live suicide part of rock show

You got a link?

Must be a bunch of winners who are going to attend that show.

I found a link. Wasn't quite what I expected:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12806120,00.html



(Emphasis mine.)

Still creepy, and the whole "raising awareness" thing may well be after-the-fact bluster, but that's a little different from the image I had before I found the link. Hmmm.

Awareness-raising of this issue is good, but I can't imagine how this would actually be helpful in any way. And given the band's track record (grinding up live rats... that raises awareness of what?) I really suspect they were more like, "Dude, wouldn't it be totally bitchin' if someone, like, DIED on stage?" and then figured out how to go about it.

Oh, sure, but if Wayne Newton did it on pay-per-view, I bet you'd all be on board...

More here:

'The show will go on,' says rock band that plans a suicide on stage

Some 60 papers have more or less the same article online, either the AP report or related to a BBC article with same content and nearly identical quotations.

Now, if only it was Michael Jackson, and it was himself doing it...

I'm with L'k but Slappy - that's funny

Soz, thanks for posting the link. I was at work on a friggin apple - couldn't remember how to use the cut and paste function.

I saw that it was a terminal person and a protest. Doesn't make much of a difference to me.

Joking about it is one thing. Protesting to support right-to-die legislation is good, imo. But this still turns my stomach.

I guess my gut's telling me it's a publicity stunt for the band. That it'll be entertaining to those who watch.

Nasty. The right-to-die supporters have never included a right to die in front of an audience of disinterested, paying souls... though there's a question how much soul anyone could have if they voluntarily chose to attend this "entertainment."

In my opinion it's a rather thick edge of the wedge in regards to the world-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket.

I suspect this press release is a publicity stunt, and a very sick one. If they did attempt such a thing there would be legal consequences for all involved.

Does nobody have any tact?
May as well pack up a picnic basket... they'll probably start hanging people for entertainment again.

Hi Rella - welcome to the forum.

I can't believe there wasn't more of an uproar about it. Publicity stunt or not.

Thanks littlek. Wow, everyone's pretty friendly here.
I live on Cape Cod, btw.

Except for me.

I bite.

this is old news....come and gone....didn't happen.......would have been cool though.

And I've got the ass-welt to prove it.

I've seen several performers commit career suicide on stage.

Ah, another one from Boston.

Not too hard though, kay?

but only when he's REALLY overworked.......

What's wrong with Bahston?

Not too hard...promise.

Really.

Let's start a new topic: who would you MOST want to see commit suicide on stage:

Britney Spears
MJ
Justin Timberlake
Ricky Martin

Slappy- Don't ask...............................