Concert organizer Live Nation pulled the plug on a Bruce Springsteen concert in Londons Hyde Park on Saturday, July 14, 2012.
Bruce Springsteen had already exceeded the 10:30 p.m. curfew by a half an hour when Paul McCartney joined him on stage to sing I Saw her Standing There and Twist and Shout.
Live Nation officials turned off the microphones, forcing Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney to leave the stage without even getting a chance to thank the audience.
Live Nation claimed that silencing the musicians was in the interest of the publics health and safety.
Steven Van Zandt, guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, criticized the decision as "heavy-handed".
Steven Van Zandt wrote on Twitter, English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldnt want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney! and On a Saturday night! Who were we disturbing? and Theres no grudges held. Just feel bad for our great fans. ... Its some City Council stupid rule.
London Mayor Boris Johnson was critical, saying, It sounds to me like an excessively efficious decision. You wont get that during the Olympics. If theyd called me, my answer would have been for them to jam in the name of the Lord!
There are calls for boycotting the London Olympics because of the murder of Lennox by government officials.
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