Mainstream bands like Waterparks are back on tour and meeting fans
After at least a year off because of the pandemic, summer concerts and festivals are returning across the country. Author: Kiya Edwards Updated: 6:03 PM CDT July 19, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. In a moment of downtime before heading out to perform and meet fans at the Mall of America, Waterparks band members Awsten Knight, Geoff Wigington, and Otto Wood shared what it s like to be back on tour. It s really fulfilling and it reminds you that it s all real, lead vocalist Knight said. When you only see it through like your phone it s not as real but then when you meet all those people in real life you re like, you do exist? That s crazy.
Updated: 10:09 AM EDT June 3, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Work crews and Minneapolis public works trucks are in motion at George Floyd Square Thursday morning, removing barricades blocking streets around the area of 38th and Chicago Avenue.
The intersection has been closed to traffic for more than a year. A memorial has grown there since May 25, 2020, honoring George Floyd and others who have lost their lives at the hands of police.
KARE 11 s Kiya Edwards reports that city crews began removing concrete barriers that have blocked the intersection to traffic around 6 a.m., but that work stopped as a crowd began to grow and tensions escalated. Some that gathered were visibly upset, telling crews to leave the intersection.
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Work crews early Thursday began removing the concrete barricades blocking the streets around the memorial at the site where George Floyd died last year.
Minneapolis Public Works crews began arriving before sunrise, according to video shared on Instagram by Marcia Howard, a teacher and caretaker of the square. Howard, lives just steps away from George Floyd Square, said she and other community members learned earlier this week that the city was planning to remove the memorial.
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Work crews on Thursday removed the concrete barricades, artwork and flowers from the street where George Floyd died last year, but activists continue to occupy the square.
City officials have said for months that George Floyd Square should be reopened, but some organizers who have occupied the space since his death believe it should remain closed until the city meets their list of 24 demands to achieve justice.