phineas said:

Point taken. FYI peeps, yes I am a Brit too!
Just that as a performer myself, I have seen some hostile sights in my time and they are usually from those that I have stated earlier so if I struck a nerve with anyone, I won't apologise, but yes I am shocked!

'dre

I was there last night, and was disgusted at the first throw, let alone the rest of the sheep.

However, lets not get this out of context. Maybe 50-100 were thrown out of 20,000. Idiots, yes... but statistically in an audience that size there will also be 100-200 people who would clinically be called a psychopath too! 1 out of 20,000 people decided to throw a glowstick at Prince - still today I cant see what they were trying to achieve - I think if Prince stood up and walked off for his own safety I don't think the thrower would have left alive!!!

What I am saying is it was a huge minority of the people there, and I think it would have happened the same in most places around the world for the reason above. There will always be 1% of idiots wherever you go.

Example: We were in the second row of the aftershow balcony last night and had a great time apart from the 2 drunken idiots who must have gone for a wee/drink 10-15 times during the show, falling on top of us each time. They were hammered by the time they got there and just kept drinking. One of them got thrown out as he was seen falling down the stairs and the other guy actually was slumped over asleep for the majority of the rest of the concert!!!

When you think there was so much demand for tix they were being sold at £500 on ebay... what an astonishing waste!

xplnyrslf said:

Fair enough but these were supposed Prince fans at a Prince concert. I doubt anyone was surprised by his clothes and heels.

TheEnglishGent said:

Good point.
I think it can be scarey for a performer to have a potential situation that can get out of control. If the crowd started fighting with each other over the glow stick tossing, I doubt there were enough security on hand to contain the crowd.
What I was trying to do, by mentioning the Prince/Stones fiasco, is Brits aren't the only ones who have behave badly at concerts. Nor should they be conglomerated as a group for a few people's bad behavior.

Good point.
I think it can be scarey for a performer to have a potential situation that can get out of control. If the crowd started fighting with each other over the glow stick tossing, I doubt there were enough security on hand to contain the crowd.
What I was trying to do, by mentioning the Prince/Stones fiasco, is Brits aren't the only ones who have behave badly at concerts. Nor should they be conglomerated as a group for a few people's bad behavior.

Whatever went on that night, it sounds as though Prince maintained a professional approach to the events, and finished the concert. You have to admire him for that!
"The show must go on".

If the crowd started fighting with each other over the glow stick tossing, I doubt there were enough security on hand to contain the crowd.

TheEnglishGent said:

Good point.
I think it can be scarey for a performer to have a potential situation that can get out of control. If the crowd started fighting with each other over the glow stick tossing, I doubt there were enough security on hand to contain the crowd.
What I was trying to do, by mentioning the Prince/Stones fiasco, is to say Brits aren't the only ones who have behaved badly at concerts. Nor should they be conglomerated as a group for a few people's inappropriateness.

[Edited 9/22/07 12:34pm]

xplnyrslf said:

Prince was very professional. I really thought he wouldn't come back out again and if he hadn't I wouldn't have blamed him. However, when he finally did come back out I half expected him to get on the mic himself and tell people to stop throwing the glow sticks!

xplnyrslf said:

The Great Glow Stick Riot of 2007 ?! I know I shouldn't but I find the thought quite amusing in a way.

xplnyrslf said:

The Great Glow Stick Riot of 2007 ?! I know I shouldn't but I find the thought quite amusing in a way.

westv said:

That's funny. I could imagine myself flipping out if I was next to someone who did that, but hey what would a bunch of Prince fans do? could get nasty. Can you imagine one of those o(+> neclaces in the eye? ouch!

phineas said:

Which reminds me to not wear my Prince necklace through security at an airport.....

I lit mine up in PR anyway... If you did too, I saw you - the freshly-cracked ones were much brighter than all the rest.

That's the rowdy fucking brits for U.
I say that 'cause they're ignorant to do it. Not even the drunk Irish would do this shit.
'dre

DreZone said:

Ehhhhh, excuse me??!!!!

you're all fucking scum and I truly hope every single one of you was caught by security - which is unfortunately very unlikely but the degenerate offspring of diseased whores wouldn't be too hard to spot so i can only hope.


to the one utter piece of shit who saw fit to chuck a glow stick at prince while he was at the keyboard...

firstly i hope you're pleased that you managed to ruin the night for 20,000 people as the synth set was so obviously cut short after your glow stick hit prince in the back.

secondly i truly truly hope that the people standing next to you clocked who you were and that you have, by now, had all kinds of shit kicked out of you and are lying in pain in a gutter somehwere being pissed on by tramps you fucking disgrace.



sorry - really needed to get that off my chest

carry on

JustinP said:

Totally make you right. Whilst the glow stick throwing was stupid and upsetting to see, there wasn't actually that many being lobbed. It wasn't even 1% of the total audience. It really was a stupid few who clearly saw one stupid person throw one and decided to join in. There really were not that many being thrown. There shouldn't have been any thrown but in a crowd of 22,000 people, you're going to get a few idiots thrown in there aren't you. Law of averages.

IRISHFAN said:

Relax IRISHFAN, you know we are!