops? Maybe next time you don't bring people up on the stage if things can get sketchy. Unless you want to ruin the show on purpose.
M.I.A. performs at the Fillmore Auditorium this Saturday night in Denver with Felix Cartal and Low B. Tickets are still available.
Posted by Merry Swankster at May 16, 2008 01:35 PM
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