Top 30 Onstage Freakouts by Musicians
Crazy things go down at live shows. These are just a few of the best! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most intense meltdowns from famous musicians during their sets.
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00:00This is a moment in a matrix, bro.
00:02The vibes is better.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:05And today, we're counting down our picks
00:07for the most intense meltdowns from famous musicians
00:10during their sets.
00:12The problem, technical difficulties.
00:16Number 30, John Mellencamp leaves after shouting match.
00:21Being a famous musician is a double-edged sword.
00:24While you get to play in front of large crowds,
00:26you also run the risk of being heckled.
00:28Longtime rocker John Mellencamp is done with the yelling,
00:32done with the screaming, the heckling,
00:33and the drunken environment at his shows.
00:36Most know how to ignore them.
00:37But John Mellencamp proved how disastrous
00:40it can be when you don't.
00:42In between songs, he addressed the crowd,
00:44only to be told to get back to the music.
00:47This immediately made him irate, causing
00:49him to launch into an expletive-filled diatribe.
00:52Now, here's the thing, man.
00:54You don't know me.
00:56You don't fucking know me.
00:58He then took things further by declaring
01:01he was slashing the set list, only to suddenly end
01:04the whole show during an angry rendition of Jack and Diane.
01:07While the initial comment was annoying,
01:10many felt that his reaction went too far,
01:12unfairly punishing those who had been well-behaved.
01:15They say life goes on long after the day of living is gone.
01:23Number 29, Action Bronson throws fans offstage.
01:27Sometimes, fans mess with the bull and get the horns.
01:31Or in this case, they get classic wrestling moves.
01:33I'll be hard to rip out so slap you with the whole head.
01:36While Action Bronson performed a 2014 set,
01:39one viewer crowd surfed onto the stage
01:42and was swiftly dealt with.
01:44Bronson pulled the fan into a chokehold
01:46and lifted him up before tossing him back into the crowd.
01:50Unfortunately, that encouraged the wrong behavior,
01:53causing another man to follow suit.
01:55The performer had lost his patience,
01:58this time opting to strike the intruder across the face.
02:01Things escalated into a full-on brawl
02:04between multiple people, all while the instrumental
02:07kept playing in the background.
02:14Despite the chaos, the crowd kept cheering Bronson's name,
02:17making it clear they didn't mind his response one bit.
02:20Keep your mind straight, focus on the prize.
02:22Always diving in the thighs, blowing smoke into the skies.
02:26Number 28, Wes Scantlin's bizarre accusations.
02:30Some instances of erratic behavior
02:32are so extreme that you can't help but wonder what's
02:34going on behind the scenes.
02:36In a trap, trip, I can't grab.
02:39At a 2016 concert, Puddle of Mud's Wes Scantlin
02:43brought things to a halt to call someone out,
02:46while he started out calmly.
02:48He quickly escalated the situation
02:50by accusing the fan of stealing his house.
02:52You stole my house?
02:56Then he tried to get the cameras to reveal
02:58his target's identity, putting a potentially
03:00innocent person at risk.
03:02In the end, Scantlin abruptly walked off,
03:05leaving his bandmates behind.
03:07While the singer had lost his home
03:09to foreclosure the previous year,
03:11there was no proof that the person he called out
03:13had anything to do with it, making his tirade
03:15all the more unsettling.
03:17You can't explain.
03:20Number 27, Lil Wayne versus the DJ.
03:24Even the most meticulous plans can go awry.
03:27While this may seem like a universal truth,
03:29not everyone can handle such sudden change as well.
03:32I told myself to save yourself, because I can't save you.
03:36While Lil Wayne was performing at a 2015 show,
03:39his backing DJ kept making slight errors.
03:42The rapper even rallied the crowd
03:43to heckle the onstage help, but that wasn't enough
03:46to get things back on track.
03:48After the wrong version of Coco began to play,
03:51Lil Wayne completely snapped.
