Mistaken Identity
By Mitch Berg
After almost six years of doing the Northern Alliance, my mom is finally worried. She sent me this email, asking “I had no idea your radio shows got this violent!”.
The headline:
This not very charming fan: Morrissey storms off stage after bottle hits him in the eye
“No relation”, I told Mom. “Not to worry”:
When it comes to live performances, it seems former Smiths frontman Morrissey just isn’t having any luck of late.
The 50-year-old musician stormed off stage last night after being hit in the eye with a bottle while performing in Liverpool.
I told Mom not to worry. The Twin Cities’ left is usually pretty benign; their idea of “heckling” at live events is to stand at the periphery of the crowd and chant “Public Option Now! Public Option Now!” For many of them, it’s also their idea of “argument”.
Anyway – all’s well.
via Mail Online.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
That wasn’t Ed singing along to the bumpers?
November 10th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
…and here I thought only redneck bars, where they play both kinds of music – Country AND Western – needed chicken wire on the front of the stage.
I was at a Bare Naked Ladies show years ago where the crowd threw boxes of Kraft dinner at the band during “If I Had a Million Dollars” until the lead singer stopped the song (with full volume distortion/feedback) and threatened to walk off the stage if the pasta-box projectiles didn’t stop raining down. It was no Stones at Altamont, but it was dramatic enough for me.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I saw Joe Jackson getting beaned in the head with a beer bottle. But then it is nearly impossible to open for The Who. Joe took it like a man and kept going – it was a great show!