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stonehearted
Initially he was in stable condition, and it was only later that he took a turn for the worse. At any rate, the show must go on, much the way Townshend and Daltrey took to the stage just 2 days after Entwistle died. They could have cancelled that whole tour, but that would have meant that all the roadies and vendors, and the people who drove the trucks to transport the staging and equipment, and so on, the people who were depending on it for their livelihood and financial survival, would have lost out. And with Shine A Light, there was a project to be completed, and all the people working on it under contract, the crew and the grips and gaffers and et al., were depending on the project being completed. The show must go on.
Not to sound morbid, but consider one of the positive events of rock history that unfolded as a result of Ertegun's passing. From the Ahmet Ertegun wiki page:
Led Zeppelin reunited for a one-off show in a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun at the O2 Arena in London on December 10, 2007.
The band headlined a bill that also included Paolo Nutini, Mick Jones of Foreigner, and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings who supported their acts, and additionally shared the stage with them. The show was held to raise money for the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which pays for university scholarships in the UK, US and Turkey. The show had been scheduled to take place in November but had been postponed by two weeks because of Jimmy Page fracturing a finger.
[en.wikipedia.org]
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RollingFreak
I can't believe they went on with the show. Didn't that have to devastate them? Was anything said about it onstage (since nearly all of that show wasn't included on Shine A Light)? And then the fact that they played a whole other second show knowing he was in the hospital and everything. Surprised but happy this wasn't included on Shine A Light at all. I wonder if that caused a stir backstage at all with all the filming.