03:53He threw his microphone in frustration
03:55and stormed off the stage, ultimately punishing
04:02the crowd for the DJ's sins.
04:04In his defense, he had been a victim of swatting
04:07just the week before, so this could
04:09have been the straw that broke the camel's back.
04:11I'm still in the building.
04:13I just had to knock a couple walls down
04:14to kick y'all out.
04:15Number 26, Nikki Sixx goes off on a security guard.
04:20Wanting to defend your supporters is commendable,
04:23but some artists take that too far,
04:25turning a good deed into a riot.
04:27And I was just a young boy, had to take a little break.
04:31At a 1997 performance with Motley Crue,
04:35Nikki Sixx caught sight of a security guard allegedly
04:37assaulting a woman in the crowd.
04:39He was so enraged that he started yelling at the guard
04:42and quickly went off the rails.
04:44And you guys deserve better than that.
04:46His rant became racially motivated,
04:49and he even encouraged the crowd to intervene.
04:51While the incitement was bad enough,
04:53the audience's elated reaction only made things worse.
04:57Any good intentions the musician may have had
04:59were instantly ruined by his abhorrent execution.
05:02Years later, Sixx seemed to acknowledge
05:05his mishandling of the situation
05:07and claimed to have apologized.
05:09You just gotta say it again!
05:14Number 25.
05:16Grimes' technical difficulties at Coachella.
05:19Festivals are an important part of any artist's lineup,
05:22especially Coachella.
05:24I'm so awake, things I can't escape.
05:28The multi-week experience has provided
05:30some of the most well-known performances
05:32of the 21st century.
05:34When Grimes kicked off her set at the 2024 edition,
05:37it seemed like things were going well,
05:39until it was clear they weren't.
05:41Everything kept malfunctioning,
05:42causing her to get frustrated and even scream
05:45as she attempted to resolve the issues.
05:52Grimes initially blamed her math skills,
05:55but later admitted she had outsourced the work
05:57to a third party,
05:59leaving her unsure how to handle the interruptions.
06:01While she seemed to be fine the next weekend,
06:04plenty of viewers got to see firsthand
06:06how she truly reacted under pressure.
06:08But I did everything.
06:11I did everything.
06:13Number 24.
06:15Akon throws a fan offstage.
06:17While people getting unruly at gigs isn't anything new,
06:20some go a little too far.
06:22Sorry for the times that I left you home.
06:25I was on the road and you were alone.
06:27This results in celebrities sometimes having
06:29to take things into their own hands, literally.
06:32Akon proved how serious he was
06:34when a fan threw something at him at a 2007 show
06:37after figuring out who it was,
06:39security grabbed the offender
06:41and forced him to join the musician.
06:43Without giving him a chance to explain,
06:45Akon picked him up and threw him back into the crowd.
06:50His stunt ended up backfiring when it was revealed
06:52that the fan was a teenager,
06:54resulting in a misdemeanor charge for the singer.
06:57There's no doubt that his actions were effective,
06:59but they came at the cost of someone else's safety.
07:01No, we can stop the show, y'all with me?
07:03Number 23.
07:05Afro Man punches woman.
07:07The line between assault and self-defense is thin
07:10and easy to cross inadvertently.
07:12I was gonna get up and find the broom,
07:14but then I got high.
07:16Mid-act in 2015,
07:17a woman decided to join rapper Afro Man on stage.
07:21She came up behind him,
07:22startling him enough that he turned her around
07:25and punched her in the face.
07:26The backlash was swift.
07:28The rapper was escorted off stage and hit with a charge.
07:31His reaction was especially bizarre,
07:33considering he had at least a dozen guards on stage
07:37who could have handled the situation differently.
07:39Afro Man eventually released his own statement,
07:42explaining that he had mistaken her
07:43for another woman who had been harassing him.
07:46While no legal consequences came his way,
07:48he still took it as a sign
07:49to seek treatment for anger management.
