Eminem is under fire after using realistic gunshot sound effects during his performance at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tennessee, on Saturday. Fans screamed and ducked for cover during the rapper’s performance of the track “Kill You.” Many took to Twitter afterward to criticize Eminem for using the noises in the wake of last year’s mass shooting at a Las Vegas festival.
Pyrotechnics imitating a gunshot during Eminem’s Bonaroo set had the crowd shook 😶 pic.twitter.com/ZCWSlI8s3Z
— N@ (@natsasss) June 10, 2018
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Pyrotechnics imitating a gunshot during Eminem’s Bonaroo set had the crowd shook 😶 pic.twitter.com/ZCWSlI8s3Z
— N@ (@natsasss) June 10, 2018
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Honestly, fuck Eminem. Added gunshots to his set. Had to leave. So disgusting and distasteful. Shame on you.
— Bella Lowery (@helloitsbella) June 10, 2018
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Less than a year after Vegas and @Eminem thinks it’s a good idea to blast gun shot sfx onstage at a music festival? Bad call on this headliner @bonnaroo. What happened to Radiate Positivity?
— Brad King (@BradKing32) June 10, 2018
Then there was a handful of people who stuck up for Em;
https://twitter.com/kaileypost666/status/1005677472304828416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.47212%2Ftitle.eminem-faces-backlash-for-gunshot-sound-effect-at-bonnaroo-2018
https://twitter.com/MainlyEminem/status/1005758872756289536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.47212%2Ftitle.eminem-faces-backlash-for-gunshot-sound-effect-at-bonnaroo-2018
It’s not Eminem’s fault that it’s now normalized to be afraid going to a concert. Guns are allowed in the US. And Americans glorify them. Maybe y’all should worry about that instead of a fake gun shot.
— 🦋 (@radiatelovve) June 10, 2018
