Performer or Public Enemy? In recent times the media has campaigned against controversial performers suggesting that they should be banned from British stages. Some people argue that popular performers can act as positive role models to young people. Lots of performers do charity work such as 'Comic Relief' and some other performers do their own charity fundraising events such as Ronan Keating, who's mother died of cancer, so he set up a charity called 'The …showed first 75 words of 1004 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1004 total…their favourite artist is performing. I also strongly believe that if popular performers a becoming enormously wealthy at the expense of young people then they have the responsibility to give something back to society, for example artists can support campaigns against issues such as drugs or smoking that way popular performers can be educating young people on matters that they may encounter in life without inciting them to explore them in more potentially harmful ways.