Top 20 Concerts Ruined by MORONS

These concerts did not end well. For this list, we’ll be looking at concerts that ended up going horribly wrong because of someone’s poor choices-whether it was the organizers, the audience, or the performers themselves. Our countdown of concerts ruined by morons includes shows by bands like The Who, Nickelback, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Smash Mouth, and more! Do you know of any other disastrous concerts ruined by foolish decisions? If so, please tell us in the comments section!
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[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Wonder is the chris brown phone Incident on there?

[@LifeOfKade08]

Someone giving their dead mother's ashes to P!nk on 6/27/2023

[@zombiemeerkat8958]

Uhhhh...the Damageplan concert that ended the life of Dimebag Darryl Abbot?

[@madjack3646]

@@zombiemeerkat8958 Exactly, but let's cry about Smash Mouth having bread thrown at them.

[@gzenko3408]

I'm pretty sure that the 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival should have been #1, but it didn't even make the list

[@giancarlofelicianocastaned9316]

Calling Kanye a moron is a compliment.

[@VJAllison1974]

Best comment of the day... You are so right!!!

[@chrisrj9871]

"To call (Kanye) stupid would be an insult to STUPID people!!!" ...to paraphrase that movie.

[@mikitz]

The dumbest self-appointed genius ever.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Gay fish

[@firstylasty9417]

There are so many words to choose from.

[@VJAllison1974]

Kurt Cobain was a freaking genius. I love his revenge for the crowd treating their opening act so horribly.

[@roxy5588]

Kurt had high respect for women. This concert was genius and I loved that he did that. And Kurt did not stand for the audience's rudeness and their disrespect to their opening act.

[@landonmiles97]

I agree 100%. Even if you don’t like the openers, that’s no reason to act like that crowd acted. Good on Kurt for trolling them.

[@ZiggaMau]

Hell yeah! Eh eh eh eh eh 😂😂 genius!

[@Wellch]

@@landonmiles97 just refrain from applauding.

[@bradfaulkner9597]

@@roxy5588 Yeah, and his respect for women really did him wonders... He ended up getting murdered by one...

[@braydensleath9016]

That #5 entry had me dying laughing. Nirvana trolled the entire crowd for being shitty 🤣

[@Pissedoffdetective]

Being honest... Kurt and Nirvana needed medals for thier brass balls for doing that. It was a perfect response.

[@mariafox9226]

I gotta love the petty revenge Nirvana act. Pretty awesome they stood up for their opening band. 😊

[@RVAdada]

The greatest way he trolled them is how he started to play the opening to smells like teen spirit but then played another song

[@mariafox9226]

@@RVAdada hell even Lynyrd Skynyrd got some petty revenge too.

[@CandiceVidito]

Some people are morons and like to ruin things for others. This is why we can't have nice things.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It's a shame that people never find the balance of freedom

[@TheBridgesYouBurn]

Well, you never know some of them may even be paid agitators.

[@esinohio]

The worst concert I ever went to was a Green Day concert a long long time ago. The guy in front of me erupted from his behind and dumped a bucket of pure liquid poo all over directly in front of me. It got all over my shoes and socks, it was terrible. No sooner did I process that I had essentially been poo'd on, he started vomiting. Yeah, it was everywhere. No time to get mad though, turns out he was having a massive heart attack. They carried him off to the hospital and I walked out of there barefoot with my shoes in a trashbag. Good times.

[@flexivefowl8186]

This is why we can't have nice things

[@MORON_Gaming]

Definitely.

[@kershabeaver3312]

Exactly

[@DarrylKeithFordGaming]

Agreed

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

There are soooooo many of these it's Hard to choose one.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

The afroman one tho. She got what was coming to her.

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

one thing that always bugs me is when the stories include the *band* being banned form a venue when it was the *audience* who ruined everything!

[@lexkanyima2195]

True

[@JacksonOwex]

Yeah! I'm no fan of Axl Rose but how the fuck is it THEIR fault that people were jackasses?!

[@daedae1522]

@@JacksonOwexpeople blamed Travis Scott

[@Jesseface94]

@@daedae1522 Travis Scott deserves to be in prison for what happened at AstroWorld. There are plenty of reasons to blame him.

[@RVAdada]

@@JacksonOwexyeah!

[@TitusRedwind]

I remember seeing a video from a Five Finger Death Punch concert where the band stopped playing because a fan picked up another fan and slammed them on the ground. They refused to continue playing until the guy apologized and was taken out by security.

[@alpha34098]

Yeah. Never seen the singer so pissed (for a good reason)

[@PluckYeah]

1993, I saw The Violent Femmes in Fremantle, Western Australia. When someone threw a full can of beer at the band. The lead singer yelled that they have been paid and if the guy who threw that isn't beaten and thrown out, they will leave. Moments later, some dude was being dragged past me, all bloodied in the face.. The gig then rocked!!..

[@firstylasty9417]

The Violent Femmes. They bring all their equipment on the bus. And you can't fuck with the Violent Femmes.

