Outrage packs a Dublin concert hall

The audience was ready to cheer Ireland's "Four Angry Men."

By Conor O'Clery - GlobalPost
Published: November 6, 2009 15:56 ET

DUBLIN, Ireland ― The National Concert Hall in Dublin was packed Wednesday evening for a performance called "Four Angry Men." The four did not sing, recite, dance or play a musical instrument and, as one admitted on stage, they didn’t look particularly good. But the 1,200 people who paid €25 ($37) each for tickets hadn’t come for the usual concert hall fare. They...

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