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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: KevShmev on July 24, 2010, 11:21:42 AM
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https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/article_220856f4-9730-11df-8c72-0017a4a78c22.html
What really happened at the Kings of Leon concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Friday night?
What we know is that Kings of Leon left the stage abruptly after three songs, and the concert was canceled. Safety concerns were cited.
It's the why where things get crazy.
The most popular explanation involves, of all things, bird feces. The Web and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are abuzz with the idea that bird feces fell onto a band member, which doesn't seem entirely preposterous.
A Tweet attributed to the band's drummer, Nate Followill, said that a pigeon had defecated on bassist Jared Followill.
"So sorry St. Louis. We had to bail, pigeons (expletive) in jareds mouth. Too unsanitary to continue," reads @doctorfollowill's Tweet.
After an explosion of online derision came another Tweet: " Don’t take it out on Jared, it’s the (expletive) venues fault. You may enjoy being (expletive) on but we don’t. Sorry for all who traveled many miles."
Followill's Tweets are now protected and not visible to non-followers.
Steve Pick, a freelance reviewer for the Post-Dispatch, said that the bassist for one of the two opening bands, The Stills, may have been hit by bird feces earlier in the night.
Bassist Oliver Corbeil had been standing a few feet back from where Jared Followill would later stand, Pick said. After he moved, singer Tim Fletcher "kind of laughed," and said that Corbeil was standing in a “(expletive) spot,” and that something had come down from above, Pick said.
The Stills then finished their set, Pick said.
The other opening band, The Postelles, reported no problems, at least on their Twitter feed.
Verizon representatives did not return emails and calls seeking an explanation of the cancellation Saturday morning.
There were also rumors that the band received a death threat, and that extreme heat, which overtook Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell earlier this week at Verizon, was the real culprit.
Pick said that after the third Kings of Leon song, the band members handed their guitars to roadies and sprinted off stage.
Pick said that he and fellow concert-goers wondered, "Is this a joke? Is this a weird piece of performance art?”
After the concert was canceled, concert-goers began chanting an expletive and calling for a refund, Pick said. There was a moment when it seemed like "things could turn ugly," he said, but Verizon security had quickly lined the stage.
A statement from the concert's promoter, Live Nation, didn't give a reason for the abrupt end of the show. But the company was quick to let fans know they have a refund coming.
Here's the Live Nation statement:
Due to the unexpected abbreviated Kings of Leon performance at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Live Nation is issuing refunds on all tickets.
Purchases made at the box office and outlets, will be refunded at point of purchase starting Monday, July 26. Purchases made online and via phone will be refunded starting Monday, July 26.
Box office hours are Monday- Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
My thought: :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Holy crap.
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This happened to Cindy Lauper at a concert in Mansflied Mass a few years back and she troopered on. If this is true, she has more balls than TKOL. :laugh:
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That's shitty for the fans.
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Yeah, bailing on the concert like that is for the birds.
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That stinks. I bet the fans also left with a foul stench in their mouths.
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I've heard of that band to do stuff like that before.
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Those fans really had their feathers ruffled.
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That can't be the reason the stopped the show.. a bird shit on one of them..? No way! If so they soung like a big bunch of pussies, but I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
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What kind of bird-brained reason is that?
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ROCK AND ROLL!!!!
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Hey, David Bowie got a candy stuck in his eye (thrown by a fan), and troopered on. He had to go to the hospital afterwards, but he carried on.
I like Kings Of Leon, but this is the stupidest reason to cancel a concert.
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Didn't Cyndi Lauper have a bird shit in her mouth during a concert? If I recall correctly, she just washed her mouth out and finished her set.
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I just sat here for five minutes trying to come up with a pun about the band flying south for the winter. I got nothing.
:millahhhh
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Upon hearing this news, Alter Bridge decided to stop playing Blackbird live.
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I now know why Genesis never played their song 'Pigeons' live. It was to save them from having a similar experience. :facepalm:
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It's cause they're all massively pampered druggies nowadays
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Kings of Ornithophobia.
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I just sat here for five minutes trying to come up with a pun about the band flying south for the winter. I got nothing.
:millahhhh
I bet that angry mob could have forced them to go south for the winter.
Not a very good one. :-\
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At least The Stills are pro enough to play through the shit.
Good sports and a good band :tup
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Did the shit hit their fan?
:neverusethis:
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Yeah, bailing on the concert like that is for the birds.
:rollin best one.
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Unless that bird was a Zapdos, I see no reason as to why someone would be unable to perform after that.
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"So sorry St. Louis. We had to bail, pigeons (expletive) in jareds mouth.
Wait, what? How does that even happen?
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Like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzjLlqIuVhI
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:omg:
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Holy shit that video is fucking awesome :lol
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Like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzjLlqIuVhI
:rollin :rollin
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I guess those three songs really got things moving.
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If my memory serves me correctly, Iron Maiden had once been pelted by eggs AND had their sound fucked with at Ozzfest because Sharon Osbourne is a little bitch. And they just kept on playing.
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You are correct. Seems like KOL are a bunch of pansies.
Only good thing to ever come from them was the funniest shred video ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOF1FJ7wGhw
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Wow! They suck! :lol
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Just to clarify, that isn't actually them. Its part of the shred series floating around on youtube where clever folks edit shitty sounding playing into live videos. This is the most seemless one I've ever seen ;D
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You are correct. Seems like KOL are a bunch of pansies.
Only good thing to ever come from them was the funniest shred video ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOF1FJ7wGhw
Oh my god that was great. Most of those shred videos are just retarded, but this one was really well done.
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Unless that bird was a Zapdos, I see no reason as to why someone would be unable to perform after that.
ZAPDOS used Sky Attack!
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Just a couple of weeks ago, Jon Bon Jovi tore his calf muscle during a show, but finished the show before being helped off stage at the end of the concert. And these wimps left stage because they got shit on by pigeons during an outdoor gig?
Wow, they're awesome.
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Oh man, I am gonna make fun of my roommate so bad when I get back to Denver. They're like her favorite band :lol
Seriously, bird shit? If the fuckers were Italian they'd know that shit is considered good luck. My uncle got shat on by a pigeon at his wedding (right in his hair; glorious). It was funny. It's gross and then you laugh and you get over it. Oy.
Just to clarify, that isn't actually them. Its part of the shred series floating around on youtube where clever folks edit shitty sounding playing into live videos. This is the most seemless one I've ever seen ;D
What? Why?
edit: btw that news video is amazing
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Just a couple of weeks ago, Jon Bon Jovi tore his calf muscle during a show, but finished the show before being helped off stage at the end of the concert. And these wimps left stage because they got shit on by pigeons during an outdoor gig?
Wow, they're awesome.
That reminds me of another badass live Iron Maiden story. According to my dad, when he saw them in Arizona on the Give Me Ed...Till I'm Dead tour, Nicko was having back problems before the show. So his back therapist came by and worked on it, and he felt good. Then during the show his back was giving him spasms and shit while playing, so they called his therapist up again, and she worked on his back WHILE HE FUCKING PLAYED THE REST OF THE SHOW. Now that is fucking metal. :metal :metal :metal
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That's awesome.
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Haven't heard enough of this band to really care about them, but that seems like a pretty shitty thing to do for fans who might have traveled a long distance to get there. I've heard Use Somebody on the radio, and actually quite liked it, but still... what a fucking terrible excuse!