Drunkenness at shows?

[golddustdrummer]

so I was talking to LikeAWillow the other night about drunk fan encounters.

Here is my own story:
in 2008 at Stevie's solo show in Cincinnati, there were a couple of super drunk ladies by my mom and I. One of them was groping the security guard and proceeded to vomit on him. Classy. In my ear the whole time some woman is continually yelling "GET IT STEVIE!!!" so all my video from the concert has the backdrop of her awesome voice. Then my mom gets asked how long we've been together....as in how long my mom and I have been a couple. Awkward? yeah, kind of.

Thankfully I've never had any bad encounters at FM shows...

Personally, I don't drink at shows because I'd prefer to remember going.

does anyone else have ridiculous stories to share?

[michelej1]

Should we limit the stories to drunken fans or do we include drunken band members?:lol:


I was at the SYW show when the Reno fight interrupted the show. But I was on the other side from where the disturbance took place, so I wasn't personally impacted. I had a drunk woman hugging me and creating chaos at one of Lindsey's concerts in Vegas and security asked me if I wanted to move to another seat. I would have preferred that they have made her move.


Michele

[Nico]

For a second I was thinking this was going to be about someone in the band performing drunk. It happens.:shrug:

(I've seen Jakob Dylan in concert tons of times over the years and I know for a fact he's been either drunk, hungover, or operating by way of additional narcotics possibly 3/4th of these experiences.)

Back on topic: it does suck to have bad drunken experiences. I always do. I'm not a large girl and often I end up squeezed between several loud-mouthed drunks who decide it's not particularly a bad thing to start dancing with each other (with me in the middle), or picking fights with each other (again, with me in the middle), or just acting like raging fools and drowning out some of my fave moments. These people usually end up with great seats, which makes my over-zealous effort to attain such seats seem fruitless. At Lalapalooza I can forgive, but for gawd's sake who gets drunk at Leonard Cohen shows?

I ask you...

[LikeAMagnet]

Yep... Dublin gig last Saturday.. crawling with alco's..:p
In true Irish fashion it must be said that a lot of the people dancing up at the front of the stage the other night were not exactly "drunk", but as we like to say in this country.."had drink taken".;)

I dunno if anyone was lucky enough to witness the two blonde drunk women who kept shouting at our heroes on stage for multiple handshakes, etc.
Now THOSE TWO we cudda done without. I distinctly remember one asking for a boost onstage, but when she got half way up, gravity proved to be too cruel a mistress and she fell flat on her ass. Much appreciated really!

Not forgetting the lovely drunk girl who legged it across stage during Don't Stop, but didnt get very far!:thumbsup:

I dont see why people paid up to 130 euro just to go and get drunk off overpriced alcohol anyway.. I know I wouldn't have a hope of remembering the gig if I was drunk at it (the excitement has made me forget some stuff as it stands!).. And I would definitely spend a lot of the near future kicking myself if I couldn't remember a night like Saturday!

[Regina]

There were two drunk guys at the SYW concert at the PNC Center. It actually worked to my advantage, though. We were in the aisle, about 10 rows back and one of the guys was moderately drunk--the other was very, very drunk. Somehow, people were leaving the aisle to go get more drunk--and we moved up a bit. But, then really, really drunk guy decided he didn't like my rather lady-like applauding and told me to do the over the head seal clap.
I kind of shook my head and he grabbed my hands and was about to sort of...well, make me. But, even though I'm very quiet in real life, I'm told I have quite the stare of doom if I get angry enough and not so drunk guy saw it, grabbed really, really drunk guy's hands away from mine and told him "let's get some more beer." In the meantime (and I'm not even sure how this happened...we had moved up a lot) and a girl who was standing by the stage...way to the right--made room for me and gestured me over. I really think it was just early on in the concert when a lot of people were making beer runs and I just managed to get to the stage for the rest of the show when I had originally started out in row 11.

