Monday, April 06, 2009
Explanation
To the people who left the comments on the page re the flags. We try and be as sensitive to peoples feelings as we can when using the national flags as this is not a political move by myself or the band and we don't want it to be seen as such. In Germany we took on board the opinions of many of our local crew and promoters and we were dissuaded from the use of the flag for these 3 shows as apparently not everyone in your fine country identifies positively with the national flag so we were conscious of not wanting to offend anyone, i dint ask for any more reason or explanation, i just went with the local knowledge. We also did not put up a flag at the show in Belfast for these reasons, however being an Irishman myself i understand the reasons more in this case. This was a simple gesture of appreciation at the end of the show for the country we were in and was not meant to be seen as anything else. Hopefully we didn't offend anyone by not using the flag, this was certainly not our intention either
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3 comments:
thank for this explanation,Steven ;)
The mirrorball headwear looks not unlike the Pet Shop Boys' headgear in the Go West video.
I was at the Dublin show and thought,as a Dundalk girl,it was a lovely touch to have the flag. But even then I was wondering how that'd work in Belfast. I find it sad that political reasons interfere with gestures such as these :( But as a Dundalk girl I do completely understand the reasons behind the decisions. I am totally rambling. Basically I am trying to say thanks for the flag and wishing you all the best with the rest of the tour :)
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