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8 Live Performances Gone Horribly Wrong
8.
Ashlee Simpson - SNL 2004 Starting off the list with one of the more
infamous, yet more tamed live acts to go wrong.
Back in 2004 Ashlee Simpson was turning into a mega star.
Starting her career in 1999 with her debut album “Sweet Kisses”.
During her visit to SNL in October 2004, Ashlee Simpson pulled off a normal, unmemorable performance
of her hit song, “Pieces Of Me.”
But when she returned to the stage to sing the next tune, “Autobiography,” everything
fell apart.
As she started dancing, ready to begin the song, the vocals for “Piece Of Me” began
playing again while her mic was resting at her side.
Clearly flustered, Simpson launched into some kind of Irish jig.
She later blamed a gastric disorder for her choice to lip-sync, However, no one really
bought into it.
Since then she had a short lived reality television show called the Ashlee Simpson show which
ran for only 1 season between 2004 and 2005 and has since released several albums, Although
her popularity has taken a decline since taking a hiatus from the music industry to focus
on her acting career.
7.
Madonna’s Cape - 2015 It comes to something when even your clothing
thinks you should retire.
Okay, Okay calm down we were only joking.
But still you gotta admit, It’s hilarious that even her cape didn’t want to see her
perform.
So during her performance at The Brit awards in 2015, Madonna was on stage performing in
front of a live crowd.
During the lead up to the main chorus of her song, the cape she was wearing was supposed
to untie and get blown away for theatrics.
Unfortunately her cape didn’t want to untie.
When those fans switched on to blow the cape away, Not only did it take the cape, But Madonna
also went flying with it.
It was almost as if the cape was like “If i’m going down, you’re coming with me”.
You just can’t help but laugh whenever seeing this.
6.
Kings of Leon Bird Crap It comes to something when even birds aren’t
a fan of your music.
Again we’re joking of course.
Kings of Leon is one of the most popular bands of this generation.
There’s no way you can deny that they’ve got a large dedicated fanbase.
That being said, It turns out Birds aren’t exactly fans of their work.
During a live show in 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri, 3 songs into their set, a flock of birds decided
that their stage was the perfect place to take a crap.
After being pleted several times, The band decided to call it quits and cancel the rest
of the concert.
Fans were so outraged that they all started chanting “REFUND” repeatedly.
But to be fair, If birds continuously crapped on you for a few minutes straight, you’d
want to cancel your show too.
5.
Nickelback - Rock Throwing Incident So this one i never really understood.
So as if playing 3 songs before having to cancel the concert wasn’t bad enough, Nickelback
topped the previously mentioned Kings of Leon incident in 2002.
Now this is crazy to think as back in 2002, Nickelback weren’t as annoying as are now.
They had a few decent songs and their live performances were actually pretty decent.
Well unfortunately portugal didn’t feel the same way as they took it upon themselves
to get rid of Nickelback from their country once and for all.
During their August 19th appearance at the Ilha do Ermal festival in Portugal.
2 Songs into their set, fans started throwing rocks at the band members on stage.
This caused the singer, Chad Kroeger to ask the crowd (And asked politely we might add),
If they wanted to listen to some rock and roll or if they wanted to go home.
This caused yet another fan to throw a rock off the back of Kroeger’s head causing Kroeger
to say “See Ya” as the band walked off stage.
As much flak as you can give Nickelback for their music, you’ve got to admit that, that
may have been a bit too much.
4.
Dave Grohl Breaks a Leg…….But continues to perform!
Okay so this one wasn’t all tragedy.
In fact this just shows how dedicated Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters are
to their fan base.
Dave Grohl is one hell of a frontman.
Everytime he seems to go out on stage, He always gives the performance of a lifetime
as if it was going to be his last.
You can just tell he has a passion for what he does.
Don’t believe us?
On June 12, 2015, while playing a show in Gothenburg, Sweden, Grohl fell off the stage
breaking his leg.
Now you’d think they’d wrap up the show and call it a night right?
Nope!
Grohl calmly says “I think i’ve broke my leg” with a smile on his face.
He’s then taken off stage to get treated and actually came back on stage to finish
the show off!
That is dedication!
Still though a broken leg is a broken leg.
3.
Poland’s Got Talent Impales Presenter’s Hand
This one isn’t for the faint hearted.
So there have been plenty of heart-in-mouth moments on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and
“America’s Got Talent” over the past several years that have had us cringe in fear,
However, Nothing has ever gone horribly wrong during any of the more daring stunts thankfully.
Unfortunately, the same can’t be said when a magician on Poland’s version of the show
was trying out one of his latest tricks.
The semi-finalist from this year’s series was making an appearance on Poland’s version
of ‘Good Morning Britain’ when he enlisted presenter Marzena Rogalska to be his assistant.
But things quickly took a horrifying turn when poor Marzena had to slam her hand down
on a paper bag, only for her to impale it on a huge nail.Thankfully, after being taken
to hospital, Rogalska injuries were deemed to be superficial and she was sent home after
receiving a tetanus shot
2.
The Rolling Stones - Hell’s Angels Over Protective
So this story goes beyond their infamous 1969 performance.
In 1969, the Rolling Stones played a concert in Altamont Speedway in Northern California,
where they hired the Hells Angels as security for $500 and a case of beer.
During the concert, an 18-year-old by the name of Meredith Hunter approached the stage
with a gun which quickly caught the attention of the Hells Angels.
They attacked Hunter and beat him to a bloody pulp before stabbing him to death.
Mick Jagger and the rest of the band decided to ban the Angels from anymore of their concerts
and would refuse to hire them again.
Good decision on their part right?
As we said this whole issue goes beyond the whole live performance as Unfortunately the
Angels didn’t take kindly to their comments and were so angry with this that they formed
a plan to murder the whole band.
Their plan was to stock a ton of weapons on a boat and open fire on Jagger’s mansion
from the open waters.
Luckily for Jagger, a storm hit and capsized the boat.
Thereafter the Angels decided to just forget about the whole incident.
1.
Dimebag Darrell - 2004 Shooting When it comes to performances going wrong,
you can’t forget to mention Darrell Lance Abbott, AKA “Dimebag Darrell”.
For those of you who don’t know, Dimebag Darrell was a lead guitarist who has had a
massive influence on the metal genre and has had a hand in forging it into what it is today.
Dimebag (Best known for his work in the band Pantera from 1981 to 2003) was also known
for his down to earth personality as he got along with his fans as if they were his close
friends.
On December 8, 2004, Abbott was murdered onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa
Villa in Columbus, Ohio.
Moments into the band's set, 25-year-old former Marine Nathan Gale shot Abbott three times
in the head with a 9mm Beretta 92FS pistol, killing him instantly.
Due to the nature of the genre, People initially thought this was apart of the show as some
form of shock act, Similar to what Alice Cooper would do with his on stage theatrics.
However when the gunman fired off more shots to people in the crowd, Everyone caught on
that this was indeed not a part of the show.
In total, Gale killed 4 people (Including the band’s head of security Jeff Thompson
who attempted to subdue Gale), and wounded 7 people in total.
Nathan Gale was soon taken into police custody.
To this day, People still mourn the loss of Darrell Abbott.
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