Music: [u2tour] Re: Another Observation From Pittsburgh

What's interesting to me is that I don't know one person of color who doesn't like U2. The ticket prices were reasonable so that couldn't be the deciding factor. I just didn't have any answers for the people who were with us when it was pointed out. I made excuses but it bothers me to think I took someone somewhere and they were uncomfortable. I was fine (because I tend not to give a rat's patootie) but I felt bad for them.

I thought it could be because maybe it was on a Tuesday night or because the opening act was a young group. I just don't know. If anyone went to the shows that were opened by the Florence and the Machine, Lenny Kravitz or whoever opened the rest, I wonder if they saw the same thing. Also, did you see the same thing at shows that played on the weekends? Anything that can be offered that I can keep in mind when the next round comes would help. I have very few friends and when I take them to something that makes them uncomfortable, I just don't want to repeat that mistake.

--- In u2tour@yahoogroups.com, Carol Keen <keylime426@...> wrote:
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> our vantage point) in the crowd HUGE Hmmmmmm....?!?!?!?!?
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> From: u2tour@yahoogroups.com [mailto:u2tour@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:08 AM
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> Subject: [u2tour] Another Observation From Pittsburgh
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> 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.
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> 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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