El cantante de Green Day, tras la muerte del acróbata: "Si lo hubiéramos sabido, lo más probable es que no hubiésemos actuado"

El cantante de Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, ha asegurado en un mensaje publicado en su cuenta personal de Instagram que se enteraron de la muerte del acróbata cuando se bajaron del escenario. "Si lo hubiéramos sabido antes de nuestra actuación, lo más probable es que no hubiésemos actuado", ha señalado.

El vocalista reconoce que toda la banda está muy triste "por Pedro y su familia", a los que acompaña en el sentimiento. Tras estas palabras, ha aclarado y contestado a las preguntas que muchos de los asistentes al Mad Cool de Madrid se están haciendo, el por qué siguieron tocando tras el accidente.

"Green Day no se enteró del accidente hasta que no terminamos nuestro show. Ni siquiera sabíamos que había un espectáculo de acrobacias. Estos festivales son enormes. Hay tantas cosas al mismo tiempo, que es imposible saber de cada actuación/artista", explica Billie Joe.

El cantante ha reconocido que en el momento del espectáculo de acrobacias estaban "en el back stage, a media milla del escenario principal del festival. Estábamos preparándonos para salir a actuar a las 11.25". "15 minutos antes de salir al escenario, las autoridades locales nos dijeron que esperásemos porque había algún problema de seguridad. Los problemas de seguridad son algo habitual en cualquier espectáculo. Esperamos como nos indicaron. Aun así, no teníamos ni idea de que hubiera habido tal accidente. Nos dieron el visto bueno. Salimos de nuestras furgonetas y nos dirigimos al escenario principal".

Billie Joe cuenta que tocaron alrededor de "dos horas y media". "Todo parecía normal. La multitud y los aficionados lo pasaron bien. Salimos del escenario y volvimos al back stage. Fue allí cuando nos dijeron las impactantes noticias sobre Pedro. Todos nosotros estábamos incrédulos. No sé por qué las autoridades decidieron no informarnos sobre el accidente antes de nuestro concierto", ha aclarado.

Su mensaje finaliza recalcando que si lo hubieran "sabido antes de la actuación, lo más probable es que no hubiésemos actuado".

Last night at the Mad Cool festival in Spain there was a horrific accident. An acrobat by the name of Pedro was killed during his performance before Green Day played our show. We are so sad for Pedro and his family and we pray for them in this time of grief. I can't imagine how much suffering the friends and family are going through. Many of you are wondering why we continued to play our show after the accident. Green Day did not hear about the accident until after our show was over. We didn't even know there was an acrobat performance at all. these festivals are huge. There are so many things happening at the same time it's impossible to keep up with every performer/artist.. We were in a back stage compound about a half mile away from the main festival stage. We were warming up ready to go at 11:25 pm. 15 minutes prior our tour management was told by local authorities to wait to go on stage because there was some sort of security issue. Security issues are a normal occurrence and procedure at any show.. we were NOT told why which is also normal. we waited as we were instructed. Still, We had no clue there was any such accident. We were given the ok. The band jumped into vans and drove to the main festival stage. This was to be the last show of our European tour and we were all so excited to play our hearts out one last time. We were on stage at around midnight and played around two and a half hours. Everything seemed normal. the crowd and fans had a good time. We got off stage and drove back to our artist compound. It was there when we were told the shocking news about Pedro. All of us were in disbelief. I don't know why the authorities chose not to tell us about the accident before our concert. All we know is what was said after our concert. This has never happened in the 30 years Green Day have been performing live. If we had known prior to our performance we most likely would not have played at all. We are not heartless people. The safety and well being at any of our concerts absolutely comes first. What happened to Pedro is unthinkable. Once again we are heartbroken for his friends and family.

Una publicación compartida de Billie Joe Armstrong (@billiejoearmstrong) el 8 de Jul de 2017 a la(s) 5:07 PDT