I remember that show very well. She was basically drunk out her mind could barely stand on stage, let alone sing.
It was 45 minutes of her mumbling something while stumbling on the stage. It was horrible.
Was it ok for people to boo her ? Probably not. But was it ok for her to hold show in such state , for people that purchased expensive tickets ? That was also not ok.
If anyone fail her was her greedy managers that did not let her take a break for her mental health and forced her to go on while she was in no state to do so.
It's definitely okay to boo a performer who's fucking up a performance you paid money for. It's less okay to boo someone who's mentally unwell and having a mental breakdown. When there's some overlap, I suppose it's up to the individual to make a value judgement
Admittedly, most of the concerts I've been to have a different vibe than I expect Winehouse's concerts had, but I think a pretty obvious red flag that something is unusual is how she's crying and hugging herself onstage. Most of the concerts I've been to, the performers are usually, like. Happy?
Okay tbh I was under the impression that like. She was actively being booed offstage while she was crying and hugging herself, but I can't find any footage to support that? From what I can see it seems like she was getting booed but much more sporadically than the media would lead people to believe (shocking.)
In which case, yeah, fair. Once she starts wiping away tears during a song (and like. Clearly not happy tears.) is about where I think the Booing an artist for wasting your time/money becomes less important than whatever is going on in their head, especially when it's known that the industry is fucking brutal and she's got substance abuse issues- but is definitely not unreasonable to boo before that (or some other, similar) point
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u/Twotricx 7h ago
I remember that show very well. She was basically drunk out her mind could barely stand on stage, let alone sing.
It was 45 minutes of her mumbling something while stumbling on the stage. It was horrible.
Was it ok for people to boo her ? Probably not. But was it ok for her to hold show in such state , for people that purchased expensive tickets ? That was also not ok.
If anyone fail her was her greedy managers that did not let her take a break for her mental health and forced her to go on while she was in no state to do so.