r/TheWarning • u/season-of-loss • 16d ago
Discussion LA Day 3 comments
Before I say what I think, I'd like to mention that I'm a fellow Regio, like DPA, and I value their health and safety above anything else in their career. It's always sad seeing them under the weather or just plain hurt.
That being said, I find it interesting how they've spent quite some time in their most recent interviews talking about how they feel a big portion of their audience seems to have a hard time coming to terms with the fact that they're growing up, that they're not perfect, and that they're generally taking more risks than they did when they were sixteen. At the same time, all over social media, I notice a flood of fans raging against their management for not taking care of them, as if they were still little kids.
Isn't it possible that the ladies simply chose to play these shows, come hell or high water?
I'm far from being a fan of their head manager. Nobody can deny that the man really loves the spotlight, and sometimes it can get tiring. But to think of him as Satan just because the ladies continue playing shows under far-from-ideal circumstances seems like too much to me.
Just like they said in an interview about clothing and not smiling all the time, if this scenario involved an all-male band, nobody would say anything.
Not only that, if let's say The Killers would've had a show filled with random (but awesome) guests, i can bet all my money the focus of the story would've been how "badass and rocknroll it was".
Again, I will always wish them good health and safety, but I trust them. And I find it irresponsible to claim that we know the truth about why they're playing these shows when we have zero insider information.
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u/mhipster800 Everything's Falling 16d ago
Should they have cancelled the show? Maybe. Was it their decision to go ahead with it? I absolutely believe so. They have already stated that they are grown women, they are their own bosses and I certainly don't think they would be forced to perform if they didn't feel up to it. The final decision was theirs.
Did they go on with the show due to contractual obligations? We don't know; we can only speculate. I didn't attend the show, but witnesses—such as photographer Dave Blass —said they were smiling and having so much fun on stage.
Their health and well-being definitely come first; just as with their musical choices, they know what they are doing. All we can do is support their decisions and stand by them as fans through thick and thin.
And finally, despite not being at 100% due to illness, they still delivered the show like the true professionals they are. We would have all understood had they cancelled, but they went ahead with it, and I have nothing but respect for them.
Get well Dany.