The ugliest drunk episode was the first MSG show for this tour. I was standing at the stage on Stevie's side and this drunken woman was yelling--pretty much through the whole concert for Stevie to sing "Leather and Lace." At the beginning, it was just shout outs. At the end, it was getting ugly. She was actually swearing at Stevie. "Goddamn it, sing ****ing Leather and Lace!" Yeah, that was very sweet. And, I know for a fact (because I was eavesdropping before the concert) that her boyfriend bought those tickets that morning through a broker and paid mucho dinero for her to act like a total jerk.

[Lala]

At the Calgary show in 2004 there were two drunk douchebags behind me who proceeded to blow pot smoke in my face and yell "Go You Own Way" between every song. I was really more angry about that than anything else...but it didn't really ruin the night for me...it was my first time seeing the Mac, so that would've been impossible.

A fight broke out on the floor of the Calgary 2009 show, but security hauled the guys off very quickly...pretty sure they were missing some inhibitions at that point, but only a minor distration.

As for my own theories about drinking at Mac shows...
In 2004 I was 16 so there was no issue.
But in 2009 I was torn between wanting to remember every single beautiful moment from the Calgary/Edmonton shows, and drinking BECAUSE I CAN now. Ha! So I compromised. Had better seats in Calgary, so I had one beer at dinner and then stuck with water for the rest of the night. In Edmonton, we had nose bleeds, so I got a little buzzed, made friends with another slightly buzzed woman who was dying to hear GDW, and had a great time. Two amazing nights...two different experiences.

I feel terrible for all of you that have had horrible, obnoxious experiences. golddustdrummer...the vomitting woman would have killed any buzz I had, alcoholic or otherwise. I HATE vomit.

[LukeA]

At the start of the encore for opening night SYW tour in Columbus, a couple of plastered women tried to horn in on my front row center seats/area. Aggressively so (shoving me and my then-girlfriend). After letting off a few well-deserved "F*** you!"'s, I successfully got the helpful Schottenstein Center security guard's (who we had chatted up before the show) attention, and got them thrown out of the arena (literally saw them go backstage and shoved out into the loading dock). No "Goodbye Baby" for them! :thumbsup:

[vivfox]

At the start of the encore for opening night SYW tour in Columbus, a couple of plastered women tried to horn in on my front row center seats/area. Aggressively so (shoving me and my then-girlfriend). After letting off a few well-deserved "F*** you!"'s

I'm suprised you didn't stab them Luke.

[myree]

that would be so annoying why would you get drunk and spoil the memory ps i,m new from australia hi:rolleyes:

[Kayt1234]

ugh, I can't stand the drunks at FM concerts. I find they are very different at Stevie and FM shows. Honestly, I just don't get it. They tend to be close to the stand and, in my opinion, what a waste of money! Don't get me wrong, I love a good drink or two with friends but when I'm paying THAT much money, I'd like to remember the show. I have seen it all. People doing a hoe-down (complete with throwing a girl up in the air) in the aisle during Big Love. You wouldn;t believe the look of doom Lindsey was giving them. In all honesty, it's understandable. EVERYONE was distracted and was staring at them-totally took the attention away from him. I've seen people pushed, shoved and trampled to get a hand shake, etc. I've seen people that are just quiet drunks- that get up every other song to get a drink. In doing so, they miss the entire concert. SO crazy.

[candlebright86]

Yep... Dublin gig last Saturday.. crawling with alco's..:p
In true Irish fashion it must be said that a lot of the people dancing up at the front of the stage the other night were not exactly "drunk", but as we like to say in this country.."had drink taken".;)

I dunno if anyone was lucky enough to witness the two blonde drunk women who kept shouting at our heroes on stage for multiple handshakes, etc.
Now THOSE TWO we cudda done without. I distinctly remember one asking for a boost onstage, but when she got half way up, gravity proved to be too cruel a mistress and she fell flat on her ass. Much appreciated really!

Not forgetting the lovely drunk girl who legged it across stage during Don't Stop, but didnt get very far!:thumbsup:

I dont see why people paid up to 130 euro just to go and get drunk off overpriced alcohol anyway.. I know I wouldn't have a hope of remembering the gig if I was drunk at it (the excitement has made me forget some stuff as it stands!).. And I would definitely spend a lot of the near future kicking myself if I couldn't remember a night like Saturday!

