Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Unwanted News Story of the Day

The relationship between venue security and fans can be a tricky one, especially when you have bands that don't quite understand the situation. You'll probably remember two years ago when Babyshambles cancelled their Astoria date pictures emerged of security using microphone leads to whip fans as a riot broke out.

Now Fall Out Boy, due mainly to the fact they are playing smaller venues than usual, have had a brush with security as they continue to let their fans onstage without limits.
According to guitarist Pete Wentz the band hire personal security (I wonder why) to help fans onto the stage safely. The fact that the amount of fans on the stage are passing a legal limit doesn't seem to be a problem for the band until start security start man handling the fans.

As a fight breaks out between the Fall Out Boy parade and the venue staff Pete was known to quickly jump in to not, may I add break it up but to just roll in a few punches before the moment was over.
I say 'known' but there is this quite alarming footage to prove it too.



"That's what you get when you fuck with my friends... fucking asshole!"

Looks like Pete let a bit too much of his personality out there.
To hear his side of the story take a look here.

Unwanted Quote of the Day

"They're drab man...(they) claim to be all witty but they're just fucking bland in their songs and in person. They're not exactly rock and roll. Not like the Towers."
-Donny Tourette on the Arctic Monkeys

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