Check out the pictures taken at the Norwegian Wood festival here:

http://prutsfm.punt.nl/in...?gr=108935

jezus what a freak throwing a thing like that to the brilliant Bowie.

Bowie really said "Luckily you hit the eye that doesn't work anyway" ? that's kinda cool !

dawntreader said:

Cool is his middle name.



Well, actualy it's Robert.

it's such a bad picture to look at.

Apparently, a girl/woman waving a lollipop was pushed from behind which sent her lollipop flying. She was terrified that people would discover it was her,

because she felt the crowd would harm her even though she didn't do it on purpose - according to herself.

dawntreader said:

Use the link, there are more pictures there

"Where are you little creep? It's easy to hide in the crowd, you bastard!"

good for him for saying that.

aw man, the poor guy...but what a trooper to keep the show going, huh?

from bowie.net:

And it seems the shades he wore to protect his bad eye from the sun at the previous show in Bergen, may have been useful to perform a similar protective role at yesterday's show, but this time from a flying lollipop! I'm sure you're all aware of the story by now, so I won't dwell on it, but please think carefully before you lob anything stageward in future, people. Anybody remember Brixton 19991?

I'm sure there was no malice intended, but yesterday's incident could have been far more serious than it was. However, in typical Bowie fashion, and despite his understandable initial anger, David made light of the incident when he threw a plectrum into the crowd and then said he would have to go and hide in the band as he thought he may have got somebody in the eye! This was a humorous reference to the fact that the launcher of the lollipop missile refused to own up and simply melted into the crowd.

So candy is not only bad for your teeth.

it is very bizarre.

Well, that wasn't very nice.

noepie said:

yes i saw them (of course prutsfm rules)... the picture where his eye is being checked is bad too.

OUCH!!!




[This message was edited Mon Jun 21 8:52:21 2004 by VinaBlue]

man, you got britney and lenny cancelling tours left and right, and meanwhile old man bowie gets his eye all but poked out with a stick, and the dude just cusses a bit, makes a joke, and keeps the show moving. class act, that guy.

Anxiety said:

Yeah, it would have been so easy for him to go all diva and just walk of stage, but in stead of doing that he just has his eye checked on stage, makes a joke and then continues for another two hours or so.

noepie said:

hell, *I* would have...i would have run screaming and crying offstage like a little schoolgirl!

Lollipop Thrower Hits David Bowie in Eye
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OSLO, Norway - Halfway through his third song at a Norwegian music festival, an object came flying out of the crowd and hit David Bowie (news) in the eye.

It was a lollipop, probably sent as a message of adoration since Norwegians call the hard candy "love on a stick."

Bowie wasn't seriously injured at Friday's Norwegian Wood Festival in Oslo. He backed off the runway, hunched over, and was assisted by his set crew.

Within moments, he was facing the crowd of 7,500. Swearing at the unknown culprit, Bowie said he only had one good eye. The other eye had been damaged in a childhood fight.

"Lucky you hit the bad one," Bowie said, demanding to know who threw the lollipop. No one standing in the cold and drizzle came forward.

Bowie grumbled about the person or persons responsible hiding in the crowd. Then, regaining his composure and sense of humor, the 57-year-old singer said he was going to punish the audience by making the concert extra-long.

Later, during what the Norwegian media called one of his best concerts ever, Bowie continued to joke about the incident. He threw one of his guitar picks into the crowd, then asked if he'd hit someone in the eye.

"Oh, maybe I have to hide in the band," he joked.

Norwegian newspapers tracked down a young woman who claimed to be behind the mishap. They didn't publish her name, but said she claimed it was an accident.

The artist's official Web site said the eye was checked and wasn't seriously injured.

As for Bowie, he played 27 songs over nearly two hours and 20 minutes.

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