Grabbing for items the band tosses out into the crowd

some of you people are IDIOTS. at one of the shows i went to mike threw out a pick and the people around me acted like rabid dogs for the pick. it's a freaking piece of PLASTIC! i don't care if mike or eddie or even elvis raised from the dead throws out a pick, act like decent human beings for God's sake. some of you people are PATHETIC. one time one of my friends caught a drumstick from matt and a guy ripped it away from her. luckily, matt saw it and walked down and handed her another one. matt's a class act. some PJ fans, however, are garbage.

mrswhatsit wrote:

One comment about stuff the band tosses out into the crowd. People have every right to make a reach for it if it's a general toss (not like the wine bottle on Saturday which was being given to a certain person), but please if some has rightfully secured it, let it go and enjoy the rest of the show. It was very sad to see the fight over the tambourine on Saturday, between section 102 and 103 around row 8. It got ugly and security had to intervene. No one wants it to get to the point where the band simply won't toss anything out because they don't want people getting hurt.

i *just* posted about this very incident in edvedder913's thread about her being accosted for her wine bottle.



seriously - that was insane!
i'm going to guess we were right near each other. honestly, i didn't even SEE the tamborine come our way - typical of me :P and i probably wouldn't even try for it, and looking at what happened to that guy, that's why! :? :wtf: it was soooo bad, and lasted waaayyyy too long, i'm a chick and i went to his aide to try and get people off him! i think his friend/GF thought i was trying for the tamborine :? , understandable i guess...but looking at the guy he looked distressed/possibly injured, thus why i wanted to try and block some people off him. i had some guy grab me and kiss me on the cheek, tell me he loved me ...but he was just a drunk/happy fan...no harm, no foul...and the whole night most everyone around seemed pretty respectful and having a blast so that tamborine incident was just crazy/sad.


this is also why the ONLY souvenirs from shows i've ever gotten were 2 picks and a setlist handed to me, directly, b/c there's just NO way i would ever dive/fight it out...for anything....

Does it make it Philly man, come on. A lot of people at the concert were from out of town. Especially from the NY area. I even had a few NYorkers acting like aholes around me, but I'm not going to put it out there as the city and the people were at fault. If it's that bad here then please don't come back.

mrswhatsit wrote:

That was nice of you to try to help the tambourine guy, and yes, I'd never dive for anything either. There were a few drunk guys in that area, but one loser stands out - the tall guy with the black baseball cap who kept spilling beer, trying to push up to the front, and being a general inconsiderate dolt. You're way more understanding than I would have been. He would have been doubled over four nanoseconds after his drunk stranger lips touched me. And I so don't get trying to shove into other people's space. We're all in the fan club, we all had great seats, we were all happy to be there, we'd all like to be as close to the stage as possible (and we were! ), and possibly catch a souvenir. But the difference in the view between row 8 and row 4 is not major, and drunk guys who like to stagger around the middle of the aisle, waving beer cups and trying to rush the stage should stay in the parking lot.

to be honest, i was simply fearful for his safety. :oops: i would hope if i were in that situation, someone, or a few somebodys...would come to my aid as well. i really thought he got hurt.

and oh my....yes....that was him! he was a HUGE guy, and he was drunk. overall, while annoying...he was innocent enough and i think his friend tried to keep him in line. he also kissed me so quickly, and outta no where, i was just kinda shocked. it also was not done in an ugly way so while i definitely did not appreciate it, it was not worth ruining my good time and no, being a 5'4" chick, i wasn't about to get physical with a giant drunk guy.


i hear ya about the space. i've said to a few friends since, i just don't get it. you are sooo right. we ALL had such AWESOME seats! (thank you again tony for the fantastic row 8 spot - you rock my friend!) so these 2 giants were row 7, right on the inner aisle, GREAT view...made even greater bu the fact that they were giants, short people in front of em to boot....so absolutely NO reason to need to get closer, get a better view, etc. i felt bad for the security guy b/c the big, drunk guy jut going right up to him. the guy was piss drunk, no doubt. early in the show almost every other song either he or his buddy went an got more beers... :? and hey, no judgements....if that's how you enjoy a show, fine. if he were short, i wouldn't have minded at all. but having to dodge his drunk ass the whole show was difficult, and often times i did have to put my hands up against his back so he didn't fall back on me. c'est la vie. i had a GREAT time...i think he and his friend did, hahahahaa...so overall, did not infringe on my experience at all.

