JessicaSarahS Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Not really news to us, but I love that they referenced the dildrone. http://gizmodo.com/muses-drone-blimp-crashed-into-a-london-crowd-1771168802 Last night, the band Muse was jamming though the song “The Globalist,” when a concert drone known affectionately by fans as “dildrone,” crashed into the crowd. Clearly, this drone isn’t taking any of your shit. Muse has recently shown a particular interest in drones, despite the dangers the aircraft often present. Although the spectacle of this airship careening into fans below isn’t quite the explosive spectacle of some new age Hindenburg, it’s a visual anecdote for why the FAA isn’t too thrilled about flying big drones over people. Hell, we even thought this was a bad idea a year ago. Luckily, no one was injured by the descending drone, just scrambling to escape its makeshift landing pad. NME mentions that this isn’t Muse’s first drone mishap either, a smaller drone crashed on stage earlier this year at a show in Detroit. Muse, I appreciate the energy to innovate, but maybe leave the drones at home next tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 How were they aware of "dildrone" and not any of the other tech failures prior? Oh... Leech journalism, of course. And what shit isn't the balloon taking exactly...? Also, this is NOT why the FAA is against drones. This was about as dangerous as a confetti balloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 NME have gone for the proper hyperbole touch of calling it "Twelve Seconds of Terror": http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-muse-drone-crash-twelve-seconds-of-terror I love the fact that dildrone has come from here to actually being quoted by media organisations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 I love the fact that dildrone has come from here to actually being quoted by media organisations. Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Yes! I thought the upper limit was when someone wrote it on setlist.fm and nobody removed it. EDIT: A quick browse on Google News has 30 different news sources running stories on it and links to the Instagram video with a Hindenberg-style "#ohthehumanity" hashtag. I mean... good grief. Edited April 15, 2016 by forevermusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Why are they making such a big deal of this all of a sudden, anyways? I even saw it on IGN, with a super misleading headline and picture of a quad copter. It's obvious it's a huge balloon when you're there... I'm sure no one wet their pants or anything. I also admit openly to thinking "dildrone" was hilarious, and seeing it on setlist.fm never failed to amuse me, but it's sort of depressing seeing it in articles like this, for some reason. Fun might be ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 We've reached peak dildrone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Why are they making such a big deal of this all of a sudden, anyways? I even saw it on IGN, with a super misleading headline and picture of a quad copter. It's obvious it's a huge balloon when you're there... I'm sure no one wet their pants or anything. I also admit openly to thinking "dildrone" was hilarious, and seeing it on setlist.fm never failed to amuse me, but it's sort of depressing seeing it in articles like this, for some reason. Fun might be ruined. Living in the north of England i've become used to the 'it doesn't matter unless it happens in London' thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I even saw it on IGN, with a super misleading headline and picture of a quad copter. IGN in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Ha! Hopefully this means they'll actually see some sense, and strip the show back again. I can dream though (and they'll still probably overcharge for gigs)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Minkey Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 The NME on twitter just now. Yesterday 12 seconds today it's 20. They could remove the terror from that as well. The @muse drone crash - 20 seconds of terror trib.al/aBjHMQO pic.twitter.com/HEyyKrzoFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 I also admit openly to thinking "dildrone" was hilarious, and seeing it on setlist.fm never failed to amuse me, but it's sort of depressing seeing it in articles like this, for some reason. Fun might be ruined. It still seemed fun to me. Not like Gizmodo was taking things seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I was embarrassed about it for some reason. I dunno, normally immature humor is pretty much my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirleyG Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Surely it's more newsworthy that there was an occasion when it didn't crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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