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Pearl Jam Walkouts: Who Cares?

April 3, 2003 – 2:36 PM
Last night in Denver at the Pepsi Center, "dozens" of concert attendees walked out of a Pearl Jam concert, supposedly because Eddie Vedder was critical of Bush. InstaPundit, always up for making mountains out of molehills, states "Eddie Vedder, meanwhile, is finding that anti-Bush theatrics turn off fans". A few points: "Dozens of fans" walked out of a venue that holds 20,000 people. Let's say, for arguments sake, that those dozen(s) were, 5 dozen. 60 people. Now let's assume that the Pearl Jam concert didn't sell out, making attendance somewhere around 15,000. Maybe InstaPundit would be more accurate in saying "Eddie Vedder finds out anti-Bush theatrics turn off 0.025% of fans in attendance." Then again, we all know that Glenn is not the biggest stickler for accuracy. Interesting that they chose to "walk out" during the encore. Guess they weren't that turned off. UPDATE: Looks like Pearl Jam are making pretty much the same point.... Read More »
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