Bob Weir did something he’s never done before in his 50+ year career on Monday night, when he walked off stage in the middle of a song thanks to a bunch of annoying talkers who wouldn’t keep quiet during his acoustic set. Weir had issues all night and couldn’t stop himself from yelling “shut the fuck up” towards the end of the show.
Bobby isn’t the only musician who’s had issues with talkative crowds. We’ve compiled ten instances of musicians openly showing their frustration at concerts. Watch as a wide variety of musicians ranging from Barbra Streisand to Lil Wayne to Kimock tell members of their audiences to shut the fuck up…
1. Jeff Tweedy has engaged obnoxious talkers on multiple occasions and here’s out favorite instance where he actually levels with the crowd by explaining the issue…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew3AOlbJXos[/youtube]
2. Neil Young took aim at some audience members at a recent Bridgeport shows who not only talked, but spent the majority of the set texting…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8jIEIboffM[/youtube]
3. Steve Kimock told talkers in the crowd of his May 15th, 2004 show in Denver to shut the fuck up, twice! Listen to the audio but check out the second track in the set first, trust us…
4. Talkers aren’t limited to rock concerts. Lil Wayne told his audience to shut the fuck up as he tried to deliver Nightmare of the Bottom. Skip to the 1:15 minute to see Weezy engage the talkers…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFYQgPkByug[/youtube]
5. Chanteuse Regina Spektor was delivering an a capella song in Atlanta when she reacted to those hooting and hollering with a shut the fuck up of her own…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMHplGCeRg[/youtube]
6. Billie Joe Armstrong and Green Day were set to perform at the 2001 Bizarre Festival when he was interrupted by an announcer. How did he react? By starting the song anyways and telling the announcer to…you guessed it – shut the fuck up…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU_382A-eDU[/youtube]
7. Back in 2006 Barbra Streisand ranted against then President Bush which brought the ire of man who heckled the singer. Streisand responded by telling the man to shut the fuck up…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fpRqn9m35c[/youtube]
8. Here’s the rare case of one musician telling another musician to shut the fuck up, though this appears to be in jest. Watch as Dave Grohl tells Deadmau5, who is performing on another stage, to shut the fuck up at the 2011 T In The Park festival…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUqbkp81d3s[/youtube]
9. 30 Seconds To Mars front man / actor Jared Leto was attempting to tune his guitar at a 2011 gig in Riga, but couldn’t do so thanks to the crowd’s screams. Leto told ’em, “just shut the fuck up for a second, I’m trying to make it sound pretty for you, ok?”…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocj7_baOfi0[/youtube]
10. And you knew this was coming, here’s Bob Weir telling the talkers to Shut The Fuck Up at Monday night’s show:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jUpy5LvBE[/youtube]
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