[@lizzlebizzle5003]

You’d have to be a special kind of knob jockey to throw something at the Femmes. Dude. Sounds like he got what he deserved and yay for seeing The Femmes in Freo! 😎

[@ShinbiBelldandy]

Kurt Cobain is a class act. I’m so sorry he’s not with us anymore. Oh what might have been….😢

[@Kinosho_Kawakami]

"embarrass two fans"? no, he embarrassed himself.

[@guedes28]

The fact that the Kiss nightclub fire in Brazil didn't made it to this list, makes me wonder if people outside the country know about it. It's a similar case to numbers 1 and 11 of the list, with far more casualties. Even has a Netflix mini series.

[@Igor_Vinicius]

242 casualties, to be exact. The whole time I was expecting it to be no. 1.

[@Thephillips-dj1po]

The person responsible wasn’t a “Moron”, he was fully of his actions and tried to cover it up. That’s why it didn’t make the list.

[@nicktaylor2657]

Surprised no mention of the infamous Doors concert in Miami 1969 where Jim Morrison was arrested for exposing himself to the crowd 😳

[@lizzlebizzle5003]

Not really, I don’t think it quite belongs in *this* list but it does belong in *a* list. 😏

[@zakirstocks9514]

Don't you just hate it when someone SO Cruel and Heartless ruins the Best Concerts of a Lifetime?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like the kanye song said.😂

[@tylerriley2587]

They jealous that’s why

[@zakirstocks9514]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 Yep, Exactly 😂🤣😂🤣

[@zakirstocks9514]

@@tylerriley2587 They shouldn't let jealousy take them over

[@TySpiceland]

Ugh I know, that nickelback concert was ruined…

[@dstcoyote22rants]

The Nickelback incdenr was more due to poor booking by their management, not because of people literally paying to go ee a band they hated... as the lead singer later admitted that they being a rock band being billed on a heavy metal festival meant there would be way more people there not wanting to see them and just not having it... As Chad sad, . "in their defense, If I went to a metal festival I wouldn't want to see Nickelback either."

[@ChaseMC215]

Besides, if they hated Nickelback, why would they buy tickets for a band they hate? It doesn't make sense.

[@RVAdada]

@@ChaseMC215yeah its like ordering food you hate and then complaining about it

[@ClandestineRecords]

They were there to see Slipknot who was at the same bill

[@dstcoyote22rants]

@@ClandestineRecords exactly... the "Morons" were the people who put Nickelback on the same bill as Slipknot...

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

Speaking of poor booking incidents, a friend of mine who’s big into metal and punk told me about an incident involving a heavy metal band called Lamb of God. He explained, “For context, their original name was Burn the Priest.” He told me that Lamb of God was invited to perform at a gospel concert because someone saw the name and made an assumption about the kind of music they made. The band asked, “You don’t know what kind of music we make, do you?” and declined the invitation.

[@cazia9]

The context for the Who concert in Ohio makes it even more unnerving - concert goers were waiting outside and mistakenly took the sound check for the concert beginning so they began to press forward resulting in the crushing rush to get in

[@gridlore]

And security panicked and opened two doors. The series "WKRP in Cincinnati" did an amazing episode on the Riverfront disaster.

[@Trekkienut4]

WKRP in Cincinnati did a great show about this. They helped to end Festival seating finally.

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

@@Trekkienut4except it came back a few years later, now called “general admission”

[@georgeprice4212]

@@akaLaBrujaRojatrue, but remember…it was lack of doors being unlocked that was responsible as well. That event almost pushed The Who off the cliff when they found out what happened. And, there’s footage from a Chicago concert a few days later and they really look like they do not want to continue the tour…and, really, does anybody blame them for feeling like that?

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

@@georgeprice4212 I was just responding to Trekkienut4 who said this “helped to end festival seating finally.” Because it didn’t. It did temporarily, then it was brought back and just renamed “general admission.”

[@HartKent]

I recently watched Woodstock 99 on Netflix- quite an interesting look at the attitudes of both the organisers and the “frat boys” that attended

[@CarsonSenseney_metal_head666]

I honestly was expecting the Dimebag Incident and the GnR St. Louis riot too

[@DrawciaGleam02]

They got MAD at a band who didn't want BIRD POOP on them during a performance?!? SERIOUSLY??? 🤦‍♀

[@fku952]

Not sure how that is hard to understand. Janitors have to clean up much nastier things for minimum wage and this band was going to make 10s of thousands of dollars from a few hour performance. For them to not be able to deal with some bird poop is an enormous insult to the audience

[@justinlescarbeau9926]

I was only 7-8 years old then the station nightclub fire happened but I will never forget it. My aunt and I drove by it the following morning and I will never forget the smell… with Rhode Island being the smallest state everyone knows someone who perished in the fire or was injured or was supposed to be at the club that night. Absolutely terrifying

[@user-dy4rp6bq8e]

I was in Iraq when I and others I served with saw it on the tv in our field DFAC (chow hall)

[@justinlescarbeau9926]

@@user-dy4rp6bq8e thank you for your service

[@felipeaguena5289]

Am I the only one that SERIOUSLY hates being in large gatherings of people? People are gross

[@Mattology1]

People smell

[@Felixdiekatze815]

You are definitely NOT the only one.

