I have acquintances, I have one very good friend who I have known for 4 years who I would definately call a friend.
Unfortunately last year was the last straw to break this camels back after assuming someone was my friend only to find out she has been going around spewing crap to anybody who would listen to her telling people how evil I am etc and not to be trusted. Only for a few people to come back and tell me about it all, so you can imagine my surprise when 2 weeks ago I received an email from this person asking me how I was did I want to meet for lunch etc and when can we start touring again. Then she went on to gossip about the exact same people she probably went and gossiped about me too. She also got her little Neanderthal gimps worked up about me, so no I do not trust anybody in this industry. But in saying that it does not mean I would not go out of my way to helps somebody out who needed it.