Thứ Ba, 5 tháng 3, 2013

Boss gives UK festival another chance

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will return to the London festival that shut off power while he was in the middle of a duet with Paul McCartney last year. Picture: AP Source: AP

BRUCE Springsteen is returning to the London festival that pulled the plug on his duet with Paul McCartney.

Springsteen will again headline the London Hard Rock Calling festival, a year after authorities shut off the power while the pair performed after they violated a curfew.

The American rock star brings The E Street Band back to the event that is moving to a new location at the city's Olympic Park.

Concert organisers Live Nation are leaving Hyde Park amid friction between fans and the neighbourhood's well-heeled residents, many of whom gripe about the late-night noise.

Springsteen had already exceeded the 10.30pm curfew by half an hour when he welcomed McCartney on stage last July. They sang the Beatles hits I Saw Her Standing There and Twist and Shout. But officials turned the microphones off, and they were forced to leave the stage in silence.

Springsteen will headline the second night of the two-day festival on June 30. Other acts include Kasabian, Paul Weller, the Black Crowes and Alabama Shakes.

Live Nation Entertainment is holding a series of concerts at the former Olympic venue this summer - including the Hard Rock Calling and Wireless festivals - after gaining exclusive rights to the venue.

The 227-hectare site of the 2012 Summer Games is due to reopen to the public in stages between July and early 2014.
 


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