Those two women came up to us too!... Almost completely ruined GDW :(

And as if that wasn't bad enough, another guy started lighting up and smoking a joint!... I'm pretty sure Stevie saw and smelt the smoke go past the stage... I was sickened!...

[GODDESS6]

i copied & pasted this from my omaha 'unleashed' review~

but i have to tell you about the drunk girl~ all the people up front had paid to be there & a few others were let up, it seemed like the 1st 12 rows were let to come up front~ everyone was so polite & gracious it was just awesome~ until the drunk lady came~ she was in her 40's i think, she was w/ her daughter who i felt mortified for~ she stood behind me & a few other girls, just wasted off of her ass by like song 5~ she was chanting "stevie, stevie..." over & over in a childish squeaky way~ & she was sitting there telling people around her how she was going to take their spot by the stage~ everyone was trying to band together & stand their ground & then she just starts slamming into people knocking them aside & then running to their spot, she kept doing this to everyone that was around her~ people were getting pissed~ she dumped beer on one poor woman's head~ & half way thru the show she was leaning on her daughter nearly passing out she was so wasted~ I had damaged my shoe right when i got into the show, but was able to to walk in it, but she knocked me completely off of my platform, the whole damn sole came off & i stood there like that the rest of the night~ i was glad there was no security at one point because we were able to be so close but was dying for one to come by & throw this lady out~ i swear part of the reason i was even chosen by stevie to shake hands was because stevie could see this all going on right under her nose~ there was absolutely no need for someone to act this way at a show~ people wanted to hurt her~ one guy even shoved her after she had slopped beer on his wife's head for the 2nd time~ she was awful & i really hope she was sicker than a dog the next day~ she should be embarrassed at the way she acted, if she even remembered~

i told her at one point i paid to be standing where i was & i was standing there & she got in my face & mumbled something & then i told her to get her drunk stinky breath out of my face & then she proceeded to blow real hard in my face like 3 times~ she did this to others too~

at first i think my husband thought i was just getting riled up because i was so excited, but then he saw what she was doing along w/ like 100 other people that was in her range & they were all disgusted~ stevie was shooting daggers at her everytime she looked the drunk chicks way~ & when stevie shook the hubby's & i's hand, this chick tried in vain to squeeze up there~ stevie snatched her hand from out of the range of this drunk lady, it was priceless~

[LikeAMagnet]

Those two women came up to us too!... Almost completely ruined GDW :(

And as if that wasn't bad enough, another guy started lighting up and smoking a joint!... I'm pretty sure Stevie saw and smelt the smoke go past the stage... I was sickened!...

OMG YES! I was moving back over to my Stevie spot (everyone was actually lovely whenever I moved back and forth from Lindsey to Stevie.. best of both worlds haha!) and I saw a guy rolling and thought "hmmm, didn't know you could smoke in the 02!".. then I SMELT what he was smoking and was like.."Yeah, you definitely can't SMOKE in the 02".. can't believe they got away with it. Stevie must've smelt it, we were right underneath her and there was alot of smoke.

I still can't believe they got away with it..:eek:

[ragrsrocalot]

that would be so annoying why would you get drunk and spoil the memory ps i,m new from australia hi:rolleyes:

Hello Australia.

[GODDESS6]

that would be so annoying why would you get drunk and spoil the memory ps i,m new from australia hi:rolleyes:

hi & welcome:wavey:~

[1sttimelongtime]

Ugh at the dublin show some drunken woman tried for like twenty minutes to shove me from my spot at the stage ! I could not believe her. She could barely speak and was falling all over the place. I thought about kicking her legs out from under her and shoving her under the stage but figured she would just pass out or go away which she did.

