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I just read an article in Rolling Stone about the concert. Here's the appropriate part:
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The most unlikely artist on the bill, Justin Timberlake, was booed and pelted with bottles during his set. "I'm the fish out of water here," he admitted backstage. "If I came to see AC/DC, I probably wouldn't want to see me either."...When Timberlake joined [The Rolling Stones] on stage, the bottles started to fly again. But they stopped as soon as Richards gallantly stepped to the front of the stage and glared the haters down. Timberlake himself kept it all in perspective: "This event will be something that I'll look back on ten years from now and say, 'That's something that you did in your career for all the right reasons.'"
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(Obviously with that last quote, he was talking about playing a SARS benefit, not playing with the Stones)
Sounds to me like an extremely mature point of view for him to take on the whole event. Regardless of whether you like him or not, people should recognize that the guy is WORKING up there and deserves respect. I'm not a huge fan of his music but I can respect the talent that he has and the work that he does. Anybody who throws bottles at him should get up there and try a few of those dance moves first.
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