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And Finally
Meat Loaf hits out at AFL after bad sports show performance
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 24 October 2011
Meat Loaf has hit out at the Australian Football League after his performance during its Grand Final event earlier this month was slammed by critics and audience members alike, who said the singer was out of tune and mumbling into the mic.
But the problem, the singer says, was the AFL’s set up. He told Australian newspapers that he tried his best in difficult circumstances, but that AFL chiefs refused his request for a live piano, didn’t give him any time to sound check, and that the backline wasn’t working properly, so he couldn’t hear what was happening.
Of the AFL chiefs, he said: “I’m sorry, [but] they’re jerks. I do not like them. And I’ll tell you what, anybody that I hear announces that they’re going to play for them I’m going to write that particular artist a letter and tell them not to. And I hope the AFL hears this and I want this everywhere. Because I will go out of my way to tell any artist: ‘Do not play for them'”.