[golddustdrummer]

Ugh at the dublin show some drunken woman tried for like twenty minutes to shove me from my spot at the stage ! I could not believe her. She could barely speak and was falling all over the place. I thought about kicking her legs out from under her and shoving her under the stage but figured she would just pass out or go away which she did.

some drunk lady kept trying to get me to switch places with her at the front of the stage because she had seats that were technically in front of mine. I finally had to tell her she was about a foot taller than me and she could easily see over me. She said "I guess you have a point" and left me alone. Like I'd give up my place at the front of the stage...riiiiiight! and I'm only 5'2", its not like I'm 6'11"

[GODDESS6]

the drunk at the show i mentioned, did not have front row seats~ & bragged how she bullied her way up to the front~ there was no way she was getting my spot~ i don't think i ever wanted to elbow someone in the face so bad:eek:~

[LikeAMagnet]

Ugh at the dublin show some drunken woman tried for like twenty minutes to shove me from my spot at the stage ! I could not believe her. She could barely speak and was falling all over the place. I thought about kicking her legs out from under her and shoving her under the stage but figured she would just pass out or go away which she did.

So.. the general consensus is that the Dublin show was energetic and the crowd were enthusiastic... but, that could well have been because there was a serious amount of drink flowing.

Wow. Why am I not suprised? :laugh:

[chiliD]

I dunno, I just think that people today (in general) don't handle alcohol as well as people did 20 (or so) years ago. Seems like the "obnoxious" factor of drunken people is a whole lot higher these days than "back in the 'good ol' days'".

Now, pot smoking...that's different...the "obnoxious" factor is quite a bit lower of stoned folks compared to drunks.

So, in conclusion, I'd rather be in a whole section of stoners than I would drinkers. But, then, that's just me. :shrug:

[Nikolaj]

I remember some drunks at a couple Say You Will shows I went to- during 'Say Goodbye' at the Bridgeport, CT show, a guy said really loudly: "I love Fleetwood Mac, but this song sucks!"-- Stevie looked very unhappy, because the front rows were unusually rowdy during this quiet song, she let out a sigh and there was sadness in her eyes, but she sang it beautifully. The sigh came right after the guy's comment, so I tend to think she heard him, but who knows. LB was making a speech, I think (?) it was before 'What's The World Coming To'-- i should watch the 'Live In Boston' dvd because the speeches seldomly, if ever, varied. After Lindsey said whatever he said, another wise guy down front, center stage, said 'Ah, Preacher! Speechmaker, Pontificator!' He wasn't nearly as loud so I doubt anyone on stage would have heard him. This was also at the Bridgeport, CT show, quite later in the tour.
Early on, I saw the 2 consecutive nights of the SYW tour in Worcester, Mass. I recall a really, really drunk girl with incredibly bad breath kept talking (too much) to me, and I'd answer politely but tried to keep as quiet as I could, at a loud concert, and she kept being loud, saying how her boyfriend had to work early and wanted to leave. Stupidly, I told her she had to at least stick around for 'Stand Back' and she went into a long, drunken plea to him to stay longer, and they did. Finally, someone behind us said 'No more talking, ok!' and boy, was I relieved. The fans behind us were probably taping or filming the concert, or just wanted to hear the concert blab-free.
For drunk, rowdy fans, though, it wasn't Fleetwood Mac that stands out to me as much as a Cyndi Lauper-Joan Jett double bill in Wallingford, CT right around that same time in the early 2000s. Joan opened and was quite good but the audience was dead, until her last 2 songs. She said "I hope you enjoy Cyndi" and was a total pro, but clearly was disappointed at the crowds reaction to 95% of her set. Then, Cyndi came out, and the crowd suddenly became VERY vocal, which Joan would have loved, but Cyndi did not. By the end of the show, Lauper really, really, totally lost it and threw a fit and refused to finish singing 'Time After Time'. She didn't even introduce her excellent band.
From her first song, Cyndi seemed to have anger over the sound- which was great, but maybe she couldn't hear well. Whatever the situation was, Cyndi was singing incredibly well that night, but she thought the audience was disrespecting her, which wasn't actually the case. One drunk, who Cyndi initially engaged, kept talking to her on the stage, Cyndi said 'ahhh, they changed your medications again''-- it was cute, until a girl yelled at the guy 'Shut up!'-- which Lauper mistook for the girl telling HER to shut up while Lauper was telling a sad tale of what inspired 'True Colors'. Lauper lost it, verbally chastising the poor girl, the drunk guy laughed, knowing it was him who was being told to shut up, not Cyndi, and Lauper misunderstood his laughter, screaming at him, "yeah, well the guy died, yeah, real funny!" and then launched into the song.
Near the end of the concert, Cyn lost it bigtime when she claimed a different, younger girl, blew a spitball up on the stage at her, hitting the dulcimer (?) she was playing, in front of her mic. -- "That's IT!!! I've had it! I'm in no mood for this, let me tell yuhh!" and she stomped offstage, returning about a minute later, eyes filled with enraged tears, and she sang about 2 minutes of 'Hey Now', to end the show. I was in the second row, and I confess I don't know exactly what a spitball is- but all I saw was a paper wrapper of a straw fly up to Cyndi's mic, the drinking straw's paper looked dry to me.
It was all really uncomfortable, because Lauper got totally enraged, I sunk down into my seat and wondered how a performer could be so livid when she was actually being very well received by 99.9 % of the crowd... A friend 'in the biz' told me "that's why Lauper's only just now getting back to be being a headliner"- that there are zillions of stories of her temperment, especially on tour. The 'spitball' girl had desperately sought attention from Cyn during ' I Drove All Night' and Cyndi was either lost in the song or chose not to interact with her, but I still don't think there was any spit, or malice, involved. Maybe the girl (mid 20s) just returned to her seat with a beverage, I think that's all it was.
Sorry for the long message, again, but it shows how Stevie's approach (letting lose with a sigh, sad eyes, and continuing with her performance) has served her career well, compared to Lauper's approach (bawling out 7,000 people for the actions of one or two!) and losing her professional composure. If she'd only kept her cool another 10 minutes, it wouldn't have cast the definite stench it did over her really excellent vocal performance of the night. And ya just don't ball-out an audience...do you?
It's probably been 5 or 6 years now, and I don't think Cyndi's returned to CT, yet.

