Kings of Leon cancel gig after 3 songs due to bird poo

Mon, 26 Jul 2010

This past weekend Kings of Leon upset fans by halting and cancelling their gig due to feathered critics.

The band who were performing in St Louis, Missouri walked off stage when bombarded by bird droppings after just 3 songs.  Shortly after they left the stage it is reported that a man walked onto the stage and announced, "due to concerns over the band's safety, we are canceling the show. Please file out in an orderly fashion."

Singer Jared Followill spoke of the incident, "The band felt it would be unfair to the fans to cancel the show at that late moment. We couldn't believe what The Postelles and The Stills looked like after their sets. We didn't want to cancel the show, so we went for it. We tried to play.

"It was ridiculous. I was hit by pigeons during each of the first three songs. We had 20 songs on the set list so by the end I would have been covered head to toe."

The Band's manager Andy Mendelsohn added "Jared was hit several times during the first two songs. On the third song, when he was hit in the cheek and some of it landed near his mouth, they couldn't deal with it any longer. It's not only disgusting, it's a toxic health hazard. They really tried to hang in there."The band are currently on tour in the US and Canada, find out more on their website. http://www.kingsofleon.com/

The birds are nested in the rafters of the Amphitheatre and the band drummer, Nathan Followill, took to his twitter to defend Jared and the band's decision to leave the stage and to apologise to those who travelled miles to see them. 

"So sorry St. Louis. We had to bail, pigeons shitting in jareds mouth. Too unsanitary to continue,' take it out on Jared, it's the fucking venues fault. You may enjoy being shit on but we don't. Sorry for all who traveled many miles."