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Spinner: When Airlines Attack: Tales of Destroyed, Lost and (Occasionally) Found Instruments Nov 2nd 2012, 15:40 Spinner Spinner When Airlines Attack: Tales of Destroyed, Lost and (Occasionally) Found Instruments Nov 2nd 2012, 15:40 Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, Exclusive, Pop Culture, I Fought the Law, Politics as Usual Getty | Getty Most musicians have to tour, but traveling from city to city in a bus or van isn't always the ideal mode of transportation. Many jump at the chance to fly to gigs if it works financially and logistically, but a series of incidents over the years has resulted in some groups and singers realizing the perils of flying the friendly skies -- namely instruments that are damaged, broken, misplaced or simply lost. While this has certainly happened in past decades, the rise of social media has left many musicians with an immediate outlet to vent at their situations, especially when airlines customer service departments have no clue where the instruments might be. Just days ago, Canadian synth-pop star Lights had to do a show in Phoenix without her gear. The world quickly learned it was Air Canada's fault. The result of this rippling bad PR has meant some airlines paying a little bit more attention to instruments, especially after a certain song about a broken guitar which eventually cost the company's shareholders a (debatable) $180,000,000! You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions

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