Billie Joe Armstrong rinde homenaje al acróbata fallecido en el Mad Cool

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10/07/2017, a las 10:23

Billie Joe Armstrong, vocalista de Green Day le rindió tributo a Pedro Aunión, el acróbata que falleció en un festival de Madrid este fin de semana.

El viernes pasado, Pedro Aunión murió al caer desde una altura aproximada de 28 metros previo a la presentación de Green Day.

La banda salió al escenario justo después del lamentable hecho y por supuesto, las críticas no se hicieron esperar.

El líder de Green Day asegura que desconocían la tragedia a través de un comunicado en su cuenta de Instagram.

Last night at the Mad Cool festival in Spain there was a horrific accident. An acrobat by the name of Pedro was killed during his performance before Green Day played our show. We are so sad for Pedro and his family and we pray for them in this time of grief. I can’t imagine how much suffering the friends and family are going through. Many of you are wondering why we continued to play our show after the accident. Green Day did not hear about the accident until after our show was over. We didn’t even know there was an acrobat performance at all. these festivals are huge. There are so many things happening at the same time it’s impossible to keep up with every performer/artist.. We were in a back stage compound about a half mile away from the main festival stage. We were warming up ready to go at 11:25 pm. 15 minutes prior our tour management was told by local authorities to wait to go on stage because there was some sort of security issue. Security issues are a normal occurrence and procedure at any show.. we were NOT told why which is also normal. we waited as we were instructed. Still, We had no clue there was any such accident. We were given the ok. The band jumped into vans and drove to the main festival stage. This was to be the last show of our European tour and we were all so excited to play our hearts out one last time. We were on stage at around midnight and played around two and a half hours. Everything seemed normal. the crowd and fans had a good time. We got off stage and drove back to our artist compound. It was there when we were told the shocking news about Pedro. All of us were in disbelief. I don’t know why the authorities chose not to tell us about the accident before our concert. All we know is what was said after our concert. This has never happened in the 30 years Green Day have been performing live. If we had known prior to our performance we most likely would not have played at all. We are not heartless people. The safety and well being at any of our concerts absolutely comes first. What happened to Pedro is unthinkable. Once again we are heartbroken for his friends and family.

Una publicación compartida de Billie Joe Armstrong (@billiejoearmstrong) el 8 de Jul de 2017 a la(s) 5:07 PDT

we are also shocked and heartbroken for anyone that had to witness this tragedy. sincerely Billie Joe Armstrong

Una publicación compartida de Billie Joe Armstrong (@billiejoearmstrong) el 8 de Jul de 2017 a la(s) 5:09 PDT

«Si lo hubiéramos sabido antes no habríamos tocado. No somos gente sin corazón» confesaba. «Ni siquiera sabíamos que había una performance de acróbatas. Estos festivales son enormes» comentaba el artista, explicando como vivieron los minutos previos a su actuación: «Estábamos calentando a las 11.25 de la noche. Quince minutos antes las autoridades locales le dijeron a nuestro manager que teníamos que esperar para salir porque había un problema de seguridad, algo normal que suele ocurrir en cualquier espectáculo… No nos dijeron que aquello no era normal» asegura, terminando su mensaje sin entender lo sucedido: «No sé por qué las autoridades decidieron no informarnos de lo sucedido Es la primera vez que nos ocurre algo así en los 30 años que Green Day lleva encima de los escenarios».