Kanye, Sollee, Bonnaroo
One of the most unnoticed concert stories of the last few years was the Kanye West performance at Bonnaroo in 2008. I was tempted to call it the story of the decade, just because it’s kind of entertaining to me. But it wasn’t entertaining for the people who bought lots of tickets to the festival specifically to see him. In case you don’t remember, he was scheduled to play at a certain time. But then his show was shifted to another stage on the grounds and supposed to start at 2:45 am. And his best fans waited most of the night for him to play. He showed up two hours late to do his light show mostly and it was very short. Afterwards, many fans were furious because of the money they’d spent and how disrespectful he had been. It’s similar to the Taylor Swift interruption. Not a huge disrespect for the world, but the kind of thing most stars don’t even try. Ben Sollee, a folk cellist at the same festival, wrote a song about the fiasco, telling him to do his music, because it’s good music, and don’t get distracted by the lights and thse ego that comes with them.
