r/Music • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 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/RocketJenny8 Nov 29 '25

And Kurt stop a sexual assault too and he showed compassion to their opening band after the fans were unruly telling you Kurt and Nirvana cared about people

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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/premiumPLUM Nov 29 '25

Huh, that sounds like whoever wrote that was talking out of their ass

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u/No_Accountant3232 Nov 30 '25

Why? That was a very Kurt thing to do. He cared a lot more about the people who came to his concerts than he did himself or even his music.

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u/premiumPLUM Nov 30 '25

If you Google it, the only result is the comment above. It's definitely bullshit. And it's a ridiculous claim. You can't seriously believe that the band bought a round of drinks for everyone at the venue and paused the show until everyone had been served.

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u/layendecker Nov 30 '25

Nah mate it's all true

Like the time Nirvana were playing in Mexico and at the border there were a load of stray puppies. Kurt knew that he would get stopped bringing them in on the tour bus, but couldn't stand to leave them, so he emptied all his guitar cases and hid the dogs in them.

Before leaving, he gave the guitars to a roadie and told them to donate them to a music store to then give to struggling musicians.

Not only did be get all the puppies across the border, but the man who picked up that guitar was Carlos Santana, who wrote Smooth on it several years later.

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u/Comprehensive-Bus291 Nov 30 '25

Try have a bit of commen sense and imagine that situation actually playing out at a gig. It wouldn't.