Quote Originally Posted by EagleLady View Post
You have got to be kidding me. Just because The Stones were late that means they are divas? Traffic Problems or Flight Delays could have caused it!
Any entertainer/band who doesn't go on stage at the scheduled time (to within a few minutes) is sticking two fingers up at their audience who have often paid hard-earned cash for their tickets, transport to and from the venue, and even baby-sitters. To cause people to possibly miss transport connections and get involved with further expense is just not on.

I would agree that sometimes there may be extenuating circumstances, but I would expect an apology to be announced along with the reason for the delay.

However to say that perhaps traffic problems (in a city in which the Stones have been playing for 50 years so they know what London traffic is like) or flight delays were responsible for this particular late start is just ridiculous. It's not as if they're on a world tour and had had to fly in from Australia that afternoon.