Senior Rockers, Have you experienced any mishapes at a live Rock concert?
Have you ever been to a concert and things got too out of hand? Was the crowd too wild and rowdy or did the concert end because of some sort of malfunction?
I was at a T-Rex concert at the Hollywood Palladium at age 15. friends and I got up as close to the stage as we could, Mark Bolan was half way thru "Bang a Gong" when I passed out cold due to the heat and lack of fresh air because so many people were pushing and shoving to get closer to the stage. A guy caught me and lifted me into the air, the crowd passed me over head a few rows and I was put down at the front of the stage where I recovered by looking straight up at the band playing in full force. I felt so dumb as I staggered off to the side of the stage, lost my great viewing spot too. At a Def Leppard concert in NM we had to give up our good seats because of a fight between a couple right behind us. The women was a tiny native American women of 90 lbs. who apparently punched her BF a huge 200 lbs. native so hard that he flew over the back of my husbands seat and landed in his lap. Hubby had quick reflexes, put his hands up in the air to indicate his was no threat and we jumped out of our seats and went to the "cheap seats". At a Stones concert in the 80's in Calif. just as we pulled into the parking lot my hubby remembered he forgot his binoculers and he turned the car home to pick them up. I was furious, missed out on Prince and half of Gun N Roses the opening acts. Went to a rock jam with a full day of music in Calif. I was 7 months pregnant, it was super hot out but I sat there all day long waiting to see the finishing act of Rod Stewart. Huge ego trip on his part. Played only half of one song and walked off the stage because he didn't like the sound system. I never bought another of his records again, I was so mad.
I think twice now before going to any live events, never work out right for me. Do you have any stories to share about being let down at a concert or even a good story about getting more then you bargained for?
2013-10-19T02:54:26Z
Forgot to mention at a Bill Wyman concert I was going up and down from my seat to the first aid station, hubby was having a heart episode during the concert.He missed over half the great concert had to lay down with a first aid worker looking him over. So sorry I missed Prince in concert, heard that someone thru a whole roasted chicken at him!
2013-10-19T03:05:50Z
That would be threw, not thru ...
2013-10-19T03:06:42Z
Guess I am through...
2013-10-19T08:58:27Z
Yes, Rita, these days everything is misshapen, too many crazy times in the past. Baw, what a way to spend a BD. glad you ran away before you were crushed. BCHP, sorry to hear about your friend, my bro was a pro roadie in the 80's for a couple of years, he doesn't even talk to those guys any longer, too insane it is all a fog to him.
Lynn2013-10-19T13:05:46Z
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The vast majority of the concerts I went to went as planned--went, enjoyed, went to the diner with my friends afterwards, came home.
The only ones I remember with incidents were nothing drastic: 1. Passed out during The Allman Brothers (only one brother left--other one had died the year before), because we were within ten yards of the stage during "a dance concert." (No one dances. That's code for "no chairs." lol) It was so crowded I developed claustrophobia as I was wondering, "what if I want to sit down?" Someone caught you? Cool. I merely found out the seas can part if someone is going down. lol
2. Alice Cooper lost the special effects on me, since we were at the side of the stage, so I saw his stage hand put the harness on him, before he "hung" himself.
