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Live Performances Gone Awry

I couldn't help but think about the time I saw Steven Tyler stagger across the stage and pass out back in the early 80's, and how Stevie Nicks cancelled a concert at the New York State Fair around 1987-88 because she had such a bad cocaine problem. The Stevie Nick's show really upset me because she didn't reschedule and they didn't announce it until two hours before the show.

Anyone one else have any poor experiences at a live show they'd like to share? Grateful Dead welcome but please no stories of fans.

Donjr (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-19-11

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10-19-11 Absolute worst happening: david bowie, may, 2004, knight cen ... Ncarv

10-19-11 Ncarv...omg,,,,that bowie story is horrible. the lucinda wi ... Donjr

10-19-11 One more story. i went to see ronnie james dio with a co-wor ... Donjr

10-19-11 John cougar then jethro tull then the who in 1982 boulder co ... Sebrof

10-19-11 This isn't my experience, but ..... i saw a very modified vi ... Isochronism

10-19-11 Sebof. i saw that who tour in buffalo ny but instead of the ... Donjr

10-19-11 Isochronism - i saw motorhead in 1983 ( i listen to a huge v ... Donjr

10-20-11 Went to a dixie dregs concert around 1990 at a downtown nyc ... Siliab

10-20-11 Jerry jeff walker in show in mississippi was so drunk he cou ... Entrope

10-20-11 In december 1975 i saw the who at the pontiac silverdome and ... Philjolet

10-20-11 Philo, i was there, too. but the who left me cold that nig ... Martykl

10-20-11 Did anybody else see lucinda williams read her own lyrics of ... Lokie

10-20-11 Saw the dead, bob dylan and tom petty in the akron rubber bo ... Swanny76109

10-20-11 Joni mitchell on acid at the hollywood bowl in the late 70's ... Maxnewid

10-20-11 I recall a concert i attended in nyc in the late 60s where t ... Rcprince

10-20-11 Van morrison earned my contempt. three years ago he played ... Sugith

10-20-11 When i was living in sf in the early 90s, we drove three hou ... Loomisjohnson

10-20-11 Ozzy osbourne/white lion/vixen pine knob july 89'. from the ... Dayglow

10-20-11 Anyone ever see a gwar show? they are always terrible, well ... Chadnliz

10-20-11 Dayglow. i know what you mean about ozzy giving a karaoke ve ... Donjr

10-20-11 This is a great thread, people! thanks! -- and keep 'em com ... Jdoris

10-21-11 I remember fearing for my life during a johnny winter concer ... Unsound

10-21-11 I just remembered another couple of incidents. the first is ... Martykl

10-21-11 One word... altamont. Tpreaves

10-21-11 Marty... "but i'd still rather sit thru many of the di ... Philjolet

10-21-11 Tpreaves, were you there? Unsound

10-21-11 Saw sly and the family stone at the electric circus in 1968 ... Chayro

10-21-11 Saw the replacements at wash univ in st.louis about 1988. t ... Mlastarza

10-21-11 I went to see the chambers brothers in boston sometime in th ... Jetter

10-21-11 I was supposed to go to a concert with a few friends,but did ... Kbarkamian

10-22-11 Notice that none of these disasters involve a classical musi ... Entrope

10-22-11 Entrope, classical music concerts have had their share of su ... Unsound

10-22-11 I saw bowie's 1975 "young americans" tour. he see ... Audiofeil

10-22-11 I attended a performance by musical genius hermeto pascoal a ... Frogman

10-22-11 Nothing too memorable concerning a performance other than a ... Tubegroover

10-23-11 Unsound, in the examples you cite it seems at classical perf ... Entrope

10-23-11 I agree with entrope. one of the incredible things about cl ... Jdoris

10-23-11 There are so many instances of classical music disaster stor ... Learsfool

10-24-11 "i agree with entrope. one of the incredible things abo ... Kbarkamian

10-24-11 Kbarkamian, you are most definitely correct. i have known p ... Learsfool

10-25-11 Entope, i could be mistaken, but, i thought pavarotti was bo ... Unsound

10-25-11 We were at a three day outdoor music festival a few years ag ... Tmsorosk

10-25-11 Learsfool, i'm sitting here alone in my basement unable to w ... Karelg

10-25-11 The conductor of the youngstown symphony (we have season tic ... Chadnliz

10-26-11 Crossed da border, eh, to see iggy and the stooges at the wi ... Rockadanny

10-26-11 Aha! fistfights among band members....forgot about that sub ... Martykl

10-28-11 Stranglers,(if memory serves) early 80's small club called g ... Duanegoosen

10-28-11 Attended the stones' "steel wheels" tour at vetera ... Siliab

11-01-11 Sinead o'connor great woods mansfield, ma aug 18th 1990 th ... Armstrod

11-01-11 David. i love sinead.very talented performer and i own a lot ... Donjr

11-04-11 Donjr, her current pictures paint only a portion of sinead ... Armstrod

11-10-11 Oh boy. Donjr

11-10-11 I almost got trampled by the crowd as cops beat them back wi ... Mapman

11-10-11 Rick perry on last nights debate, worst live performance eve ... Jeff1225

11-11-11 Jeffl225......funny how perry can't remember squat, yet keit ... Donjr

11-11-11 "funny how perry can't remember squat" it was so ... Philjolet

11-12-11 How can you expect him to remember anything? you have to kno ... Tpreaves

11-12-11 Bingo! Philjolet

11-14-11 I saw ted nugent in the late 1970s and i could swear he peed ... Jrb25

11-14-11 Not too surprising, given his level of critical thinking ski ... Duanegoosen

12-02-11 Was in the front frow for one of the who farewell tours. sa ... Dawgfish

12-02-11 A few years ago my wife and i saw tony bennett at chastain h ... Maxnewid

12-03-11 I hate going to chastain! great venue but always ruined by s ... Rockadanny

12-06-11 I love going to chastain. great venue always made a blast b ... Maineiac

12-07-11 I agree with maineiac...and love chastain. i've seen some gr ... Lokie