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December 14, 2007

Elvis Costello has a Tantrum


A guy I knew went to see Elvis Costello back when he was first starting. He had spent months saving his money and finally he was in the theatre where Elvis Costello himself was to rock. The lights began to gently fall as the crowd roared wildly. Elvis Costello in all his pseudo-fifties glory enters. He walks to the center, his mighty axe in hand. He slams into the song. A string breaks. The music dies.

Elvis Costello turns away from the mic and shouts at someone offstage. Then he storms off. The crowd murmurs as the stage sits empty for minutes. The manager comes out and walks to the mic. He then apologizes because Mr. Costello will not be performing that night and he thanks everyone for coming.

submitted by: anonymous

November 16, 2007

Clapping Can Kill

At one particular U2 concert, Bono had just finished a moving song and was about to talk about saving kids in Africa that are dying of AIDS. They die in the hundreds of thousands every day. He began to clap his hands in the boundless silence of the stadium. Finally, he said into the microphone, “Every time I clap my hands, a child dies.” A fan shouted into the silent abyss of air, “Then why don’t you f%$#ing stop!”

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