3. Cat Stevens was my absolute favorite, so no way was I going to get stoned or drunk before seeing him. I wanted to remember it all. BUT, Greenwich Village, four friends under 18, a nice Italian restaurant and all you can drink Sangria. One of my friends kept the pitchers coming and thought there was no problem eating all the fruit too. She sat next to me. I sat next to another friend. Just as the lights went down, she puked in my lap. My hands were in my lap. I had to wipe them off and there was someone in the cushioned chair in front of us, so I couldn't wipe them on his back. I did the reasonable thing. I wiped them on the only dry thing--the girl's lap on my other side. We cleaned up in the ladies room, and then spent most of the concert outside for the friend to sober up without getting mugged in front of Madison Square Gardens. She sobered up in time for the enocres. (Yes, we remained friends. How many times can you tell someone you're sorry for wiping your hands on her jeans? lol)
3. Madison Square Gardens again. No Nuke Concert. We were Jersey Girls and the subway stopped going to Jersey after midnight. We got to see one song by a bunch of people we didn't know. Then we got to see Bonnie Raitt, CSN, James Taylor AND Carly Simon singing Mockingbird together, Jackson Browne, Jackson with CSN, and then, THEN one song by the Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald!!! (I just listed most of my favorite singers from back then. lol) And then they announced the Doobies were going to extend the concert, play a full set, and then everyone would sing together. Only problem? 11 PM, and we still had to catch that last train out. Yes, of course it was worth staying up all night in Manhattan all night, but that was the days of no cell phones and our ride--my friend's Mom--was already on her way to Trenton to pick us up. It was the last night of a three-night mega-concert, and we missed half of it.
We went to Battery Park the next day. (I believed in No Nukes back then.) Big demonstration. The only time I ever saw the Trade Towers. (Holy Cow! They were HUGE!) BUT, we gave up halfway through the day, after listening to speakers talk about rights--Indian Rights, Women's Rights, Hippies' Rights, Hamster Rights--every rights but No Nukes. It was 1978. Women had the rights we needed. Hippies really didn't need any more rights. The whales and eagles were already protected. And frankly, hamsters and animals get no special rights. I simply wanted one thing--to know the masterminds of nuclear power plants knew how to protect us from half-life even 100-300 years from now. I was in it for great-great-great-great grandkids' rights.
Little did I know, that would be my last major concert. We don't go anymore. The costs outstripped our wallets back when we were middle-class.
The only wild one was not really that wild. We would go to Southern Illinois U for concerts and they always had a covered set of seats. It was a Buddy Miles concert and a little way into the concert he said hey...no one is in the expensive seats...he said come on down and it was crazy until those seats were full. He put on the best concert I have ever seen. Guns and Roses didn't perform at all and when they left the crowd was ready to hurt them...which crossed my mind. I also went to a Black Sabbeth deal in a regular large room with no seats and you sat where you sat. They didn't bring any electronics and it was awful and I was really disappointed. I really love dixieland to use a loose term. I went to a free concert and Al Hirt was so drunk he couldn't play. I guess my problems were not with the fans but with the performers. My big disappointment was missing Janis Joplin at SIU. The show was supposed to have been spectacular. I couldn't get off work.
I've never been to a rock concert and would never wish to do so.
I thought you were asking about misshapes at first (meaning very strange shaped people) until I read some answers and realised that you meant mishaps. I guess there will be plenty of those at a rock concert with so many crowded into the area but I guess there could be several misshapes also. They'd be very misshapen after being crushed - that's for sure.
I often buy chocolate misshapes, they are usually half the price of the perfect ones.
Back when Bruce Willis was performing with his band, "Bruce Willis & The Heaters", lightning struck the stands and knocked down an observation stand near me, and also came close to the stage. Bruce Willis came out, looked around and cancelled.
We all received tickets for a later date - and he was great!
Also,although not a concert, once a lady took a hockey puck to the face in the row right in front of me at a hockey game. I've been pretty lucky, I guess.
I saw BOB SEGER, MOLLY HATCHET, NANTUCKET and THE ROCKETS at The Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Florida April 5, 1980. It was my birthday. It was a biker crowd and got pretty rough. I'm not biker so I was a little frightened. We were on the field on a blanket, and the people in the stands started throwing bottles and items that were on fire onto the crowd on the field. The bathrooms floors were flooded with urine and you couldn't use the bathroom. I seen a girl's hair catch on fire, the people behind her tried to light something and her hair was a large afro and it poofed up into flames. When Bob Seger Finally came out the crowd pushed forward and we had to stand up. We lost out blanket and stuff on it when everyone trampled. It got so loud we couldn't even hear him, so we weaved our way out and left early. I'm glad we did, there was no telling what it would have been like trying to leave in that crowd. That was my last concert, I never had the desire to go to another one after that.