Originally Posted by
maryc2130
In regards to a tribute concert, I agree that it would be nice, but I can also see the other side. We fans are remembering Glenn's musical talent, and maybe a little of what we knew of the man personally, but it's a very different kind of grief for his family, friends and band mates. Some people don't want to share that. Perhaps they feel that the private concert was the right way to go.
I remember when JFK Jr. got married, he took great pains to keep the place and time of the wedding from the press. He wanted it to be his wedding not America's. I think Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley got married on a boat for some of the same reasons.
No doubt, some people would want the same for a funeral, tribute or celebration of life. Glenn may even have specified that in a will or to his family privately. (I'm not saying he did, or even that it's likely; I'm just saying it's a possibility.)
And I know some people are unhappy with the way the band is honoring Glenn at the concerts. Could they do more? Yes, but at the NYC concert I went to last year, the fans, including myself, seemed respectful and touched by it.