50 CENT BOOED OFFSTAGE IN A RAIN OF PLASTIC BOTTLES
50 CENT was dramatically booed off stage tonight at the CARLING WEEKEND: READING festival (August 29).
The rapper was pelted with a shower of plastic bottles from the angry crowd, and even had a camping chair thrown at him, forcing the star to walk off after just twenty five minutes of his Main Stage set.
50 and his G-Unit crew were hit by a rain of bottles as they came onstage, and they even started to pick up the missiles and hurl them back towards the front rows.
Chants of “50 Cent is a wanker” were heard and the group were jeered and heckled throughout the short appearance.
Attempting to placate the thousands of people, the rapper said: “We’re just all here to have fun”, and even taunted them by challenging them to all put their middle fingers in the air.
One festival goer told NME.COM: “What was he even doing up there? It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.”
After playing hits including ’In Da Club’, ’21 Questions’ and ’P.I.M.P’, 50 thanked the crowd and promptly walked off.
The star started his set at 8.10pm, twenty minutes earlier than scheduled, and left at 8.35pm. According to the stage times, he was due to play between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
Apart from The Streets, 50 was the only rap act on today’s Main Stage bill on a day dominated by hard rock bands, including Placebo, Lostprophets and Dropkick Murphys.
The Rasmus also suffered a similar fate when they walked offstage today after being pelted by plastic bottles.
Green Day will close this weekend’s Carling Weekend: Reading festival (August 27-29) when they take to the Main Stage later tonight for their headlining set.
Published: 29-08-2004-21-37
― dickvandyke (dickvandyke), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:24 (twenty years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:27 (twenty years ago)
placebo, lostprophets, dropkick murphys, rasmus... what a terrible bill.
― Mil (Mil), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:47 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:49 (twenty years ago)
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:53 (twenty years ago)
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 08:57 (twenty years ago)
― lukey (Lukey G), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:00 (twenty years ago)
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago)
― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:06 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:06 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:07 (twenty years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:07 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:09 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:28 (twenty years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:33 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:37 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:38 (twenty years ago)
He is rap. Because he raps.
― mei (mei), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:40 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:45 (twenty years ago)
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:47 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 10:50 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:09 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:13 (twenty years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:13 (twenty years ago)
― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:18 (twenty years ago)
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:25 (twenty years ago)
well, that's the point: we don't know, do we? characteristically dreadful journalism from the nme. any chance they could have spoken to some of the people in the crowd; found out *why* they were booing? the "one festival-goer" quote is just bollocks.
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:29 (twenty years ago)
― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:39 (twenty years ago)
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:42 (twenty years ago)
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:45 (twenty years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:02 (twenty years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:08 (twenty years ago)
Gotta say, I'm not a fan of his (by a loooooong stretch), but I respect the fact that he seems to have handled it gracefully, and didn't get all pissy.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:22 (twenty years ago)
― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 13:11 (twenty years ago)
― dickvandyke (dickvandyke), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 13:16 (twenty years ago)
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 13:17 (twenty years ago)
― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago)
― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago)
I have nothing against 50 Cent (apart from he's crap), I am just worried about falling standards in festival missiles.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 14:11 (twenty years ago)
Also I saw Schoolly D get loads of abuse once and he didn't run away.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago)
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago)
That's `cos he was invariably packin' heat. But he's that much cooler for doin' the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" theme anyway.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 14:41 (twenty years ago)
― maria b (maria b), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 20:13 (twenty years ago)
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:31 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:33 (twenty years ago)
No fun.
― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:33 (twenty years ago)
― cis (cis), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:34 (twenty years ago)
http://www.rmf.fm/muzyka/obrazki/foto/rasmus-2.jpg
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:35 (twenty years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:35 (twenty years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago)
and anyone praising it is equally dumb. it's the stupidest most pathetic victory I can possibly think of "we booed an artist and he left the stage!!!". yeah congrats guys, what a great way to spend a weekend.
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago)
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― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago)
Oh, god: 'indie' and 'definition' in one sentence.
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:43 (twenty years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago)
Two 50 Cent fans were arrested on Friday night after a surprise performance by the rapper at a Springfield, Massachusetts, nightclub ended abruptly following a minor brawl, police said.