[@Trix897]

I grew up in the Midwest and wasn’t even 10 when the Riverfront Colosseum disaster happened in 1979. It stuck with me all these years. 20 years later, I lived 10 miles from Rome, NY and Woodstock 99 happened. So much wrong with that one…

[@corbindioxide6253]

The people who died at The Who concert died presumably standing up. The crowd was so tight, they were literally being carried to the front. Terrifying. Crowd crush is terrifying to me. Always look for exits…

[@momtammy3563]

Rolling Stone magazine had a really good article about the tragedy soon after it occurred. One of the things that stayed with me was a brief moment shared by one of the survivors: he was in the thick of the crush, trying to get through it upright, when he felt something tugging at his pants, around the knee. He looked down and saw a girl, parallel to the floor, stuck between people who had no way to help her. She was crowd surfing, but at roughly 3 ft off the floor. He didn't know what happened to her, and you could tell he had been changed by his experience. As I recall, most of the dead were found up against a chain link fence, the top of which was bent outward about a foot from the pressure of the crowd. I can only imagine how horrible it must have been to be one of those right up on the fence while it was sustaining such pressure.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

That guy who shot the late, great Dimebag Darrell needs to go to HELL.

[@mattalan6618]

you do realize the shooter was also killed right

[@BurnLikeAFlame]

Nobody goes to fictional places.

[@canontheory]

@@BurnLikeAFlame Heaven, Hell and God are all real. God sent his only son Jesus Christ to die for us on the cross so we could be forgiven of our sins. All you have to do is put all your trust and faith in Jesus, believe in your heart he is the son of God and that he died for our sins on the cross and turn away from your sins and you will be saved and go to heaven. This is all 100% real and is extremely serious stuff, so make that change today and accept Jesus as your savior and get saved while you still have time. God Bless

[@BurnLikeAFlame]

@@canontheory Odin is real! Thor is real! I have mythology to prove it, just like your mythology! But they can both beat up your gawd.

[@dimebagdave77]

He may very well have brother. Still hard to think about all these years later

[@somanah]

#8 the Nickleback one, it was a heavy metal festival but for some reason the organisers booked Nickleback to headline it. Got all this from an interview with Nickleback saying it was their fault, they should never have gone lol.

[@ChaseMC215]

Chad even said, and I quote, "in their defense, If I went to a metal festival, I wouldn't want to see Nickelback either."

[@deandupont5503]

The anagram of 'Kanye West' is 'Sweaty Ken.'

[@Lucky_Male_Bee]

Even if I wasn't in a wheelchair, I'm not standing up & dancing just because Kanye told me to, I'm a grown ass man! I paid $115 for these tickets, you dance! I was at the Kanye West 2008 Bonnaroo Glow In The Dark Tour the sun came up on. He was supposed to go on the night before at 8pm but thought it was too early, so he moved to the next day after Pearl Jam was headlining & didn't go on stage until about 5am & the sun came up halfway through the set.

[@sheilaholmes996]

I love the Nirvana reaction.

[@Mrshoujo]

Frank Zappa's band is the MOTHERS of Invention. PLURAL.

[@moose656]

The Kings of Leon thing was just fans getting pissed. It wasn't the band, it was the venue not dealing with their pigeon problem. That guy had the nerve to say "man up"? Okay, how about YOU try to put on a show with birds constantly sh*tting on you.

[@kennethozelie2082]

The worse was the way the "kids" acted at the 99 "Woodstock" and I don't want to hear it blamed on the venue or alcohol sales sales or anything else, what is a good excuse for for assaulting women, they have no respect for anyone, anything anything, had I been there and seen someone acting a fool or assaulting women, I would have been a big part of the problem, a problem to those jerks!!!

[@maximeprometheas]

