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Fun fact. Stevie performed random, last minute show at @CLE_State during Obama& #39;s reelection campaign in 2012. I was working for the student paper at the time and got a text late the night before that there was he& #39;d be performing the next day. It was surreal... (1. thread) https://twitter.com/TheUndefeated/status/1260566717232631808">https://twitter.com/TheUndefe...
He was campaigning for Obama, and I assumed he& #39;d draw massive numbers. But...it turns out it was so last second that his team apparently didn& #39;t get the word out in time. 2/
I showed up early that morning to cover the show. An outdoor stage was set up on Euclid near the student center. Almost no one was there. I was starting to think it wasn& #39;t actually going to happen. 3/
But lo and behold, a couple black Escalades with tinted windows eventually roll up, and out comes Stevie Wonder and his crew. The small group that was there (maybe about 20-25 people) went nuts. 4/
There still wasn& #39;t a big crowd once he got set up (keep in mind it was a last second show and it was 10 a.m. on a Saturday on a college campus). He began his performance. I can& #39;t describe how surreal it felt to see such a legendary singer perform to such a small crowd. 5/
Some estimates guessed the crowd was around 50 ppl, other said as many as 200 arrived. I& #39;d guess it was about 100 at its biggest (sources at the end of this thread). 6/
I think my favorite part about the whole ordeal was how a good portion of the crowd was people who stopped by after hearing music. I remember some ppl stopped in the middle of the road once they realized it was actually Stevie Wonder. 7/
I remember one middle-aged couple I interviewed after the show just couldn& #39;t comprehend what they just witnessed. They told me they paid over $100 a ticket to see him a few years back. 8/
To be fair to those that attended the show, they were electric. People sang along and danced. Most didn& #39;t plan on seeing Stevie and kept saying how they couldn& #39;t believe what was happening. 9/
It was easily one of my favorite memories as a reporter. Unfortunately I can& #39;t find my story and pictures (the paper was The Cleveland Stater and it appears web archives are deleted). But I& #39;ll always remember it. 10/
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