Dave Wakeling, frontman of English Beat and Co-performer of Cruel World Festival, tells fans they can leave early before Morrissey show....
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Unfortunately, I can see many people doing just this.
NME says:Moz better play all the hits or people ARE going to leave. It's not going to be his usual audience.
Idiots then for going in the first place.Unfortunately, I can see many people doing just this.
Not if they are fans of other bands that are playing and just don’t like Morrissey.Idiots then for going in the first place.
Lame comment from The Beat but in what universe are they before PIL and The Damned on any bill ?????!
Absolutely true. If Dave Weakling had the balls and integrity, he would lead by example, boycott the festival and not tell the audience what to do. Clown.Dear Dave: I confess that I will arrive after your set. Put your money where your mouth is. Just boycott the festival and play in front of the usual 48 people at the Balboa Cafe.
And yet you play a game with your hands and call it ‘football’?I reckon blood wacker take a piss tit. How is Moz Angeles the hometown of the Brittish Beat or whatever they are called? I reckon this Brit is talking shit about California's Son and claiming Moz Angeles as his hometown? I reckon if California Son hears this, he's gonna go all Hillbilly Jim on his ass. I reckon wtf is it with you foreign Brit people that makes you so loonie...is it all the Burger King you stuff you faces with or letting a ball falling from the sky hit you on the head and calling it a "sport"?
And yet you play a game with your hands and call it ‘football’?
To be fair, I didn’t read any objection in the message. In fact, it seemed quite dismissive of the ‘problem’ to me: ‘if you don’t like him, don’t watch him!’.I would not be happy if someone on a bill was reinforcing the idea that there was something so awful about one of the artists that the audience could leave before the end.
If they've got objections they shouldn't be involved.
If you are referring to the skinheads who are into ska, then you are wildly mistaken.The Beat has a HUGE white supremacist fanbase, so Dave is just being oblivious.