According to one concertgoer, a small skirmish erupted in the audience after the rapper was allegedly hit in the head by a water bottle thrown by an audience member and 50 leapt into the crowd after the fan.
Friday night's event, Spring Jam, thrown by Hartford, Connecticut, radio station WZMX-FM 93.7, was an invite-only event for winners of an on-air contest, and was billed as featuring Akon, Mobb Deep, Mario Winans, and Lloyd Banks of the G-Unit. Rumors of 50 Cent's surprise appearance were circulating during the week prior to the show, however, as the rapper owns a house in nearby Farmington, Connecticut, about 25 minutes away from the venue.
Club co-owner Michael J. Barrasso told WWLP-TV 22 News that 50 Cent was not scheduled to appear but showed up at the last minute. The rapper was set to perform a few songs, but, according to an eyewitness in the crowd of 1,400, the rapper started throwing water and water bottles at fans halfway through his first song. The doused crowd, which had suited up to meet the club's strictly enforced dress code, allegedly began throwing water back at the stage.
One concertgoer said 50 was hit in the head with a water bottle, then took something out of his waist band, removed his chain and jumped into the crowd, followed by members of his entourage. "They started throwing 'bows," the onlooker said.
However, a source at WZMX told MTV News that the crowd was very enthusiastic when 50 took the stage, and that there was a lot of water being thrown back and forth but "not in a negative way." Just like a rock show, he explained, 50 jumped into the crowd, not to fight but to get the crowd hyped, then jumped back onstage and continued the song ("Wanksta"). According to the source, 50 was just beginning his next song when a fight occurred in the crowd. The show was then shut down.
Barrasso told 22 News that "police were there, my security were there, it was contained within 30 seconds, then everyone was pushed back onstage. [50 Cent] finished the song he was singing, then exited off the side of the stage with his whole entourage." Barrasso told The Associated Press that the club was so packed that he could not tell if the fight ever erupted into anything more severe than pushing.
DJ Buck, program director of WZMX, told MTV News that the night's problems were "not as bad as some have portrayed it," and that they were "unfortunately, the acts of a few local individuals and not representative of the crowd, the atmosphere or the station's audience."
Springfield police are looking into a shooting that happened nearby, to investigate if the two events were linked, according to Lieutenant C. Lee Bennett. Police are also continuing to investigate complaints that 50 may have assaulted at least one person.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:46 (twenty years ago)
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― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:47 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:47 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:49 (twenty years ago)
― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:51 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:52 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:55 (twenty years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:56 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago)
Just out of interest, how would, say, Dizzee have gone down there? Am I right in speculating that the reception would have been considerably less hostile?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:59 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago)
― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:12 (twenty years ago)
I think I agree with Ronan, really. The people throwing shit at Fiddah were obviously cunts. I mean, it might be a bad idea to have put him on there in the first place but y'know, if I stand on a street waving a knife around and some guy's careless enough to walk into it I'm still an asshole for waving a knife around on the street(that doesn't quite work does it?).
I'm probably drunk and naively well-meaning enough to say that all booing is dud. In this context.
― Fergal (Ferg), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 22:30 (twenty years ago)
― dickvandyke (dickvandyke), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:55 (twenty years ago)
did Ice Cube get bottled off in 1994?
actually i think he did!
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:05 (twenty years ago)
― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:06 (twenty years ago)
This already is the case though, and has been for a long time? I mean at least since they put ultravox and sham 69 on the bill in 1979, I can remember reading reviews year after year in the '80's, where it was all about who'd get the most cider bottles full of piss thrown at them. Personally speaking, reading fest = my idea of hell on earth, I'd never go to one.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:17 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:23 (twenty years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:23 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago)
― david acid (gareth), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago)
― gainfully employed (ex machina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago)
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:07 (twenty years ago)
Erm, except for the Rasmus, obviously.
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 3 September 2004 07:50 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 3 September 2004 07:52 (twenty years ago)
um isn't it:"chick-ity-check yo self before you wreck yo self/Big dicks in ya ass is bad for your health"woulda been way cooler if he quoted the whole thing...
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:02 (twenty years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:03 (twenty years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:09 (twenty years ago)
Glastonbury wins again.
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 3 September 2004 11:47 (twenty years ago)
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 01:15 (twenty years ago)