"Fuck Kanye West": The Bonnaroo Graffiti Photo Set
Bonnaroo was amazing in so many ways. Waiting 'til 4:40AM for Kanye to hit the stage was definitely not one of them. While waiting those two hours I heard one "He better be getting head back there," a few "This better be the best show ever"s, and many "Fuck Kanye West!" chants. (See also: "Kanye sucks.") It carried into the next day, and spilled onto people's t-shirts, handmade signage, and the Bonnaroo graffiti walls. Animalnewyork.com has a nice photo set of the weekend's artistic expressionism ("Kanye Doesn't Care About 'Roo People" is a cute one). For reviews and rebuttals numbering in the triple digits from the instantly infamous Things Don't Glow In The Sunrise show, head here.
Posted at 4:54 PM by amrit
Tags: Bonnaroo | Kanye West
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here you go:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k306/grace6697/kanyeroo.jpg
Score = -1
Kanye might have done good at Lollapalooza a few years back, but despite tours like Radiohead's convening at Lolapalooza this year, that's no reason for Kanye to have thought that changing set times and trying to incorporate such a huge production into a festival as a later addition to the lineup.
Score = 2
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for that whiny bitch.
Score = 1
They should've added "Fuck Pearl Jam" as well. After all, they were part of it too.
BONUS: Pearl Jam does not care about black people.
Score = -2
Your not the first person I've heard say that, so I kinda feel the need to jump in and correct this. I've worked two shows of Kanye's now. I worked the one in Atlanta and the one for Bonnaroo, his two most hated shows yet. I'll give you a break down by show...
His whole tour: That "glow in the dark setup" NEVER glowed in the dark. He was not only too cheap to get crew shirts made for the local crews, but his touring crew didn't get tour shirts either. Instead, he made a couple dozen for his friends to wear as all access passes. Most shows assign locals to different production departments to work at loading in and out. they keep track by colored shirts or paper wristbands. He was too cheap to allow paper wristbands. He also opted for the cheapest catering service in each city for his crews... All this among other things
Atlanta: Came on late as always. Bonnaroo wasn't the first time. It's practically an every show thing with him because he's always backstage complaining about something. Hit his show off talking about how the media and everyone portrays him to be arrogant and all high and mighty and crap, blah blah... "Fuck you all. I am. Deal with it"... Ends his show off by posting a picture of Hillary Clinton on his video screan and talking about how America doesn't need another white bitch in office, more blah blah. Puts up a picture of Obama and goes on and on about needing a black man in office, it's past due, etc... Nothing political in his spiel, just race... On top of all that, his show just sucked
Bonnaroo: He was actually slotted for second stage. If you know anyone that went to the festival and came back with a schedule, look at it. They never had time to reprint. He bitched about not being second stage material and demanded to be on mainstage. Had nothing to do with his NON glowing setup. For comparisson on the next point: Metallica showed up with about three of their 17 tour trucks loaded in right before their show and right back out when they were done. Kanye brought in all but two of his 20ish trucks. His one lift that he couldn't do without was so heavy that mainstage (that huge STEEL stage) had to be reenforced to hold it. The stage itself had to be extended and modified to set his stuff up early and be able to move it around. By the time his show day came around, we had been already setting his show up for more that four days. Bear in mind, that whole time his shit was on stage taking up space for other bands to potentially use. Next, when it came time for Pearl Jam to come off, his stuff still wasn't ready to go onstage. Phill Lesh cut early because he was tired of hearing Kanye bitch that he refused to play while other people were onstage. With the festival then dead of music, Pearl Jam kept playing per those of us backstage. No racism involved in that choice. Blame us, the crew, if you really still give a shit. When Kanye's stuff was ready to go onstage, he then sat on his bus insisting that he be allowed his entire lighting rig (remember the couple trucks he didn't bring). He wanted to postpone the show to take down the Bonnaroo lighting and bring all the rest of his own in to replace it (a few hour process). Another crew friend of mine made the call that the roof wouldn't support the weight of his rig just to shut him up. SHOW FUCKING SUCKED... It was the smallest mainstage crowd in Bonnaroo history... If he ever wants to go on tour again, he's not going to find people to set it up. Everyone that's ever worked with him is done with his crap.
Score = 0
We won't be hearing from him in a long time.