When I read the title of the video, the first thing that came to mind was Damageplan's last concert. (If you're not a Dimebag Darrell fan and don't know the story behind that, look it up.) Also, I can scarce believe that after 29 years I am still discovering new stories about Kurt Cobain that further cement his status as absolute Legend. Now, as somebody who's been going to concerts since I first figured out how to sneak out of my parents' house to do so as a Gen-X teenager, I've seen my share of concerts ruined by morons over the past three decades or so. But I prefer to mention one concert that could very well have been ruined by a moron, but instead was epically saved by the band. The band in question is French Cyberpunk legends Punish Yourself, the date is either late 2005 or early 2006, the venue is what was then the _Locomotive_ in Paris, France (which venue today is part of the Moulin Rouge complex). A couple of songs into the set, after a song during which a lady dressed up as a sexy nurse came on stage and a guy dressed like some B-movie monster/killer joined her and started piercing her tits with long thin spikes (when I said Punish Yourself are legends, I meant it!), some moron from the audience climbed up on stage and just wouldn't leave. The moron, who was clearly at an advanced stage of inebriation, just kept running up and down playing cat and mouse with the Security, trying to touch the members of the band (who were lathered in glow-in-the-dark neon paint), trying to touch the vocalist's foot-long Mohawk, trying to touch the sexy nurse (who wasn't actually naked; just in a skimpy sexy getup). The vocalist looked around, figured that Security weren't going to help solve _that_ problem anytime soon, and then when the moron got up in his face again he just kicked him off the stage so hard - like, totally _This is Sparta!_ style - the moron flew off two or three rows back into the audience who first caught him (moron or not, there is still a minimum modicum of Metalhead etiquette, such as catching whoever flies off stage, whatever their means of propulsion) , and then dropped him. Don't know what happened to the moron afterwards, but the audience went wild and was rocking away at twice the zeal for the rest of the gig.

[@Trix897]

Dimebag Darrell deserved so much better than to be murdered like that. I wasn’t a fan, but to murder someone when they’re performing? That’s just messed up.

[@Mattology1]

Ok chill

[@JPriz416]

My son was going to Great White Concert but changed his mind at the last minute.

[@dillongstaff5625]

There's always one who wasn't there.

[@feliciajenkins5041]

The hells angels as security 🤦🏾‍♀️.

[@RVAdada]

You forgot to mention how the hells angels stabbed that guy because he pulled out a gun and was heading towards the stage

[@smithgorrilugum4574]

Hearing about the "Fyre Festival" debacle never gets old. 😆

[@ChaseMC215]

I saw someone wear a Fyre Festival event organizer shirt in one of the local coffee shops in my home town.

[@corymorimacori1059]

“You think I haven’t heard those things before? You’re just a bully who’s scared to go to war. You had a hit song called My Way but someone else who wrote it. You’re the least talented rat in your whole pack of rodents!” Freddie Mercury

[@CashSwagg9374]

Did Freddie Mercury make a Frank Sinatra diss track?

[@GuesttseuG411]

Pretty sure it’s a line from rap battles of history Freddie vs Frank

[@CashSwagg9374]

@@GuesttseuG411 oh

[@joemc1960]

I was at the Philly Aerosmith concert when the cherry bomb was thrown. I think Steven Tyler called us “Filthydelphia” and stormed off. Good insult. We didn’t blame him.

[@josesoares3582]

I was there at Ilha do Ermal . It was a metal festival with bands like Slipknot, Dimmu Borgir, Moonspel... Nickelback was there as a last minute band to fullfill the gap of Coal Chamber, who canceled. No one even knew they will be perfoming... So imagine, you're on a metal festival waiting for Coal Chamber, and instead apear this guys on stage 😂. Totally surprise everyone.

[@jessifer23f]

Huge diff between the two.

[@johnf2104]

What about Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio in 2004? Only thing that happened was four people were shot and killed, including guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.

[@aryanalewis4558]

Britney has said she was being forced to take drug tests around that time so when she smelled weed, she freaked out and ran off cuz thats how afraid she was of her dad

[@drsilaslang]

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. How they got that one wrong, I'll never know

[@murrayc9615]

Years ago, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a local classic rock radio station - known for promoting hard rock acts when they come to town - was teasing for weeks about "a major announcement" which got their listeners extremely excited. They revealed they were going to announce a concert they were promoting, and kept teasing their listeners as to who the artist was. For days and days and DAYS the listeners kept guessing it was going to be a hard rock band like AC/DC, or Metallica, or something along those lines. When they finally revealed who it was.. it was non-other than... ....wait for it... ... ..CELINE DION!! There was so much outrage by the radio station's listeners, that the controversy got back to Celine and her manager husband, Rene. They took it as such a personal insult that they cancelled the concert. To try and mend things, the DJs managed to get Rene on the phone live on the air, and he was PI$$ED basically basically saying they will NEVER come to Halifax ever again (they previously played Halifax a few years before the incident) The media got the story wrong and thought NO ONE wanted Celine to come, so fuel got added to the fire when TRUE Celine fans (and rival pop radio station who should have been the promoters) got even MORE mad at Celine for snubbing THEM because she and Rene refused to accept/understand it was all a mistake.

[@RealityCheckTV]

Death Angel have a song on their "Act III" album called "Disturbing the peace" which was about the infamous Centennial Hall Riot in Hayward Ca 1989. I was there.The plug was pulled on the band after one song because security there was not familiar with stage diving and mosh pits and got all panicky. The result backfired as the crowd destroyed the plaza.

[@jasonbean2764]

Indoor pyrotechnics are never a good idea.

[@savagesword6393]

Shooting a flare indoors, at a crowded concert? I'm sorry, but I hope that person didn't make it out.

