Best and Worst Rock Concert Moments


I will start this off. 1975 Jethro Tull concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum. About midway through the show an M-80 goes off in the crowd in the middle of a song and Ian Anderson holds his hand up in the air and counts to three with his fingers and the band stops playing in mid measure all at once as though some one had flipped a switch. The whole place goes dead quiet for about 15 seconds or so. Anderson says something like "Well, that was bloody ******* RUDE! If you want us to keep playing then you better cut that crap right out and have a little more respect for your NEIGHbor. Do you really want us to play some more?". The crowd slowly starts to applaud and then it builds to a crescendo. As the applause starts to die down, Anderson holds his hand up in the air, counts out loud to three and the band cuts back in full force absolutely mid-measure where they left off.

When the song ended I have never heard such intense applause in any arena or hall for any song at any show. I was completely dumb struck by how Anderson handled the situation and by the musicianship of the whole outfit. Maybe it was a staged event, but I doubt it. Either way, it was really something else...
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Best was Pink Floyd at OSU stadium in Columbus. Me and the ex had terrible seats, way to the side, behind a column. As the show started, we walked around the ground level looking for empties a little closer to the stage to jump into. I saw a roped off section about 3 rows deep, damn near middle stage. I asked a security guard what they were blocked off for and he told me "vip's". I told him the people we were sitting by were real high and kept f'n with my wife so we were looking for somewhere else to sit. He looked around for a second, lifted the rope and we sat with our feet up and watched the whole show from about 15 feet away. Not 1 "vip" showed to sit there.

The worst was a Stone Temple Pilots show at a small venue in Columbus, The L.C. it's now called, at a general admission seating show. Some pretty-boy on the second level decided to try to impress his girl by pouring some of his beer on people. The guy next to me just looked up and flipped him off. The jackass did it again a little later, and this time on me. I looked up and he and his girl were laughing histerically. I took my i.d. out of my wallet and handed my wallet to my buddy. I went upstairs, made my way to the front and tapped the guy on his shoulder and asked what his problem was. He turned around, shrugged, and turned back around. I ended up with a broked pinkie, and a night in the tank along with a fat fine for disorderly conduct. Nancy boy will NEVER pour beer on someone again though.