Live Performances Gone Awry

I was supposed to go to a concert with a few friends,but didn't make it. Didn't care much for the band anyway, but they had a great story of what happened that night. Nine Inch Nails in Albany, NY in the early 90's...

The singer (Trent Reznor) was swining his mic around in a big circle (it was attached to a cable), and it hit the drummer in the head. They took a half hour or so break while the drummer got stitches. They came back on to finish their set, and about 10 minutes later, someone in the crowd threw something at the stage (they think it was a boot) which ended up hitting the drummer in the head again, opening up the cut that was just stitched. They called it a night after that.

Made me wish I didn't miss that one.

"I agree with Entrope. One of the incredible things about classical is that the performers never give anything less than a faultlessly professional performance. :)"

Do you really think no classical musicians have drug and/or alchohol problems? They're human beings too, with their own set of problems like everyone else. That makes about as much sense as saying golfers don't have drug/alchohol/steroid issues the other sports have because it's a high society sport.

Maybe classical has far more 'functional addicts' than most other genres?