[@g.b.174]

The Long Beach Arena riot that occurred during the RUN DMC tour August 17, 1996. I was there at age 15. It completely changed concert security forever.

[@mefirstandthegimmiegimmies5160]

I just cant go to concerts anymore. People are disgusting and inconsiderate. The last show I went to earlier year, people just threw trash all over the ground and dumped half drunk beers everywhere. The place smelled and looked like crap when it was over. And this was an inside venue.

[@davidblaydes]

Hearing Jeff Burton talk about pigeongate puts a smile on my face, Our Jeff will forever be missed

[@A1441]

The BON JOVI concert held at the Rizal Football Stadium in the Philippines (Sep 1992) should also be included here. People rioted when the band unceremoniously ended their performance after only 7 or 8 songs. They did not return to finish their concert. Later, JON BONGIOVI told the international press that "They had to bring in tanks to pacify the crowd, man!" This was an exaggeration.

[@CanalDuModem]

Why did they end the show after only seven songs?

[@A1441]

@@CanalDuModem It was drizzling before the concert started. When they got on stage, it started raining. They kept performing because no one in the audience left. Until lightning started to join the rain. The crowd from the upper benches took this chance to join the small crowd on the football field. Several climbed the scaffolding for the video monitor for a better view. Amidst all this, the lead singer was telling the people on the tower to go down, to no avail. Then they left citing that the wet stage is in danger of electrocuting them. They promised to come back once the rain subsided and the stage got a little dry. So the concert-goers waited...and waited...and waited. After 45 minutes, the rain cleared and the people started clapping and shouting for BON JOVI to perform again. After a few minutes, someone from the organizers announced that the group left the stadium and that they won't be coming back. That's when all hell broke loose.

[@CanalDuModem]

​@@A1441 Ok. Thanks! Stopping the show in those circumstances is understandable - promising to continue the concert after the rain and then not doing that is not. But starting a riot and breaking everything up..? Doesn't make much sense either.

[@A1441]

@@CanalDuModem As was shown in the footage of one of the concerts in this video, people rioted when the concert was discontinued. It is understandable in the light of poor fans who sacrificed a lot to get a pricey ticket only to not get their money's worth come concert time. They were understandably angry and frustrated over the short change.

[@stevegallo8483]

While nobody died after that 1971 concert in Montreux, there most definitely injuries per multiple reports of the incident. The Mothers of Invention had to cancel shows after it, because Frank Zappa suffered smoke inhalation and PTSD.

[@41663]

I dont blame any band for walking out. A little respect and behaving yourselves can go a long ways to having a good time.

[@derpydashdjblazekin]

Now that I've heard what the heck happened at altamont speedway now the reference in daria makes more sense

[@MaeveLaRenarde]

That Metallica and Guns&Roses concert is so infamous here. Everyone has seen the videos of the riots, fights and chaos. It was even worse than a hockey riot which is quite something.

[@frostyjim2633]

In grade school, some kids started shooting the Cleveland Orchestra with paperclips & rubberbands. They left the stage. The kids were who you think.

[@pinstripingbybear.]

@13:36 the young man watch mojo speaks of, was stabbed but it was after he pull a revolver and shot at them and the band.

[@kevincampbell9526]

The guy stabbed at the Stones concert actually pulled a gun on the Angels.

[@randytessman6750]

As a Canadian I apologize for Bieber ...... not all of us are polite but as bad as he is remember we gave you Jim Carrey & Keanu Reeves too :) Thou I dont blame those in Montreal from getting denied what should have been an epic concert.

[@Gene-XL]

That Great White incident still strikes me as a completely shockingly stupid act that didn’t need to happen.

[@markjastrzebski2065]

Eleven people dead and cell phones ringing shouldn't be mentioned in the same video.

[@kingeatking]

Fred Drust didn't make the worst decision at Woodstock 99. That prize goes to the Red Hot Chili Peppers 🔥

[@rockstar-gc2006]

What did Red Hot Chili Peppers do at Woodstock 1999?

[@RVAdada]

Yeah what did they do?

[@kingeatking]

@@rockstar-gc2006 they played fire by Jimi Hendrix while people in the audience were holding candles for the columbine shootings. People started fires while the song was being played. They were asked not to play it but that fell on deaf ears. I'm a big Chilli fan but come on. Common sense should have prevailed.

[@rockstar-gc2006]

@kingeatking I can see why Red Hot Chili Peppers deserve the blame, but also, Anthony Kiedis wrote in his book "Scar Tissue" said that Jimi Hendrix's sister requested Red Hot Chili Peppers to play "Fire" to honor Jimi Hendrix for his performance at Woodstock 1969.

[@firstylasty9417]

Pretty sure that ALL of the decisions for Woodstock 99 were the worst decisions ever. Here, the original Woodstock you had some of the most legendary artists of all time. And then you had some tone deaf imbecile pick dumbass shit like Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Korn, Everclear, Buckcherry, Dave Matthews, Godsmack, etc. You couldn't pay me to listen to that shit. Let alone hang with any of their fans. ...All this, in addition to the money-grubbing horrific management. 100% nope.

