Live Performances Gone Awry

Learsfool, I'm sitting here alone in my basement unable to wipe the smile off my face. Your story made my night.

The Conductor of the Youngstown Symphony (we have season tics) told a story till kill time when a violin soloist broke a string. He said it was an Opera I cant recall but a performer is to be shot during anothers singing about events in the Opera, well he said the actor pointed the gun at wrong performer so the cast carried off the soloist while singing instead of the person who was supposed to be removed from stage.
It was a month or so ago I heard him tell that so hopefully I didnt confuse facts but it was a funny story during a uncomfortable mishap delay.

Crossed da border, eh, to see Iggy and the Stooges at the Windsor Ice Arena(?) back in '72(?). Iggy was Iggy - clad only in a silver glitter G-string, spitting on the crowd, acting a real wild child - when two members of the band started arguing with one another during a song. As the argument continued it eventually escalated into a knock down, fisticuff, brawl between the two right in mid-song. It was hilarious, the two rolling around on stage battling while the rest of the band tried to keep the song going. We decided it was time to leave then. Still had a great time though.

Same era different show, though this one only a near awry, Johnny Winter at Cobo Hall. The crowd got so rowdy (fights, flying beer bottles) they turned the house lights on, interrupting the show. A Cobo usher/manager got on stage and took over Johnny’s mic. He threatened to end the show if “we all” didn’t settle down. Johnny told him to get the f*** off the stage, regained possession of the mic stand and went into a blisteringly rocking song. The crowd turned even nuttier, of course. Depending on your perspective: Cobo Hall operators likely felt the show went awry; the audience had a great time, though it could have easily gone awry for us as well.

Aha! Fistfights among band members....forgot about that subgenre. Ray Davies vs. Dave Davies at The Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ on (IIRC) the "Schoolboys in Disgrace" tour. Brief, but notable. Nearly empty house, too.

Marty

Stranglers,(if memory serves) early 80's small club called Galactica 2000 in Sacramento. Enterprising group of hoods sent a couple of guys into a crawl space above the stage... they stomped through the ceiling and fell through while the band was playing... as the place went nuts, cohorts cleaned out the til and split... From what I'd heard the club was losing $$$ already and they closed down shortly afterwards.