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"Except how many blacks did they perform in front of? I don't mean precise numbers, but wasn't it almost all white?"

One gets into muddy water when starting to add up the ethnicity of the audience.  If it had been an entirely black audience, say, would that not be unfair on anyone in the country who happened to be white, a fan of Queen, and not racist?  

I wasn't there, so I don't know if there were any white non-racists around (people seem to assume this is not the case), but all I'm saying is that there was demand for a show there.  People have a right to go and see live music; it shouldn't be denied to anyone.  Even the people who have the misfortune of living in a country with a bullshit regime.  I'm very much guilty of some of the naivety that Queen showed, obviously, but I don't think that the ordinary people 'on the ground' should be punished across the board for the situation in their country.  

Playing Sun City was a gross miscalculation on their part but it's not (heh ..) as black and white as people make it out to be.  Again; how many of you canvassed the audiences during the various performances?  How many blacks, whites, racists, non-racists, government officials, farmers .... I mean does anyone have the figures?  I am willing to be there were some ordinary non-racist folk who just wanted to see a band that they loved.