[@DownShK]

Maybe the Collectiv incident in Romania should have been on this list (64 dead + many more injured + protests + mayor in jail)

[@AlmostEthical]

Hilarious seeing Smashmouth's musicians patiently playing the song while the singer goes crazy. It reminded me of a gig I played in a throw together band, ironically called the All Stars. The singer was nervous and got wasted before the gig and he completely forgot how to sing Telegram Sam. We kept playing that dumb riff *forever*, waiting for the clown to sing something that sounded remotely like it belonged. We were pissed off at the time but it's funny looking back. I heard later that the screwup broke a friendship between the guitarist and singer.

[@KRS2000]

An honorable mention should have been when Black Sabbath played in I think Milwaukee in 1980. During their first or second song, someone threw a big brass cross up onstage and hit bassist Geezer Butlers bass, and sliced his strings, but continued. Afterwards, someone else (or the same person) threw a beer bottle up and hit Geezer right in the head. He played while blood poured down his face. By the time they were going to start playing their next song, Geezer collapsed. The band left the stage, and I think their tour manager came out to give the audience crap for what happened and the show ended. In the end, the audience tore the place up, and gear got destroyed. There is an audio clip out there somewhere of what happened, but its a bit hard to find now.

[@bored1ca]

Was that the Black and Blue tour when Sabbath toured with Blue Oyster Cult?

[@KRS2000]

@@bored1ca It may be the same tour, but I might be wrong.

[@seanharris37]

The most amazing thing I learned in this video, is that Great White was still performing in 2003. Wow !

[@dtw63]

Did you hear who finally quit smoking? The lead singer of great white. 😬 to soon? 😂

[@bored1ca]

@@dtw63 I heard they did a cover of the Talking Heads song 'Burning Down the House.'

[@luisumana1238]

I feel like the concert where Bebe Rexha had a phone thrown at her face should be worth mentioning.

[@bored1ca]

Who?

[@luisumana1238]

@bored1ca She's a pop star that's been featured on some of the biggest pop songs in recent years.

[@robertspencer2516]

Leicester University 70’s England. The Who. Who came on earlier than most bands.Had problems getting in couple of hundred still outside. When I eventually got into the Percy Gee building we couldn’t get into the hall. Suddenly a Hells Angel carrying a huge tray of bottles of Ale. Dipped in behind him and the crowd parted to let him through. The Hall was half empty as bottles rained down from the balcony. The who and the Angels were having a Barney as they continued playing. Angels wanted Summertime Blues Who trying to play the mini Tommy opera. People climbing the gantries and roadies chucking them offTownsend was hit by a flying bottle on the head. He invited a Angel at the edge of the stage to climb upas blood flowed. The Angel who had apparently been winding Pete up obliged. As he pulled himself up Townsend smashed his guitar over him repeatedly . He was dragged away by his mates as the roadies did the same to Townsend. Then all hell broke loose .The crowd trying to get out of two small doorways. Even more bottles were thrown some being returned towards the Angels in the balcony. I remember though the rest of the Who just carried on playing before Daltrey twirled his mik😢e and aimed it at the rioters before being dragged off by roadies.. Moon was next kicking his drums over and throwing drum sticks at one who he had been having verbals with continually. Leaving Entwistle still playing the base for a couple of minutes before. He stopped looked around as if to think what’s going on, before carefully placing his bass on its stand and had to walk the length of the stage to exit calmly waving as bottles and god knows what we’re thrown. Absolute chaos everywhere. The security was I think provided by the University Rugby team, they had disappeared. Managed to get back stage and attempted to get a piece of Towmsends guitar as it laid in splinters. But as soon as I stepped on stage a torrent of bottles came down. Did see The band leaving. Townshends head wrapped in bandages he went tp the local hospital, the rest were ok. As they left a fan approached Townshend and asked when are you going back on. He said I am never playing this Shit hole again. They never did. .

[@anthonyespi7129]