guacamolejoe wrote:

mrswhatsit wrote:

One comment about stuff the band tosses out into the crowd. People have every right to make a reach for it if it's a general toss (not like the wine bottle on Saturday which was being given to a certain person), but please if some has rightfully secured it, let it go and enjoy the rest of the show. It was very sad to see the fight over the tambourine on Saturday, between section 102 and 103 around row 8. It got ugly and security had to intervene. No one wants it to get to the point where the band simply won't toss anything out because they don't want people getting hurt.

This happened in the row right behind me. I didn't think it got too ugly, it just took some time to peel the people away . Once possession was established, people gave up grabbing for it, no " fight " happened. But some people were on top of each other on the floor, & like I said before they had to be "peeled" off. His gf/wife did a GREAT job covering up on him ( just like a fumble recovery), made sure she was the closest to him. Nice protection & she had a cool costume too, btw. Congratulations to the tambourine recipients 8-) !

while technically not a "fight"..i think the op is merely referencing the fact that the guy did practically get tackled, was pushed down the ground, and people WERE still grabbing at him/it, even after he CLEARLY had it in his possession...to the point that he had it completely wrapped up in his arms, pulled close to his body. i was right there, witnessed - in amazement - the whole thing. i've seen plenty of people dive/grab for tamborines and picks, but never that long. and yes, his gf/wife had a GREAT pebbles flintstone costume and she was rocking out ALL night long - BOTH of them looked to be having a GREAT time, so was awesome to see them get the tamborine.

michelle822 wrote:

A drunk guy with a black hat kissing people? It's not the same guy who ended up assaulting a fan for the wine bottle is it? His pic is in the assault thread. If it is, it might help 10C pinpoint where he was sitting and who he is.

no.
NOT the same guy.
this guy, while definitely out of line....was just a drunk fan, totally into the show having a GREAT time with his buddy. again, not the same guy. just wanted to clarify that fact.

at a show in West Palm Beach Florida, I was in row 12 or 14 with my girlfriend at the time who was 5 foot 2, 115 pounds, and Matt threw his sticks out, and one was coming right at her, I thought she was about to catch it, and some dickless frog-fucker bowled her over. Actually knocker her down, he got the stick, and took off. it happened so fast and i was in such disbelief that I did nothing. Man, I was pissed, but i didnt want to let it ruin my night, so we let it go.

And people are as greedy as the band is generous. I was three rows back at Toronto and I watched the same fatass chick pick up seven or so of mike's picks. Each time she'd pick up one or three she'd look around and cheer for herself like a fat obnoxious you know what. The only time I ever got anything from a show, is when I was FRC at Hartford, because Eddie handed the picks to my friend and I. Thank you sir!

My thoughts on tambourines is that Ed shouldn't frisbee them too far out into the crowd. Front couple rows only, and he should designate who they're intended for...not that that even helps, as we're reading over the philly wine bottle.

It's a priviledge to be that close to the stage, and part of that priviledge is to maybe get a souvenir. If you're back a bunch of rows: too bad, plain and simple.

theanswersarefatal wrote:

And people are as greedy as the band is generous. I was three rows back at Toronto and I watched the same fatass chick pick up seven or so of mike's picks. Each time she'd pick up one or three she'd look around and cheer for herself like a fat obnoxious you know what. The only time I ever got anything from a show, is when I was FRC at Hartford, because Eddie handed the picks to my friend and I. Thank you sir!

My thoughts on tambourines is that Ed shouldn't frisbee them too far out into the crowd. Front couple rows only, and he should designate who they're intended for...not that that even helps, as we're reading over the philly wine bottle.

It's a priviledge to be that close to the stage, and part of that priviledge is to maybe get a souvenir. If you're back a bunch of rows: too bad, plain and simple.

B/c some "fatass chick" got a bunch of picks, she's greedy? Mike throws them out by the handful, it's nobody's job to make sure everybody in the crowd gets one.

Ed should throw the tambourines further into the crowd. He does alot of picking and choosing and randomly tossing, but he doesn't ever seem to really give it a good throw.

The only privilege that comes with having close seats is a being close to the stage.