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"I remember being transformed, as a teenager, by [Elton' John's]Yellow Brick Roadrecord. I started to take an interest in choosing my own underwear. I wouldn't let my mom buy it anymore." -- Adam |
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"I remember being transformed, as a teenager, by [Elton' John's]Yellow Brick Roadrecord. I started to take an interest in choosing my own underwear. I wouldn't let my mom buy it anymore." -- Adam |
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Police Incident Before U2's Moscow Concert
@U2,
August 25, 2010
We're seeing reports via Twitter that police shut down booths/tables belonging to some of U2's favorite humanitarian groups before tonight's concert in Moscow, and that one volunteer may have been arrested. This Greenpeace Russia blog post seems to be saying that information tents belonging to Greenpeace, the ONE Campaign, and Amnesty International were closed by police, who said that volunteers "staged a picket" unlawfully (via Google Translate) outside the concert. The post says that Bono has been informed and that U2 is "perplexed" over what happened. There were articles in Russian media this week saying that 2,100 police officers and Interior Ministry troops would be handling security and, indeed, many of the fan photos being posted from inside the stadium (like the one above right from @kardanik) show security almost everywhere you look. Update: This story from Gazeta.ru says "several" Amnesty International activists who were holding up signs with humanitarian slogans were detained. Update #2: Amnesty International has posted this explanation of what happened before the U2 concert. Here's an excerpt: Although no-one resisted the police's demands to close down the Amnesty International stall, Amnesty's Moscow office staff member and four volunteers were taken to a local police station. They were ordered to provide a written explanation for their actions, issued with an official warning for organizing a public action for which no prior official permission had been obtained, and released over an hour later.
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