Music: Re: [u2tour] Another Observation From Pittsburgh

I saw the band in Toronto. Toronto is a culturally diverse city and this was clearly reflected in the 60,000 people at their concert.
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From: Carol Keen <keylime426@optimum.net>
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Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:36:04
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Subject: RE: [u2tour] Another Observation From Pittsburgh

You are not alone in this socio-musical awareness. My girlfriends and I
also usually count on only 2 hands the non-Caucasians (that we can see from
our vantage point) in the crowd HUGE Hmmmmmm....?!?!?!?!?

From: u2tour@yahoogroups.com [mailto:u2tour@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
brandenburg_u2_fan
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:08 AM
To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [u2tour] Another Observation From Pittsburgh

I've been trying to think of a tactful way to bring this up but I want to
make sure it wasn't an anomoly. I don't want to create a firestorm like the
GA procedure discussion did.

Here's the deal: We attended the concert in Pittsburgh and I distinctly
noticed something that I hadn't seen at a U2 concert before. There was a
distinct lack of (shall we say) diversity in the crowd at the stadium. Of
all the U2 concerts we attended, that's the first time I've seen that. I can
honestly say that I could count the people of color I saw on ONE HAND out of
over 65,000 people - discounting the people working there. Was it the same
in other venues? Not trying to be funny but I saw 10 times more black people
at a Travis Tritt concert I attended recently. That bothers me because I
know the actual fan base is very diverse. I don't know ANYONE black or brown
who DOESN'T like U2. Tickets weren't that expensive. So I can't think of
another reason we saw what we did. Any thoughts?

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