Explaining the huge sums being spent on Beyoncé and others for the Bermuda Music Festival, thus spinneth the Disco Doc:
This festival like most music festivals in the world are not done to make a profit but they have an effect far beyond the show itself…
He added that anyone focused only on how the money was being spent was “being narrow in their perspective”.
Most music festivals in the world are run by concert promoters not Governments. Their goal is explicitly to make a profit.
Taxpayers have every right to question how the money is being spent. The harsh reality is that we are paying for Government to provide services to us, not for politicians to live out their Hollywood dreams.
UPDATE: It now appears that an overseas media campaign is underway publicising the huge sums Bermuda is paying Beyoncé. According to Rock Newman “This event will garner more worldwide attention for Bermuda than anything that has ever happened here. Folks around the world are going to say Bermuda has got it going on.” Either that or, in the face of a global economic downturn, they will shudder at our foolish excess.