[Sahara]

In Dublin on Sunday night a middle-aged lady turned up at the front every now and then and roared "Black Magic Woman!" repeatedly before wandering away. After the encore she was crushing up against us, roaring again and interjecting occasionally to tell the other fans at the front"that's their song!"
What, really? :rolleyes:


I dont see why people paid up to 130 euro just to go and get drunk off overpriced alcohol anyway.. I know I wouldn't have a hope of remembering the gig if I was drunk at it (the excitement has made me forget some stuff as it stands!).. And I would definitely spend a lot of the near future kicking myself if I couldn't remember a night like Saturday!
So true!
I hate drunk people.

[portiab44]

i copied & pasted this from my omaha 'unleashed' review~

but i have to tell you about the drunk girl~ all the people up front had paid to be there & a few others were let up, it seemed like the 1st 12 rows were let to come up front~



FM sold tickets or did something and they allowed 3 standing rows of people at the stage. If you had a front row seat then you had 3rows of people standing in front of you. It sucked for anyone with decent floor seats. these ppl had special tkts to get up there...does anyone remember what this was? How did they have access to those "special " seats?:confused::confused:

[Neal]

I don't think I've ever been to any concert (FM/SN or otherwise) and not had a run-in with drunks.

The only notable one was at one of Stevie's 2005 shows; a guy behind me had his daughter (5, 6 yrs old?) sitting on his shoulders for most of the show and her feet were constantly kicking the back of my shoulders. He was screaming at the top of his lungs and encouraging her to do the same, which I'm typically fine with as I'm not exactly quiet at concerts either. I tried putting up with the kicking since she was a child, but finally shot a dirty look over my shoulder in his direction. Of course this set him off and he had a stream of insults and comments to make for the latter half of the show. I would have responded but tried to be the bigger person for the sake of his kid.