07:52Go low, high, go low, high, high.
07:54Number 22.
07:56Richie Blackmore's California Jam destruction.
07:59Rock stars often thrived on having a destructive reputation,
08:02but some went a little too far.
08:04Go low, high, go low, high, high, high, high.
08:12While at the short-lived California Jam festival in 1974,
08:16a scheduling conflict caused Deep Purple's Richie Blackmore
08:19to fly off the handle.
08:21Towards the end of the night,
08:22he threw several items off the stage
08:24before destroying a camera.
08:26As if that wasn't enough,
08:27a malfunction caused one of his amplifiers to explode,
08:31setting the stage ablaze.
08:35Go low, high, go low, high, high, high, high, high, high.
08:42Things got so intense
08:44that the band had to make a quick escape
08:46rather than face charges.
08:47Despite the damage, the festival had an undeniable impact.
08:51It not only got a second edition,
08:53but also became one of the first concert recordings
08:55to be released on video in the 80s.
08:58Take care!
08:59Fuck you!
09:00Number 21.
09:02Kings of Leon leave after being pelted by pigeons.
09:05While some meltdowns seem like overreactions,
09:08others are completely justified.
09:10♪ I've been roaming around ♪
09:12♪ Always looking down at all I see ♪
09:16When fans first saw Kings of Leon
09:18suddenly end their set at a 2010 show and run off stage,
09:22they angrily demanded an explanation.
09:24Later, their bassist provided a statement
09:26that made the situation much more understandable.
09:29During their performance,
09:31several pigeons overhead had used the group
09:33as their personal bathroom.
09:35♪ I'm on my way home ♪
09:38After enduring this for a few songs,
09:40they quickly decided it wasn't worth it
09:42and cut their losses instead.
09:44The fact that they made it as long as they did
09:46was commendable.
09:47In fact, they still went on
09:48despite seeing the previous act suffer the same fate.
09:52Unfortunately, the crowd didn't agree,
09:54resulting in their promoters giving out refunds.
09:56♪ Someone like me ♪
09:59Number 20, Paul Stanley rages against a laser pointer.
10:04There's nothing quite like a man in white face paint
10:06unleashing his rage.
10:08In case you have any doubt,
10:10you are definitely a rock city.
10:16After an audience member targeted the band
10:18with a laser pointer during their performance of Love Gun
10:21at a 2009 concert in Portland,
10:24Kiss's Paul Stanley stopped the show to address him.
10:27And if y'all wanna see me shove a laser pin
10:30up some mother******'s ass,
10:33it's that guy right there.
10:34He cracked a few jokes
10:36regarding the audience member's young age,
10:38like referencing his first beer
10:40and the fact that his mom
10:41was probably waiting outside in the car.
10:44I know it's a big night for you.
10:45You may have had your first beer,
10:48but we're here to have a good time
10:50and you're not gonna wreck it for anybody.
10:52The crowd founded a hoot, cheering along.
10:54To Stanley's credit, he didn't get too angry
10:57or boisterous,
10:58which is more than we can say
10:59for many others on this list.
11:01I know you got it for Christmas.
11:03Yeah!
11:05Number 19, Nathan Williams
11:07has a breakdown at Primavera Sound.
11:10In 2009, the San Diego-based indie punk band Waves
11:14was performing at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona
11:18and it couldn't have gone worse.
11:20Frontman Nathan Williams was under the influence
11:23and he annoyed both the crowd
11:25and his own bandmates with his petulant behavior.
11:28Just hit the drums.
11:29Ah!
11:30Ah!
11:31Ah!
11:31Ah!
11:32Ah!
11:33Ah!
11:34Ah!
11:35Ah!
11:36He mocked the audience and the festival itself,
11:38resulting in bottles and shoes being thrown on stage.
11:42Oh, yeah, I know, I know.
11:44What?
11:45There's nobody playing an actress.
