Live Performances Gone Awry

Jerry Jeff Walker in show in Mississippi was so drunk he could not remember the words to his songs. Fell over after the third song and was carried off. Back up band did one more song and it was over since he was the headliner. No refunds for a this 25 minute embarassment.

Roy Buchanan in a small venue in Norfolk, Virginia. Showed up an hour and 15 minutes late. Played for 35 minutes and left. That was it - done. Very angry crowd but the club took the position that he came and he played as promised but we never said for how long the show would be. No refunds.

Notice that none of these disasters involve a classical musician or performance?

Unsound, in the examples you cite it seems at classical perfomances it is the audience that goes awry not the performers.

Imagine Perlman to drunk to play or Pavarotti forgetting lyrics because the is stoned.