We The Kings lead vocalist and guitarist Travis Clark sits with Sara McMall of Ann Arbor in the band's tour bus before performing Sunday night at Finch Fieldhouse.
I arrived at Finch Fieldhouse tonight and there were no media passes left. After calling various CM-Life editors, I hooked up with the reporter covering the We The Kings concert, who tried to explain things to security, to no avail. Apparently someone claiming to be from CM-Life had the pass. I was given a new one and told CM-Life needed to be better about communication. I went in and straight backstage, hoping to catch moments of the bands before they went on. They weren't there, so I decided to try to find them and discovered their bus, asked to be admitted in.
The guys were friendly about my being there and I shot until security instructed me to leave. I went back to the stage area to shoot the opening bands.
We The Kings drummer Danny Duncan, left, and lead vocalist and guitarist Travis Clark beat out rhythm on Pringles cans, working to beat a Guinness Book of World Records bar before performing Sunday night at Finch Fieldhouse.
Five minutes in, I was motioned over to the side and was told I "should know better, being from the media." I had evidently been "invading privacy." I actually thought security would try to take the camera and delete photos. Grateful it didn't come to that, since I would've declined.
Tried to be polite and explain myself, but surrendered the hard won media pass and left. I'm not sure what to make of the experience.
I wanted to make offbeat, real-life pictures instead of standard band shots. I don't think I was "invading privacy;" but to my editors at CM-Life, I apologize for any issues this causes.
It's unbelievable that another student took your pass. It makes me angry.
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