I have a funny story that fits in with this subject. Back in 1980 my friend and I went to a J. Geils Band concert at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa, Florida. We were in high school at the time. The opening act was a band named "3D". 3D turned out to be a new wave band that we felt was totally wrong for a J. Geils audience. The audience started booing half way through the first song. The band continued playing and the audience started throwing trash up on the stage. This is back when the concert venues served soda in the tall wax coated paper cups. When you finished your soda you could wad the cup into a baseball size projectile. The stage was littered with these wadded up cups among other trash. Then, around the third or fourth song, with the stage literally covered in trash, something caught my eye above the audience. There was a spotlight in the back of the venue aimed directly at the center of the stage and there was something flashing, reflecting the light from the spotlight as it was flying from somewhere in the center of the audience and towards the stage. Back in the late '70s and early '80s concert security is not what it is today and you could sneak in all kinds of things. This flashing object headed straight for the bass player and hit him in the face. When it landed on the stage floor it turned out to be a Jack Daniels bottle. The bass player ran off the stage followed by the singer. The rest of the band continued playing. The singer came back out and told the band to stop. He then turned to the audience and said "F**K you Tampa" and walked off the stage, then the drummer came up to the front of the stage and mooned the audience before leaving the stage. The audience cheered as they left. It took staff half an hour to clean up the mess. J. Geils came out and played an great show. One year later we saw J. Geils again at the same venue. The ticket read "The J. Geils Band with special U2. We had no idea who U2 was, we had never heard of them. We found out later that they had recently released their first album and it was their first U.S. tour. After the 3D disaster they had another opening band whose name consisted of a number and a letter. We got there early because we didn't want to miss another disaster. U2 turned out to be amazing and the audience loved them. They were one of the best opening bands we had ever seen and we became big U2 fans after that show and it was amazing to see how their career progressed from that little band from Ireland into the superstars that they became.

[@momtammy3563]

I saw The J Geils Band on the same tour, at the Oakland Auditorium (which was remodeled and renamed The Henry J Kaiser Aud.). We also thought 3D was ridiculously mismatched with the greatest concert band of the era. I was a senior in high school, there with my sister, a female friend of my same age, and a group of about 8 Air Force guys, friends of ours who kept us safe in a crazy crowd. I don't remember the garbage being so bad, but the unfortunate members of 3D were as spit covered as anyone I've ever seen, and much of it flew right past me. I touched Peter Wolf's feet that night. Time of my life.

[@snowgloberescue8887]

@@momtammy3563 That is amazing! I saw them with 3D in Florida and you saw them in California. 3D made it across the country opening for J. Geils. Was every show like that? I'm surprised they lasted that long. Coincidentally, you were there with several Air Force members, I joined the Air Force a few months after seeing them. I was also in high school when I saw them. I lived just outside of Oakland from 2014 to 2019. I went to a lot of concerts, I don't remember the Henry J Kaiser Auditorium. Is that possibly what they are now calling the Cow Palace? It looks like an old concert venue. We went there for Hemp Fest.

[@momtammy3563]

@@snowgloberescue8887 what great parallels! I guess it's now known as the Kaiser Event Center, and it's at 10 10th St, so right downtown, which was where my mind was placing it. I did a quick Google search, and that's what I found. As for 3D, as far as I know they did last out the entire tour, and what a baptism by fire that must have been. They could face anything after that tour,, I betcha.

[@momtammy3563]

@@snowgloberescue8887 and as for the Cow Palace, it hosts horseshows and rodeos, so the name makes sense in that capacity. But it is, or was, indeed a concert venue. Saw Neil Young there, mostly solo on his Trans tour, 81, I think.

[@thereallg4587]

*The last week or so has been terrible for singers. A phone thrown at Bebe, a persons mother ashes thrown on stage to p!nk, something was thrown at Kelsey and lil nas x got an adult toy thrown on stage, someone almost attacked Ava. What’s next?*

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Lil nas x what your kidding me right right?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Don't forget chris brown throwing A girls phone off stage as well.

[@Jesseface94]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 Don't forget Chris Brown violently assaulted Rihanna and still hasn't had his entire career cancelled like it should've been.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@@Jesseface94 forgot about That.

[@travsam]

Throwing plush dolls to singers? Wait, that happens frequently in Mexico. It looks like some morons find funny to throw Dr. Simi (a Mexican pharmacy mascot) plush dolls to singers with mixed results (from angry singers to those to happily put Simi stealing the show)

[@CDeeez94]

Great list. Crazy how some people can be. Kind of surprised Dimebag Darrell's death wasn't mentioned, but I get it.

[@2k22]

You forgot one: Club Colectiv fire, Romania, 2015. 64 deaths and 146 (at least) injured in one minute

[@SEglantin]

😢

[@PeachM0de]

Dimebag’s shooting still hasn’t made a list? What the hell?

[@porchfyre612]

I thought the whole time that it would surely be number one.

[@paballomolata8844]

Top 20 reasons why we need a mandatory intelligence test and background check for all involved in going concerts, from fans to the crew setting up the concerts.

[@maximeprometheas]

May I suggest you check out your local city Philharmonic band? Because that would fulfil your requirements. Doing that for a Metal or Punk gig would kinda defeat the point of having the gig in the first place, wouldn't it? Fortunately, Punks and Metalheads come in all ages and some of them double as unpaid Security and First Aid workers from within the moshpit. Doesn't require too high an IQ to, when you see someone go down in the Pit, you extend a hand, you help them back up, you make sure they're not trampled; that's just Metalhead courtesy.

[@dtw63]

You need an intelligence test for suggesting this. The amount of time and money it would cost to do that amount of research on everyone who was attending a concert is ridiculous. What happens when someone who was cleared sells their ticket to someone else? That person takes the opportunity to bring in weapons or does something that causes mass terror and people stampede and innocent people get trampled? Sounds good on paper but it wouldn’t ever get any further.

