Mad Cool

El homenaje de Green Day al acróbata que murió en el festival Mad Cool

«No sé por qué las autoridades decidieron no informarnos del accidente antes del concierto. Es la primera vez que nos ocurre algo así en los 30 años», clama el grupo

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Sorprendió a propios y extraños. Apenas 20 minutos después de que el acróbata Pedro Aunión perdiera la vida, tras precipitarse desde una altura de 30 metros en el festival Mad Cool , la mítica banda Green Day saltó al escenario, como si nada hubiera pasado, para dar su concierto. Al parecer, todo tenía una explicación y Billie Joe Armstrong, líder de la formación, la explicó a través de su cuenta de Instagram, donde rindió homenaje al bailarín y coreógrafo .

«Si lo hubiéramos sabido antes no hubiéramos tocado. No somos gente sin corazón», manifestó el artista tras las críticas de los asistentes, que afearon a la organización no haber suspendido el festival Mad Cool.

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.

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«Ni siquiera sabíamos que había una performance de acróbatas. Estos festivales son enormes», lamentó Armstrong. «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», relató el artista.

«Te recordaremos siempre»

El cantante publicó en su perfil de Instagram una instantánea del homenaje que se rindió a Aunión con el texto: « En memoria de nuestro compañero Pedro , te recordaremos siempre».

Según indicó Armstrong, no fue hasta que acabó el concierto y Green Day volvió al backstage cuando los músicos recibieron la impactante noticia. «No sé por qué las autoridades decidieron no informarnos del accidente antes del concierto. Es la primera vez que nos ocurre algo así en los 30 años que Green Day lleva encima de los escenarios», confesó el líder del grupo. «Lo que le ocurrió a Pedro es impensable . Una vez más damos el pésame a su familia y amigos», añadió.

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