AT&T Apologise For Pearl Jam Censorship

(andPOP) - American communications firm AT&T has apologised to PEARL JAM and their fans after the group's performance at Illinois festival Lollapalooza was censored on Sunday (05Aug07).

The rockers were singing a cover of Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall and changed a few lines to criticise the U.S. President, saying, "George Bush, leave this world alone," and "George Bush find yourself another home".

However, for fans watching the live webcast of the Chicago concert, the band were muted during those lyrics.

Pearl Jam wrote on their website earlier this week (ends10Aug07); "If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance - not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations - fans have little choice but to watch the censored version."

Michael Coe, spokesman for AT&T, has admitted the censor made a mistake in silencing the anti-Bush lyrics and was making sure the webcast production company did not repeat the error in future. He added AT&T were planning to release an uncensored version of the song on their website. (ES/WNWA/JC)

(c) 2007 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NETWORK LTD. All global rights reserved. No unauthorized copying or re-distributing permitted.