When it came time for the Edge walk, he put her down with his wife/girlfriend and tried to stagger to the stage. I tripped him, stepped over his head and proceeded to get my first handshake from Stevie! :)

[Villavic]

At the Unleashed tour at Dallas a guy was so drunked that people took him away, he could hardly stand.

When Paul McCartney came to Lima a guy was so drunk even before the show started, that I'm sure he didn't see anything. I didn't see him again when Paul appeared.

Both episodes were at front rows. Both shows started on time or very short delay.

Are we confessing our own sins? Cause I have to admit I'm so ashamed I starred a bad episode few years ago, it was a popular 80s electronic new wave british band, that came to Lima, I had dinner at a grill restaurant and got few glasses of wine. I arrived ok at the show but the band appeared... 3 HOURS LATE. By that time I had some (several?) beers in my head, that made a short circuit in my brain (considering the previous wine) and my behavior was not good. Actually I was so upset, I considered so unrespectful to start 3 hours late (with no apology messages) that I didn't stay at the show.. or they threw me?? :shrug:
I don't justify my behavior with the delay, actually that episode is something I regret.

[CADreaming]

I attended a solo Lindsey show in 2008 and during his "Malibu days" speech, several rowdy fans who had had a few were talking and laughing, making a little fun of him. He looked over at them and said something like, "We spent a lot of years harming ourselves - like some of you are doing now. Why do you do that?" Then, he went back to finish his speech.

[elle]

I attended a solo Lindsey show in 2008 and during his "Malibu days" speech, several rowdy fans who had had a few were talking and laughing, making a little fun of him. He looked over at them and said something like, "We spent a lot of years harming ourselves - like some of you are doing now. Why do you do that?" Then, he went back to finish his speech.

ha, i've heard that one - it's on youtube i think! i thought it was when he was introducing Neale... and said that he knows him for a long long time, since the days when they "were hurting themselves... like some of you in the back there are doing now" or something like that.

[Macfanforever]

I'm glad I quit the booze dept 25 years ago.I don't like taking peoples freedom away.But.I think they should outright ban booze at all concerts.It for safety sake.Instead of $8 beers make them $15. Lower the soda and water to $2. For $15 they will still probably buy beer.

If a concert goer comes staggering in to the show with his/her ticket after getting plastered tailgating for 2 hours .He/She should get rejected at the door.

Why should this drunk ruin a good show for all of us fans.

At the last couple of Stevie shows I had a group of drunks a couple of rows in front of me.At another show I had a woman beating on my back like a drum while we were in front for the Edge walk.I have no idea if she was drunk or just happy to be up in front.

[sushud82]

I don't know if I've ever been to a FM or Stevie show where people around me were *sober*. The last Stevie show I was at (Toledo, 2011) the lady behind me was "asked" to leave by security then she started arguing/crying and I don't remember what happened (guess it doesn't matter if I drink or not!). She wasn't bothering me personally bc everyone was up and screaming/singing. I could just do without the beer spillage, constant in-and-out to refill/pee, sticky floors. Someone was smoking at that show as well and Lori was really pissed about it.

The Lindsey shows that I've been to have been dry on drunks.

I personally prefer not to partake at FM/related shows. I save that for Tom Petty lawn seats. :thumbsup:

I did once find a fresh joint in the bathroom at a Stevie show. That was pretty exciting to a college kid. :angel:

Susan

[Macfanforever]

I don't know if I've ever been to a FM or Stevie show where people around me were *sober*. The last Stevie show I was at (Toledo, 2011) the lady behind me was "asked" to leave by security then she started arguing/crying and I don't remember what happened (guess it doesn't matter if I drink or not!). She wasn't bothering me personally bc everyone was up and screaming/singing. I could just do without the beer spillage, constant in-and-out to refill/pee, sticky floors. Someone was smoking at that show as well and Lori was really pissed about it.

The Lindsey shows that I've been to have been dry on drunks.

