Kings of Leon gig cancelled due to bird shit

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  • allornone
    allornone Posts: 269
    Take this for what it's worth...

    http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2 ... uly_23.php

    Three days after pigeon poop shut down Kings of Leon's show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, the story continues to be the talk of the town. Naturally, the local rumor mill has swirled into high gear with plenty of conspiracy theories -- and conflicting stories.

    Favazz, the long-time DJ on KSHE 95 FM, was discussing the concert over the air today during his afternoon shift. During the show, he received a phone call from a listener who claims he was working backstage at the venue on Friday night - and saw something very different.

    According to the caller, who wished to remain anonymous and didn't want the conversation broadcast on air, it was drinking - not pigeons - that caused the concert to end early.

    "He said that the band got there at 11 o'clock, drank all day - and I don't think I said this on the air - but each of them took an IV to try to sober up," Favazz told A to Z. "And that they were just wasted. They went out there and just couldn't play, [and] blamed it on the pigeons."

    Favazz added that this conversation corroborated what he read on Facebook over the weekend. (In fact, he said the caller told him that whoever had posted about the band drinking had already been fired.)

    The local Live Nation office referred me to the Vice President of Communications in the company's Beverly Hills office for comment; a voicemail left hasn't yet been returned. I also have an email into Kings of Leon's publicist for comment.

    In their statement on Saturday, Kings of Leon mentioned that both opening bands, the Stills and the Postelles, were also pooped on. I have questions sent to both bands for clarification/comment and am waiting on responses.

    We'll update the story once we have more information.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    holy fuck balls.. now theres a band i havent heard in a while........... the stills.

    runs off to find logic will break your heart
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Well I guess they wouldn't be the first band to not be able to play cause they were too wasted. But if that were the case, they should have felt at least a little pang of guilt and stated there would be another show (in a different venue) to make up for it. Even if they do so now, it will look like damage control. Dummies. Really really badly handled.

    Wait....IV's???????? Is this for real? Sounds like a scene from the Wall....
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Get_Right wrote:

    cant think of another at the moment

    My Morning Jacket :!:
    NERDS!
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    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!
    If you've ever seen KoL live before, you'll know that they never move. They stand in the same spot for 20 songs and leave. :mrgreen:
    NERDS!
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Get_Right wrote:
    jervin007 wrote:
    I saw a green day setlist from a few days ago and it was 28 songs. Saw them for the American idiot tour and the show lasted about two hours. Pretty good in my opinion.
    many green day songs are like 2 minutes
    -but they are a great live band
    and did someone actually compare the no code tour to current events?

    that was 14 years ago bro!

    c'mon, there are only a few bands that play three hour shows with different sets and tour extensively
    wilco is one
    furthur is another

    cant think of another at the moment

    Drive-By Truckers played for about 2.75 hours when I saw them in May. Awesome show!
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    If you've ever seen KoL live before, you'll know that they never move. They stand in the same spot for 20 songs and leave. :mrgreen:

    Yeah I've seen them a few times. I just don't get why, if it was just one area of the stage that was getting hit, why they couldn't have halted the show for say 15-20 minutes and moved his gear to another part of the stage - surely it wouldn't have been that hard? It just doesn't sound like they tried to do anything about it, which is pretty shitty when people have made the effort to go and see them.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,165
    The Pigeon Detectives should have opened up for them in St. Louis. :lol:

    They are a UK indie rock band, not too bad

    http://www.myspace.com/thepigeondetectives
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  • http://flagpole.com/Weekly/Homedrone/Pa ... ty3-4Aug10

    I love how Patterson Hood disses on the KoL dude :)