Musician, Madi Diaz has criticised Delta Airlines after revealing the “devastating” damage to her 20-year-old Martin D-28 guitar. Diaz took to her official X/Twitter account to share video clips of her destroyed guitar, after opening her case to practice for her upcoming tour. Her support act slot for Kacey Musgraves on the ‘Deeper Well’ Tour is due to start shortly. Diaz asked, “How could this happen?” and added: “Delta needs to know they can’t treat instruments like this.”
This guitar has travelled with Diaz throughout her music career, including opening for Harry Styles and joining his backing band during his Love On Tour run. She wrote: “From my dorm room in college to stages with Harry Styles, this guitar has been with me through all of it. Delta, I’m truly devastated by the treatment of my instrument. Insurmountable loss. Idk how to begin to replace something like this.”
She went on to explain that she bought a heavy-duty case for the guitar as she believes instruments are meant to travel to help tell our stories. Fans and colleagues have expressed their shock with one fan tweeting: “It was even in a solid hard shell case. Damage like this is not accidental by any means.. you have to try to do that.”
Delta has not yet made a comment regarding Diaz’s guitar. In the meantime, Diaz will be opening support for Kacey Musgraves during the UK and European leg of her world tour. Diaz stated: “I’m hoping that something will come of this D28 vs Delta baggage situation.”
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