I personally prefer not to partake at FM/related shows. I save that for Tom Petty lawn seats. :thumbsup:

I did once find a fresh joint in the bathroom at a Stevie show. That was pretty exciting to a college kid. :angel:

Susan

Yes I was getting alittle annoyed and ticked off at the last Stevie shows .People kept on the run for refills and pee or what ever.They can't stay put.Meantime when its time to run to the stage for the Edgewalk they come unglued when you walk in front of them.

They make those rows so narrow so they can get more seats in the venue.If they dump about 3 to 5 rows and widen between rows for people can remain in their seats while others get up and do their business.

[cliffdweller]

When I saw Stevie on the TISL tour, I was the ONLY person standing in our area and the drunken idiots behind me were yelling "take it off or sit down!" It was my first Stevie show and I was NOT going to sit down dammit! :laugh:

[CADreaming]

When I saw Stevie on the TISL tour, I was the ONLY person standing in our area and the drunken idiots behind me were yelling "take it off or sit down!" It was my first Stevie show and I was NOT going to sit down dammit! :laugh:

So you took it off? :laugh::wavey:

[estranged4life]

last (May 2007) the drunken fans at the OKC show kind of ruined that experience for me...

but on the positive side there was only 2-3 people in the non-alcoholic beverage line at the concession stand (As opposed to the 100+ people in line for alcohol) so service was fast and quick.

Was molested by a drunken good-looking lady the June 2004 Dallas show for FM, too bad I was not single at that time, lol!

[StreetAngel86]

Was molested by a drunken good-looking lady the June 2004 Dallas show for FM, too bad I was not single at that time, lol!

i was at that show WOOHOO!!!!
they wouldn't serve me alcohol though coz I didn't have a Texas/US drivers licence .... wtf man :distress:

so sorry, it wasn't i that molested u :lol:

[WildHearted]

I don't see a problem with people having a few drinks to loosen up and have a good time. But when you start becoming a nuisance and affecting others experiences at the show then I think it's time to put the bottle down and have a seat. After all, the PRIORITY should be the music - not the drunkenness. You can go get drunk anywhere.

I don't drink at all, but even if I did, I personally don't think I would drink at shows just because I would prefer my memories of the shows be as crystal clear as possible. But that's just me - and like I said, I don't drink and never have, so I have no first hand experience to base this off of.

[cliffdweller]

So you took it off? :laugh::wavey:

Ha-ha!! No, but I should have. Stupid jerks. I refused to sit down. I know that pisses people off, and today, after seeing Stevie and The Mac multiple times, I would probably sit down, but back then in my 20's at my first EVER Stevie Nicks concert? No way Jose!

[Nicks Fan]

My brother and I went to the 2006 NYC Tom Petty show and we had a terrible experience. We came from Ottawa Ontario Canada so we were looking forward to seeing this show. We were sitting in the back of the floor about two rows past the dividing gate separating the front and back sections of the floor.

For starters we had a couple of young kids next us barely 18. They got drunk on these $6.50 champagne shots that had a strawberry floating on the top. When they first sat down they were raving about the good seats and also how much of a fan they were of Tom Petty. They never watched the show but played tonsil hockey all night and grab ass and every other lewd act you could think of.

Then in front of us a group of people came to the show together all drunk and high on booze and pot. They proceeded to pass the pot around all night so I got to watch allot of the show through pot smoke. One of them was so fat and drunk that he kept falling forwards and backwards while yelling Woo all night before finally passing out for a while and then towards the end of the show he was back to life and doing the same yelling and falling back or forward that he did earlier. It got so bad that a big muscular guy in the row in front of this group turned to one of them and said tell your friend to sit down or I will beat the **** out of him.

There was a mother and son next to us who walked out. We had an usher right there who did nothing.

Why would you want to get so drunk that you don't even enjoy or even remember the show? You just ruin for everyone else. Why they let them in knowing they drunk is beyond me.

Matt

Matt

[Macfanforever]

I just remember at one of Stevie's past shows .maybe the 2010 tour .This idiot drunk or high kid sat next to me.Before the show he kept on talking loud not making since.Thats all I need is some idiot chatterbox drunk next to me and ruin a Stevie concert.Before Stevie came onstage I just blowup at him to tell him to shut the F&%$&*Up and said you are drunk.Seconds later he got up and disappeared for the rest of the night and never came back Thank goodness he did.

