most embarrassing behavior by an OBVIOUS Stevie fan at a concert - Page 4

michelej1 · #46 03-25-2014, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GarboSpeaks!

I got into it w/ one and was told "his people" would kick my ass. Of that I had no doubt, so said I'd wait for them. Go ahead and leave to go get them. He didn't bite, but we had a fowl language tennis match and ugh-total nightmare.

Oh-oh. Be careful out there.

Michele

GarboSpeaks! · #47 03-25-2014, 08:09 PM

LOL. No doubt. I was just like what happened to the concept of all chilling & bonding at a show? I wondered if they did this w/ all performers at this venue. Total nightmare.

san-l-bar · #48 03-30-2014, 12:19 PM

I'd like to add my little concert story in. My first concert was the Wild Heart tour at the Civic Arena back when I was 13. My best friend ( who was a huge Tom Petty fan - good thing) and I went by ourselves. We were so psyched. But halfway through the concert in the very very dark arena, some dude (I suspect it was a male, but who knows) must have tried chewing tobacco for the first time and hated it - because all of a sudden this chewing tobacco with its cloyingly sweet smell came raining down over us and completely covered our hair and clothes! So goes my very first concert experience!

sodascouts · #49 03-30-2014, 02:00 PM

This sounds pretty mild compared to some, but one that springs to mind for me was Chicago a few years ago at a Stevie solo show. At the end, we all rushed up to the stage as usual for Edge. There was a small speaker on the stage in front of the girl next to me, and she reached up and shoved it in front on me so it wasn't blocking her view, but mine. I reached up and shoved it right back, and held it there. Luckily I was stronger than she was, because she spent the rest of the song trying to shove it back in front of me. I endured her pushing me as well. Tough luck, sister, you chose that spot - deal with it!

Another was a drunken girl who tried to climb on her chair, grabbed my shoulder when she started to teeter, then fell on me when she was unsuccessful at regaining her balance. She was rather heavy which made it worse, but to her credit, she did apologize. It was during "Landslide" which added to the obnoxiousness of it.

My worst was actually a Lindsey fan. We were all standing at the stage at one of his solo shows, and she had brought a huge banner that said "I have wanted to f--k you for years" or something like that. It was so big that she had to have other people help her hold it up. She was standing next to me and tried to enlist my help. I refused because I didn't want Lindsey to think I had anything to do with that lame sign, which didn't endear me to her, but it got worse...

I endured her holding up the sign even though it blocked views until Lindsey saw it and acknowledged it. I figured she would be happy with his nod and put the sign down, but I guess that wasn't enough for her; even after he acknowledged it, she would jerk it back up and holler "I want to f--k you" every time he came to our side of the stage.

Finally, I'd had enough. I grabbed the corner of her sign and jerked it down, then held it there when she tried to jerk it back up. Of course, she was enraged. She hollered obscenities at me and threatened to beat me up, but I just ignored her. She weighed a lot more but was middle aged; I was sure I could fend off her drunken blows if it came down to that, not to mention security was nearby. As she continued jerking on it, it ripped and fell to the ground. I mashed it underneath my foot. I continued to ignore her raging and she was all talk about beating me up, so once she exhausted herself and moved to another spot, I had a very nice concert experience.

GarboSpeaks! · #50 03-30-2014, 03:03 PM

Holy crap-PURE CLASS w/ the LB sign holder. Wow. Have enough of your pals with you to fulfill your insanity or piss off. Why others want to engage you in their delusions is beyond me. What would I like from others around me at a show. Have a great time. Be cool. Leave ahole behavior at home. Ugh, and the rain of chewing tobacco. UGH YUCKY. lol

san-l-bar · #51 03-30-2014, 03:38 PM

You know, I think some people just go for the crowd and some people actually care enough to watch and listen and participate. But to me, it seems an awful waste of a lot of money to just go to something and get so blitzed that you don't remember it. I would think people would be better off just going to a bar or staying home and watching an old concert on YouTube and get stoned there.

michelej1 · #52 03-30-2014, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Luckily I was stronger than she was, because she spent the rest of the song trying to shove it back in front of me. I endured her pushing me as well. Tough luck, sister, you chose that spot - deal with it!