[@MrWebby93]

Congratulations, you just discovered segregation and discrimination.

[@markzuckergecko621]

How your farts smelling today? Got any good ones?

[@firstylasty9417]

@@maximeprometheas The metalheads at the shows I go to are chill, respectful, and decent people. Not the dumbass jerks you're describing.

[@ClandestineRecords]

That thing with Nickelback here in Portugal was simple, it was a festival and the audience was waiting for SLIPKNOT instead... That's what happened

[@samuelskillern7365]

The person talking between 8:53 and 9:01 is local music radio royalty. RIP Jeff Burton.

[@aroc420]

Man I remember watching Woodstock 99 on pay per view and the moment Fred durst opened his mouth I was like, this isn’t gonna end well. Plus the chilli peppers handing candles was just gonna end like Dantes inferno lol

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

"It was no malicious intent on anybody's part. Just a horrible horrible accident". Well thats why there are laws for malicious neglect of fire code compliance. This accident was preventable and should not have happened

[@stevenstice6683]

The venue owners were sentenced for numerous fire code violations and manslaughter.

[@kristoferharrington2501]

You forgot the Eagles of Death Metal show at the Bataclan in France.

[@kingatheist7231]

Imagine storming off stage because you smelled weed at a concert. Secondly, who the hell smokes weed at a Britney Spears concert? X'D

[@Roger8176]

I know. That was weak on her part. Also, good point about wanting to get stoned listening to Britney Spears. Lol.

[@ericbreese3071]

I’m surprised the fire at the concert in Mexico where Evanescence had their band equipment destroyed didn’t get mentioned

[@michaelgunnels9694]

We all expected number 4 to be on the list given what happened that's Axel for you folks

[@h0m3st4r]

Dishonorable mention goes to GG Allin for ruining all of his own concerts. No points for guessing how.

[@Alexandria87]

I already know how 🤮🤮

[@TylerRead12]

😂😂

[@grilledricky86]

On The Bricks circa summer of 2001, Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Hootie and the Blowfish was the headliner. Darius Rucker was so tired of the beach balls landing on the stage that he weaved his warnings about the beach balls into his hit songs. Somewhere about half way in the beach balls ceased.

[@KattMurr]

You neglected to mention the reason the Hell's Angels stabbed that guy....he had a gun...

[@gzenko3408]

I'm pretty sure that the 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival should have been #1, but it didn't even make the list

[@TheKitsuneko]

I can't believe Cromañon made it to the list. It was the first one that came to mind, but the start of the list was pretty mild, didn't think it would get so dark near the end....

[@l-wolverine2211]

I’ll never forget Dimebag Darrell’s Death from that RE****ED Fan, Nathan Gale, who murdered him & 3 others in cold blood, before cops arrived & killed him.

[@NickSamon]

Even Nathan's mother gave credit to the cop that killed Nathan.

[@AutumnGemKitty]

I was about to mention this, such a shame that a fan murdered Dimebag when coming on stage. This is why most people don't allow fans on stage unless the fans are playing an instrument or singing to impress them these days. I saw a video of a fan in a TOOL concert going near Maynard in their song "Push It" and they failed successfully when Maynard was using martial arts to fight with the fan *AND SINGING AT THE SAME TIME* It went on for *a whole 10 mins* but the fan was still alright in the end. Never mess with people that can fight 😎

[@NickSamon]

@@AutumnGemKitty I seen that Tool video. Thanks to Loudwire.

[@claire___]

I was at a festival in the 90s where Oasis was playing. It started to very lightly rain. They played half a song, saifld if the rain keeps up theyre leaving. They walked off. Green Day came out, in a leopard thong, to sing King for a Day. Nobody cared that Oasis left but, they did get booed haha

[@anthonygonzales3172]

I can’t believe you didn’t show the Damageplan show in 04 where Dimebag Darrell was killed by a fan. Still an awesome video.

[@chsfive]

For a second I was like "The Doors opened for The Who?" Then I realized it was actual doors.

[@madjack3646]

Why is Damageplan's last show not on this list? Dimebag was murdered onstage. Seems that should qualify a little more than bottles getting thrown.

[@valentino1000]

14:56 The real reason for Nickelback to leave was that two cell phones were ringing during their delicate performance.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Haaaa!! That was the PERFECT intro! F'n Fred 😂

[@johnnysullivan436]

The Stones/Hell's Angels concert is the quintessential "concert gone wrong" but it's # 10 on fhe Mojo list, of course

[@CosmicFishbowl]

And this is a great example of why Smashmouth is a joke. Somebody threw some bread up there and this dude loses his mind? C’mon son.

[@Wellch]

At first, I thought that the group BREAD was involved .

[@KainzMusic]

These are the kinds of things that happen when trolls go unchecked.

[@ArmedNewYork]

Still one of the most talked about fires in the fire service The Station Night Club Fire.