[Dragonfly]

I don't know whether any other Ledgies attended the second SYW show in Manchester UK in 2003? It was a big audience, around 21,000 if I'm not mistaken (and they'd filled the arena the night before too).

There was a massive fight between two young lads near the front (drunk as hell) just as Tusk started. Lindsey tried to play on but in the end he shouted "Hey you guys, you're freaking me out!" Stevie looked as though she was about to throttle them with her tamborine and said something like "Nobody fights at our shows, get out" - it was quite an experience!

[michelej1]

There was a massive fight between two young lads near the front (drunk as hell) just as Tusk started. Lindsey tried to play on but in the end he shouted "Hey you guys, you're freaking me out!" Stevie looked as though she was about to throttle them with her tamborine and said something like "Nobody fights at our shows, get out" - it was quite an experience!

We heard about this. The version we heard had an expletive in it, though:laugh:.

Michele

[Dragonfly]

We heard about this. The version we heard had an expletive in it, though:laugh:.

Michele

Hi Michele!

I can't recall the exact words now, I think I heard Stevie gave them 'the finger' but I was on Lindsey's side.

[michelej1]

Hi Michele!

I can't recall the exact words now, I think I heard Stevie gave them 'the finger' but I was on Lindsey's side.

I would have loved to have been there to see them come together to put the unruly person in his place.

Michele

[Dragonfly]

I would have loved to have been there to see them come together to put the unruly person in his place.

Michele

What made me laugh was after it had all kicked off, Lindsey and Stevie had their Tusk 'fight'.

On one hand they were telling the audience not to fight, but then mock fighting themselves:laugh:

[CADreaming]

I would have loved to have been there to see them come together to put the unruly person in his place.

Michele

We heard about this. The version we heard had an expletive in it, though:laugh:.

Michele

This was one of my most favorite SYW concert reviews to read. I have the audio. Lindsey is yelling "Stop! Stop it! You guys! Stop it right now! You guys get out of here! Get outta here! Get outta here! You guys who were hitting that guy get the f*** outta here!" Then, Stevie chimes in with, "How dare you! Get out of our concert!"

Hi Michele!

I can't recall the exact words now, I think I heard Stevie gave them 'the finger' but I was on Lindsey's side.

The reviews said the guys flipped Lindsey off when they were being escorted out and Stevie flipped them off. LOL. :laugh:

[michelej1]

This was one of my most favorite SYW concert reviews to read. I have the audio. Lindsey is yelling "Stop! Stop it! You guys! Stop it right now! You guys get out of here! Get outta here! Get outta here! You guys who were hitting that guy get the f*** outta here!" Then, Stevie chimes in with, "How dare you! Get out of our concert!"



Love it. Nice solidarity! Michele

[nightbird89]

I remember the 2004 SYW show in Cleveland, and bunch of obnoxious drunk girls in the front were yell loudly (I think before Red Rover) and Lindsey got pissed. He stopped his speech and said, "I can wait..."

During the Unleashed show in Cleveland, this really fat drunk lady in the front, when the lights went down and everyone but Stevie and Lindsey was onstage kept screaming, "BRING OUT MY WOMAN, STOP YELLING HER NAME THAT'S MY WOMAN NO ONE ELSE CAN YELL STEVIE!!!" and she kept screaming about how badly she wanted to smoke a cigarette and "ROOMS ON FIRE! IF ANYONE FALLS!!!" Right after Storms she asked Lindsey what size shoe he wore and he said into his mic, "Some woman just asked me what size shoe I wear, I'm not sure how to take that..."

And at the recent IYD show in Detroit, some woman was sooo drunk that up until Secret Love she was literally knealing in front of the stage. She was taking out by security, and somehow came back after Soldiers Angel.
And I'll never forget at the GDT Cleveland show, some drunk asshole up front yelling "take it off!" during Beauty And The Beast. Ahhh