Score = 0
Your not the first person I've heard say that, so I kinda feel the need to jump in and correct this. I've worked two shows of Kanye's now. I worked the one in Atlanta and the one for Bonnaroo, his two most hated shows yet. I'll give you a break down by show...
His whole tour: That "glow in the dark setup" NEVER glowed in the dark. He was not only too cheap to get crew shirts made for the local crews, but his touring crew didn't get tour shirts either. Instead, he made a couple dozen for his friends to wear as all access passes. Most shows assign locals to different production departments to work at loading in and out. they keep track by colored shirts or paper wristbands. He was too cheap to allow paper wristbands. He also opted for the cheapest catering service in each city for his crews... All this among other things.
Atlanta: Came on late as always. Bonnaroo wasn't the first time. It's practically an every show thing with him because he's always backstage complaining about something. Hit his show off talking about how the media and everyone portrays him to be arrogant and all high and mighty and crap, blah blah... "Fuck you all. I am. Deal with it"... Ends his show off by posting a picture of Hillary Clinton on his video screan and talking about how America doesn't need another white bitch in office, more blah blah. Puts up a picture of Obama and goes on and on about needing a black man in office, it's past due, etc... Nothing political in his spiel, just race... On top of all that, his show just sucked.
Bonnaroo: He was actually slotted for second stage. If you know anyone that went to the festival and came back with a schedule, look at it. They never had time to reprint. He bitched about not being second stage material and demanded to be on mainstage. Had nothing to do with his NON glowing setup. For comparisson on the next point: Metallica showed up with about three of their 17 tour trucks loaded in right before their show and right back out when they were done. Kanye brought in all but two of his 20ish trucks. His one lift that he couldn't do without was so heavy that mainstage (that huge STEEL stage) had to be reenforced to hold it. The stage itself had to be extended and modified to set his stuff up early and be able to move it around. By the time his show day came around, we had been already setting his show up for more that four days. Bear in mind, that whole time his shit was on stage taking up space for other bands to potentially use. Next, when it came time for Pearl Jam to come off, his stuff still wasn't ready to go onstage. Phill Lesh cut early because he was tired of hearing Kanye bitch that he refused to play while other people were onstage. With the festival then dead of music, Pearl Jam kept playing per those of us backstage. No racism involved in that choice. Blame us, the crew, if you really still give a shit. When Kanye's stuff was ready to go onstage, he then sat on his bus insisting that he be allowed his entire lighting rig (remember the couple trucks he didn't bring). He wanted to postpone the show to take down the Bonnaroo lighting and bring all the rest of his own in to replace it (a few hour process). Another crew friend of mine made the call that the roof wouldn't support the weight of his rig just to shut him up. SHOW FUCKING SUCKED... It was the smallest mainstage crowd in Bonnaroo history... If he ever wants to go on tour again, he's not going to find people to set it up. Everyone that's ever worked with him is done with his crap.
Score = 5
everyone has a theory. i am totally obsessed with getting to the bottom of it and i know i'll never know why it all got so ugly.
it was such a letdown.
Score = 0
Not only did he go on nearly 2 hours late, he only played 1 hour. He was supposed to play for an hour and a half. The thing that pissed me off the most though was that I missed the last hour of Sigur Ros' performance to wait around for a show that wasn't half as impressive, original, or organized. I could have seen their entire performance and have an extra hour to spare before going to see that prick Kanye. I can't even look at Sigur Ros' pictures in fear that I may kill myself. Or Kanye.
Score = 3
My biggest bitch is the bastard made Phil get off stage half way through his set, just when he was getting warmed up, his show was killer, but then Phil got on the mic and said there would not be a second set because of Kanyes show, that was supposed to start at 245 am...we could not believe it, I had waited months for this midnight set of Phil and his band...it was such a disappointment, there was over a hundred bands there, all performed without a hitch with other bands playing on different stages, so what was the big deal with phil playing at the same time as Kanye....and then for the bastard not to show up for another 2 or so hours...what the fuck! Kanye basically tarnished a night that should have been a once in a life time event for me....thanks you cock sucker! And for Bonnaroo to allow that to happen, ...shame on you....I may never be back filling your pockets with cash, if this is how you are going to treat legends and their fans....I just hope Roo has learned their lesson...and make big changes in who they invite and whos asses they kiss...peace
Score = 2