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Connor Oberst make ass of self.
trolley:
from NME.com
CONOR OBERST has apologised for remarks made during his set at GLASTONBURY in which fans were left offended at comments made about late DJ JOHN PEEL.
Bright Eyes were promoted to the headline slot on the John Peel stage at last weekend’s festival (June 26), after Ryan Adams pulled out due to an ear infection.
After his performance, fans started emailing NME.COM saying they were “appalled” at his attitude, with the singer allegedly making disparaging remarks about John Peel and the Make Poverty History campaign.
A reader claimed: “Some of the things he was saying concerning the Make Poverty History Campaign and John Peel were completely out of order. Being a bit cynical about some people's motives behind supporting the campaign is one thing, and is perhaps okay, but belittling the campaign which many people strongly believe in is plain wrong.
”The John Peel thing was in my opinion even worse as it was completely inexcusable. You can't slag off one of the most important people in our lives just because he didn’t play your tunes. A lot of people left the show and I think and hope he lost a lot fans that night. He lost me. It's a shame because the guy is quite possibly a genius, but also, clearly, he is a complete cock.”
In a statement issued exclusively to NME.COM the singer has offered his “sincerest apology” for his comments about Peel.
He said: “I would like to express my sincerest apology to the friends and family of Mr. Peel for anything I said during our performance at Glastonbury. I truly don’t remember much of the show but have been informed since of what I said and it was way out of line and far from my real feelings.
”I have nothing but respect for John Peel and his beautiful gift for sharing music. I never had the pleasure of meeting him but by all accounts he was an outstanding man and deserves much more respect then I showed. I am very sorry.”[/size]
Basically he got up on stage wrecked out of his face, insulted the crowd, called john peel a cokehead, slated the poverty campaign, and was just generally a complete banker. I wasn't there, but just from the stories my estimation of him has gone seriously downhill.
It's annoying that he's such an asshole because he makes good music. If he was someone like Davey Drayman, who makes crap music, he's easy to hate. But now I'm torn.
Thoughts? Feelings? Anyone know of any other good artists who are dickwads?
Praeserpium Machinarum:
Well I suppose this proves what I said in the listening thread, the man is in need of a psychiatrist, though I suppose we should keep in mind that he might have been drunk and/or stoned. That doesn't make it okay, but just saying... Luckily most of the artists who are dicks, are also shit, though I like Death Above 1979 and they are quite definitely dicks...
KharBevNor:
BUT, he's got balls. Which I wouldn't have expected from his music...
trolley:
I wouldn't call it balls. Balls is when someone does something other people don't have the guts to do. Insulting the memory of John Peel just to invoke a reaction is just moronic.
KharBevNor:
So you're saying you'd have the guts to get up on the John Peel stage and slag off John Peel?
That said, John Peel was DA MAN and Connor Oberst is a whiny little trendy cunt who'll go out of fashion...round about now!
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