Polémica involucra a Green Day por muerte de acróbata en la previa de show

Los californianos Green Day se vieron envueltos en una polémica después de que un acróbata muriera en la previa de uno de sus shows en Madrid.

El hecho ocurrió este sábado en el festival Mad Cool, en la capital española, cuando un joven identificado como Pedro Aunión, cayó de una altura de 30 metros, minutos antes de que la agrupación saliera a escena.

El trío fue criticado por haber actuado después del deceso, pero el vocalista Billie Joe Armstrong reveló que e enteraron del incidente después de bajar del escenario.

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.

Una publicación compartida de Billie Joe Armstrong (@billiejoearmstrong) el 8 de Jul de 2017 a la(s) 5:07 PDT

"Green Day no se enteró del accidente hasta después de nuestra actuación. Ni siquiera sabíamos que antes había habido una performance con un acróbata. Estos festivales son enormes. Hay tantas cosas sucediendo al mismo tiempo que es imposible estar al día con cada intérprete o artista", escribó el cantante en su cuenta de Instagram.

En la misma línea, Armstrong criticó a las autoridades españolas por haberles informado tarde la muerte del acróbata, y afirmó que de haber sabido antes, no se habrían presentado.

"Todo lo que sabemos es lo que se dijo después de nuestra actuación. Esto nunca nos había ocurrido en los 30 años que Green Day ha estado tocando en vivo. Si lo hubiéramos sabido antes de nuestra actuación, lo más probable es que no hubiésemos tocado. No somos personas sin corazón. La seguridad y el bienestar en cualquiera de nuestros conciertos es lo primero"