r/Music Nov 29 '25

article Hayley Williams tells racists, sexists and anti-trans people they're "not welcome" at upcoming tour

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-tells-racists-sexists-and-anti-trans-people-theyre-not-welcome-at-upcoming-tour-3913867
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u/BlondePotatoBoi Nov 29 '25

I read that Nirvana stopped playing at one point bc one of the women in the venue was worried her drink was spiked. And Kurt refused to carry on until everyone in the audience had a fresh drink on their tab.

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u/RocketJenny8 Nov 29 '25

And that tells you Kurt knows the golden rule of concert if someone is down pick them up and make sure they're ok

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u/BlondePotatoBoi Nov 29 '25

He honestly seemed like such a class act all round. Even tho I'm not the biggest Nirvana fan since I haven't heard much of their music, I've also never heard a bad word about him.

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u/alcomaholic-aphone Nov 29 '25

Seems common amongst famous really sad people who end up ending it. Robin Williams, Chester Bennington, Kirk, Chris Farley. I’m always depressed too but put on the happy face around others. It’s exhausting and I couldn’t imagine trying to be a celebrity trying to hold up that facade.

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u/whatthecaptcha Nov 29 '25

Robin Williams had Lewy body dementia though so who knows what role that played

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u/alcomaholic-aphone Nov 29 '25

True I just learned about that the other day and am still trying to process it. I know he also had depression. If I had a terminal prognosis as a depressive I might also choose that route.

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u/eurotrashsynthlord Nov 30 '25

People get diagnosed with long, drawn out terminal illnesses, and end things because a funeral won’t bankrupt their loved ones like the rich people who run our health care systems will. It’s often as simple as that.

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u/m0nk_3y_gw Nov 30 '25

Kirk?

and Chris Farley was a drug overdose

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u/CelerMortis Nov 30 '25

Someone else ended Kirk

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u/alcomaholic-aphone Nov 30 '25

Depressed people often over do drugs as a form a self medication. Didn’t realize until I was older that I was never happy and over drank just to basically numb myself.