- last Dillinger Escape Plan show in Manchester had to have the last song cut short cause a crowd member passed out or something
- two of This Will Destroy You had a proper argument on stage. still carried on annoyingly
- saw Avenged Sevenfold at Leeds Fest, M Shadows had a bad throat so about 3 or 4 songs in, got a crowd member on stage to sing who was terrified. they walked off after that, lasted about 20 minutes. was delighted
1 Like
went to see Ladytron at the Astoria in like 2010 and there was some kind of technical problem, canât remember what but they had to sack it off about halfway through.
rescheduled it for a couple of months later though and it worked properly second time round so 1.5 gigs for the price of 1, result imo.
3 Likes
Guns and Roses at Donnington (not funny).
Mercury Rev at Mean Fiddler with onstage fist/guitar fight.
Dr Phibes and the house of wax equations at New Cross too stoned to play their songs properly.
Wild Poppies at Gloucester somewhere; guitarist jumped offstage mid-song, lamped a punter, got back onstage and finished playjng the song. The band didnât stop for the lamping.
Codiene last year at the garage played using a guitar amp that wasnât working, so it sounded utterly shit.
3 Likes
Saw Richard Ashcroft fall off the stage and break his ribs about two songs in - saved us all really.
7 Likes
A few that come to mind:
- Kevin Devine upstairs at the O2 for a BSM show that literally nobody came to. I mean nobody, in a room of 450+ capacity. We ended up just playing to each other sat on the floor in the middle of the room. If memory serves we did a full set on the stage with lights and everything to⌠literally nobody.
- Amy Winehouse famous set at Bestival when she was booed off.
- A Sky:Lark show where the drummer put his kick pedal through the drum skin so they had to mic up a âguitar caseâ kick pedal instead. Sounded gash.
1 Like
Saw Cave In downstairs at the old Zodiac, Oxford in 2005. Stephen Brodsky lost his voice halfway through, so he turned the mic stand around into the crowd so anyone could have a go. It was pretty fun.
3 Likes
Smashmouth at the leadmill.
Band member threw a bottle at someone in the crowd. All the band just having a proper go at the audience all set.
Everyone there was including me was there to see space monkeys who were supporting.
1 Like
Any of them that lasted more than 50 minutes
3 Likes
65daysofstatic at Dingwalls on the test tour for the We Were Exploding Anyway material. There was a power cut just as one of their new absolute bangers was crescendoing and it felt like theyâd caused it. Nothing has ever built anticipation for an album more for me than that did
One of my all-time favourite shows
11 Likes
Pianos Became The Teeth at the Cluny in Newcastle. They stopped their set, not long before the end, because two lads in the crowd started fighting.
And as they walked off stage, one of the guitarists also got on the mic to have a go at two âselfie brosâ standing on the front row. Really odd end to the night.
I mean, that sounds cool in a unique experience way at least?
2 Likes
I was at that Statistics (Denver Dalley from Desaparecidos) gig at the Camden Underworld, it gets mentioned on here every so often due to some old posts about it, where he was piss drunk and spent the set telling edgelord jokes and doing vodka shots and trying to play Mr Brightside. Genuinely one of the worst but most fascinating things Iâve ever witnessed.
I saw Deer Tick at End of the Road once and the power blew out. They found some acoustic guitars and a saxophone and paraded through the crowd playing songs that way. Everyone was dead quiet and it was pretty lovely as a result.
5 Likes
It really was!
1 Like
Oh also the final Youthmovies show in Oxford when Al concussed himself on his guitar in the first song - played on but was a total mess and it didnât really happen for him 
6 Likes
I went to see The Primitives support Echo and the Bunnymen at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester 1987. Tracey Traceyâs microphone failed to work for quite some time. It was the first gig Iâd ever been to so it all added to the excitement. I did feel sorry for her though.
Oh yeah I was at that - I think he said afterward he didnât remember anything from it?
Yeah - straight to hospital after the set too which I think wasnât the aftershow party he was necessarily expecting.
Sisters of Mercy in Berlin last year. They were down to one guitarist as the other one was sacked just before, halfway through the gig Andrew Eldritch walked off stage and didnt come back leaving the guitarist to pick up lead vocal.
Guitarist was then hooked by the keyboard player and the venue manager came on stage to announce the gig was cancelled. Turns out he had a bad throat amd played a full gig the next night in Leipzig
Got a refund and it felt like a proper Sisters experience
4 Likes
First thing that comes to mind was a Danananaykroyd gig in Hoxton years back. The band kept taking breaks between songs to ask a guy being unnecessarily aggressive to calm down. Then eventually kicked the tosser out when he couldnât name their latest single.
1 Like
