Kings of Leon gig cancelled due to bird shit

holapearljam wrote:

I was front row for this show last night. Yes, there were pigeons up above crapping where Jared stands on stage. This happened to the first two bands as well. However, they just avoided that spot and kept going. I think adjustments could have been made and the show could have gone on.

Yeah, like he could have just moved and stood somewhere else on the stage!!! Fucking hell, I've never heard of anything quite so ridiculous. Fair enough if the stage was being showered in shit, but come on!

I still don't understand how a pigeon crapped in Jared's mouth. Was he looking up in the air while drumming or did the pigeon just have good aiming skills? KOL are starting to get on my nerves, ever since they hit ht big with their last album they've become very arrogant seems like. They just walked out of the arena without saying anything to their fans. I'm suppose to see them in Aug. so hope all goes well.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... tml?hpt=T2

(CNN) -- Pooping pigeons forced the Kings of Leon to abandon their St. Louis, Missouri, concert after just three songs Friday night, the rock band's management said Saturday.

An infestation of the birds in the rafters of the Verizon Amphitheatre bombarded the musicians as soon as they took the stage, according to Andy Mendelsohn of Vector Management.

"Jared (Followill) was hit several times during the first two songs," Mendelsohn said of the band's bassist.

"It's not only disgusting -- it's a toxic health hazard. They really tried to hang in there," Mendelsohn added.

Followill, who describes himself as a "germophobe," said there was already poop on his pedal and carpet when he walked out on stage.

The aerial attack began during the opening song -- "Closer" -- when he was bombed in the face. His bass tech wiped most of it off with a sanitary wipe, he said.

Excrement struck each of his arms over the next two numbers, he said.

"I was hit by pigeons on each of the first three songs," he said. "We had 20 songs on the set list. By the end of the show, I would have been covered from head to toe."

Followill said he couldn't see the pigeons above him and he had no idea how many there were.

"The last thing I was going to do was look up ... but if that was only a couple, we must have caught them right after a big Thanksgiving dinner," he quipped.

The group was determined to play for St. Louis fans even though they had fair warning earlier about the pigeon problem.

Opening bands The Postelles and The Stills came offstage complaining of getting riddled with large amounts of excrement, their publicist said.

"The Kings of Leon decided to carry on regardless," they said in a statement released Saturday. "The band felt it would be unfair to the fans to cancel the show at that late moment."

"We couldn't believe what The Postelles and The Stills looked like after their sets," Followill said. "We didn't want to cancel the show, so we went for it. We tried to play. It was ridiculous."

Followill's mother called him when she heard from friends at the show that it had been abruptly ended.

"I was attacked, Mom, but not by humans," Followill said he told her.

Venue managers told the band's representatives earlier Friday about "a significant pigeon infestation problem with summer shows over the years, but they were doing all they could to fix it," the statement said.

"We want to apologize to our fans in St. Louis and will come back as soon as we can," Mendelsohn said.

Concertgoers were apparently spared the aerial bombardment.

"No fans got pooped on as far as we know," the band's publicist said.

Verizon Amphitheatre and concert promoter Live Nation did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment.

The band is set to perform at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday night.

apparently, they tried to continue until Jared caught a turd in his mouth :shock:
that was the final straw

Austicman wrote:

When PJ played Sydney last year it was 108 degrees. Eddie was sick with flu, coughing and throwing his guts up at the side of the stage whenever got a break and they still managed 28 songs as well as under pressure with Ben Harper.

that should read ed came out BEFORE pjs gig and played under pressure with ben harper and then went on to sing a curtailed set with his band . but what a champ.

DewieCox wrote:

You guys would work while you and $50000 worth of your personal property get shit on?

oh please it was bird shit. not agent orange ffs.

DewieCox wrote:

catefrances wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

You guys would work while you and $50000 worth of your personal property get shit on?

oh please it was bird shit. not agent orange ffs.

Is that really a yes? So tomorrow grab a couple pigeons on your way to work. Set one in a cage above your head and let one loose in your car.

I'd be mad at the venue personally.

what it is is a giant laugh at KoL for being so precious. over a dozen people lost their lives at a festival in germany this weekend and KoL walk off cause a bird shat on them. seems the more fans they got the less sense of humour theyve retained.

catefrances wrote:

what it is is a giant laugh at KoL for being so precious. over a dozen people lost their lives at a festival in germany this weekend and KoL walk off cause a bird shat on them. seems the more fans they got the less sense of humour theyve retained.

That's kinda reachin. How's that really related? The guy got shit in his mouth after the opening band got shit on quite a bit. Sure people have rocked through more but I can't really fault the guy for not wantin shit on him or thousands of dollars in gear he uses.

Get_Right wrote:

in defense of the the other bands-they actually tour for extended periods of time-doing 28 songs a night would kill em

PJ was doin 28 songs a night even through the extended tours.

DewieCox wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

in defense of the the other bands-they actually tour for extended periods of time-doing 28 songs a night would kill em

PJ was doin 28 songs a night even through the extended tours.

they used to, but havent in awhile
and they havent toured like the kings for a LONG time