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A Year After Paris Attacks, Tour Managers Reflect On Security

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A year ago today, terrorists killed 130 people in Paris. Most of them were shot to death during a rock concert at the Bataclan Theater. It's led to some changes in how rock bands tour, as Jerad Walker of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.

JERAD WALKER, BYLINE²: Will Hackney is packing gear into a van on a loading dock in Portland, Ore.

WILL HACKNEY: You can't leave any space.

WALKER: He's the bass³ player and tour manager for the band Flock of Dimes⁴.

HACKNEY: So we've got four amps and a ton of guitars and keyboards. It adds up.

WALKER: Over the course of 30 days, the group will travel 8,000 miles and visit 22 cities in the U.S. and Canada, and it's Hackney's job to get them there. Tour managers are responsible for virtually every aspect of planning and executing the trip, and almost anything can go wrong, but...

HACKNEY: You know, in all my years of touring, security has not really been something I've ever had to think about. It usually feels like a pretty safe bubble.

WALKER: For many, that bubble popped last year after the attacks in Paris. Just a few days later, Robin⁵ Laananen was on tour in Belgium with the band Refused.

ROBIN LAANANEN: There was military inside the showroom that I spotted⁶ behind our sound engineer during our show. And that's hard to see people that you love playing music up on stage and knowing that that's a possibility and that could be going through their heads. And then everyone's worried about everybody in that room. It's really hard.

WALKER: Among those killed at the Bataclan was Nick Alexander, one of the crew for the band playing that night, Eagles of Death Metal. Jim Runge was friends with Alexander. Runge's toured with the Black Keys and worked numerous shows at the Bataclan before last year's tragedy. He says it was the catalyst⁷ for some changes to industry practices, particularly an increase in the use of spotters to keep an eye out for anything unusual in the crowd.

JIM RUNGE: You know, there's somebody on stage, whether it be the tour manager, production manager, stage manager. Most shows have somebody who is in charge of calling the show.

WALKER: But he freely admits there's only so much that can be done.

RUNGE: You can check bags to make sure people aren't carrying in, you know, bombs or explosives or guns. But - I hate to even say it, but if someone's coming at your door with automatic weapons, other than having armed guys at the door, protecting that door, which none of us want, you know, what can you do?

WALKER: That sense of helplessness has had a lasting⁸ effect on the psyche⁹ of the touring community, says Chris Coyle, calling from the road on tour with band Red Fang¹⁰ in Malmo, Sweden.

CHRIS COYLE: Bataclan was devastating¹¹. I mean, I don't really know how to put it into words about how I felt about it - was - I mean, it was immediate¹² sorrow. You know, we never thought about having to deal with guns or anything at shows.

WALKER: Although Coyle says he hasn't drastically changed the way he runs tours, he has found himself more and more in the job of spotter.

COYLE: I'm the show-stopper. If I see anything, I will stop the show, and I will get the boys out.

WALKER: Back in Portland, Will Hackney is done packing the van.

HACKNEY: Just barely fits.

WALKER: True to form, he's already shifted his attention to working out the logistics of the band's next stop. But before driving off, he takes a few moments to reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Bataclan attack.

HACKNEY: The point of that attack was to make people scared to have live music and do things like this, and everybody that I know is not going to stop for that.

WALKER: He doesn't have time to stop. He's got 17 cities and 6,000 miles to go. For NPR News, I'm Jerad Walker.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

4 dimes   

n.（美国、加拿大的）10分铸币( dime的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters are United States coins. 1分铜币、5分镍币、1角银币和2角5分银币是美国硬币。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In 1965 the mint stopped putting silver in dimes. 1965年，铸币厂停止向10分硬币中加入银的成分。 来自辞典例句

5 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

6 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

7 catalyst   

n.催化剂，造成变化的人或事

参考例句：

• A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.催化剂是一种能加速化学反应的物质。
• The workers'demand for better conditions was a catalyst for social change.工人们要求改善工作条件促进了社会变革。

8 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

9 psyche   

n.精神；灵魂

参考例句：

• His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
• She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

10 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

11 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

12 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。