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Eminem warns of “loud noises” in Firefly Festival set
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 18 June 2018
Eminem was criticised for using gunshot-like sounds without warning in his Bonnaroo festival set earlier this month. So you may be pleased to hear that he has did put a warning up prior to his Firefly Festival show this weekend. Although you should probably hold judgement until you’ve read it.
As fans waited to see Eminem perform his headline set at the festival on Saturday night, screens warned: “If you are easily frightened by loud noises or offended by explicit lyrics you shouldn’t be here”. The rapper’s manager Paul Rosenberg then shared a picture of the statement on Instagram.
Criticism of the Bonnaroo set came after a series of loud bangs went off as the rapper performed his track ‘Kill You’. A spokesperson for Eminem denied that these were gunshot sound effects, saying that they were a simple pyrotechnic effect and had been part of the rapper’s show for more than a decade.
However, of course, festival audiences in the US are a little more nervous now than in the past, in the wake of the Route 91 Harvest shooting last year, in which 58 people were killed and hundreds injured when a man opened fire from a nearby hotel.
