Two of the easiest targets for journalists are often Press Releases and the Health and Safety Executive. But both combined brilliantly this week to counter claims that the HSE were somehow to blame for the plug being pulled on Bruce Springsteen's Hard Rock Calling concert on Saturday. This is what Kevin Myers, Deputy Chief Executive of the HSE, sent out:
As a longstanding Bruce Springsteen fan and one of the crowd at Hard
Rock Calling, I was doubly disappointed to hear Live Nation give 'health
and safety' as the reason for cutting short Saturday's gig.
The fans deserve the truth: there are no health and
safety issues involved here. While public events may have licensing
conditions dictating when they should end, this is not health and safety
and it is disingenuous of Live Nation to say so.
It's ironic that this excuse has been used in relation to Bruce
Springsteen, who certainly knows what real health and safety is all
about - look at the words of 'Factory' from Darkness on the Edge of
Town referring to the toll that factory work can take on the health of
blue collar workers.
People will now only be able to speculate what the final number
should have been. Given that he'd already played Wrecking Ball and that
Paul McCartney was on stage, how about Don't let me down?
Mr Myers certainly is looking after his own. Glory Days.
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