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Finally, I'd had enough. I grabbed the corner of her sign and jerked it down, then held it there when she tried to jerk it back up. Of course, she was enraged. She hollered obscenities at me and threatened to beat me up, but I just ignored her. She weighed a lot more but was middle aged; I was sure I could fend off her drunken blows if it came down to that, not to mention security was nearby.

Sounds like you have to be in top fighting shape to attend these concerts.

Michele

sodascouts · #53 03-30-2014, 07:42 PM

You'd be surprised at the power of pure determination! I remember at Jazz Fest after I'd waited all day in the hot sun at the front of the public area, someone behind me tried to push me aside to get my spot. They were using their backpack like a battering ram to get people to move. I didn't budge no matter how hard that backpack hit me. My response: "The only way you're getting me to move is if you have a shotgun in that backpack!"

michelej1 · #54 03-30-2014, 07:44 PM

People are really awful. Michele

Macfanforever · #55 03-31-2014, 03:23 PM

I can say DRUNKS tops my list of idiots at concerts.They ruin the show for everybody.

I love seeing the girls dressed up like Stevie.Yummy.LOL....

Stevie can do with out the idiots that run up on the stage.

Screaming is a norm at any concert but its annoying in the quiet passage of her songs and when she is talking to her audience .Its darn rude.

BLY · #56 03-31-2014, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I can say DRUNKS tops my list of idiots at concerts.They ruin the show for everybody.

I love seeing the girls dressed up like Stevie.Yummy.LOL....

Stevie can do with out the idiots that run up on the stage.

Screaming is a norm at any concert but its annoying in the quiet passage of her songs and when she is talking to her audience .Its darn rude.

I agree with all the above.... At least Fleetwood Mac concerts are not as crazy. Stevie's shows always seem to bring out some real interesting caracters.

Macfanforever · #57 03-31-2014, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BLY

I agree with all the above.... At least Fleetwood Mac concerts are not as crazy. Stevie's shows always seem to bring out some real interesting caracters.

I agree on the interesting characters.LOL...

I dont know why.

SpyNote · #58 04-04-2014, 11:05 AM

This thread is 7 years old, but still relevant today!

For me, spilling beer is the worst. I think drinking of any kind should be banned inside the seating area. I once placed my Street Angel tour books on the ground underneath my seat and they were drenched by the first few minutes of the show. I also witnessed someone hurling beer at another person who was standing and dancing.

I'm perfectly content with watching shows on YouTube these days. Thank goodness for tapers

sodascouts · #59 04-04-2014, 11:40 AM

I remember at a Stevie show in Atlantic City, there was this "two beers for the price of one" deal and tons of people were getting two cups of beer and bringing them to the seats. Of course, that meant that the extra beer got put on the floor....

So many of those cups of beers spilled or were knocked over that the floor was absolutely running with streams of beer, and anything anyone put on the ground was saturated.

louielouie2000 · #60 04-04-2014, 12:58 PM

I'll never forget this one- I was at the Raleigh, NC Enchanted tour show with my best friend Katie and my parents. I was 16 years old at the time; my parents went along with me because they too loved Stevie, plus the concert was out of town for me, and I'd just gotten my license that week.

Anyway- there was a guy standing behind us, he was probably in his early 30s. He showed up DRUNK and only got drunker with his beer intake. He had binoculars and started loudly commenting on what he'd do to Stevie (sexually). So while Stevie was singing the likes of Garbo, this dude was yelling at the top of his lungs saying: "I'd *!%# you so good Stevie! Like you've never been !*%#ed before!" Me being a teenager with a girl friend & parents in tow, it was pretty awful.