Nov. 8, 1989. All is normal in Berlin. Normal city, normal people and a giant wall (hated by every one of them normal people) sitting in the middle of the town, doing it’s thing, dividing the communists and democrats, setting them straight. Nov. 9, 1989. That wall fell. Mass hysteria, people are happy. Fast forward 20 years. Irish rock band U2 is set to have a free concert commemorating the falling of that exact wall. Organizing that concert is MTV. They give away 10,000 free tickets online, which are gone in a matter of hours. And here’s the kicker. MTV decides that it’s a good idea to build a wall surrounding that 10,000 people so none of those who wasn’t fast enough to get a ticket can enjoy the FREE concert. So to recap, MTV builds a wall surrounding the FREE concert being held for the sole purpose of commemorating the falling of the Berlin wall. People are furious. MTV is dumb. I mean c’mon, wasn’t there at least one guy with half a working brain to say “now that’s just dumb” when the idea was still bouncing in the heads of those who thought of this thing. Any way, that’s that. The 10,000 lucky ones got to see U2 and Jay-Z (surprise act) preforming live in front of Brandenburg Gate, and all the rest got to see a two meter high metal barrier in front of them. Bad move MTV, bad move.
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