11:46Settle down, boss.
11:47The drummer eventually left
11:49after pouring a beer over Williams' head
11:51and throwing his drumsticks at him
11:54and Williams was left playing into a cut mic
11:56while stagehands dismantled the drum kit.
11:59All right, hi, everybody, we're Waves.
12:02Yeah!
12:09It was a poetic symbol of a disastrous performance.
12:13Number 18, Roger Waters spits on a fan.
12:16Who would have thought an annoying spectator
12:18would inspire one of the most iconic albums
12:20of the 20th century?
12:22Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone.
12:26During the In the Flesh tour,
12:28Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
12:30became disillusioned with performing
12:32as he felt that nobody was truly paying attention.
12:35These feelings came to a head during a concert in Montreal
12:38where one fan became so rowdy that Waters spit on him.
12:49Troubled by his own reaction,
12:51Waters spoke to a psychiatrist,
12:54detailing his dreams of having a wall
12:56between himself and the audience.
12:58This immediately struck inspiration
13:00for the aptly named The Wall.
13:02What started out as a poor response
13:04ballooned into a fully fleshed-out album concept
13:07and the rest is history.
13:08All in all, it's just a
13:11metal brick in the wall.
13:13Number 17, Andy Biersack confronts a heckler.
13:17As it turns out, Black Veil Bride's frontman Andy Biersack
13:21doesn't like comparisons to Motley Crue.
13:24While performing in Vancouver,
13:25Biersack was accosted by a heckler
13:27who made unfavorable comparisons
13:29to the aforementioned band
13:31and repeatedly requested that the opening act return.
13:34You two, all of you, come up here right now.
13:37Come up.
13:38Now, I want you to play our guitars right now.
13:40Biersack stopped the show
13:41and asked them to come on stage
13:43before throwing the microphone into the crowd.
13:45The heckler refused to speak into the mic
13:47or come on stage,
13:49so Biersack decided to jump into the crowd
13:51and confront them himself.
13:53Someone has to get this motherf***** out of here.
13:55Yeah!
13:59He was pulled away by security, however,
14:00while the crowd chanted his name.
14:02Andy! Andy! Andy! Andy!
14:06Number 16, Rob Zombie rants about Marilyn Manson.
14:10In October of 2012,
14:12Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson were performing together
14:15at Detroit's DTE Energy Center
14:18during the Twins of Evil tour.
14:20Take a look at this.
14:21Does it look like it's been kicked by anybody?
14:24Manson started his set late
14:26and went over his allotted time,
14:28then accused Zombie of ending his set prematurely.
14:31Manson even threatened to kick Zombie's ass.
14:34Who would kick somebody's ass?
14:36F**k you.
14:38A furious Zombie retaliated on stage
14:40by venting to the crowd
14:42in a profanity-laced rant about Manson.
14:44But some tours do not f**king go together.
14:51Fortunately, no asses were actually kicked.
14:54The feud was quickly resolved,
14:55and the tour continued without another hitch.
14:58Save the best for last!
15:00Number 15, Shirley Manson can eat meat.
15:04Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson
15:06has long been known for her brash rock-and-roll persona,
15:09and that was on full display
15:10during 2012's Mares Vivas music festival.
15:13If you see anybody throwing anything at anybody else,
15:19you tell me about it,
15:21or you tell one of the security officers
15:23at the side of the stage.
15:24A member of the crowd was supposedly throwing items,
15:27prompting Manson to stop the show.
15:29She then threatened to have the security guards beat him up.
15:32I will ask the crowd to move away from you,
15:34and you'll be left standing on your own.
15:38And then I'll get the security officers to come down
15:41and pick you up and f**k you up so bad.
15:45And she ended the rant with the unexpected proclamation,
15:48quote, I'm on my period, I can eat meat.
15:50I'm on my period, I can eat meat.
15:55Did she just threaten to cannibalize someone?
15:57If so, that might be a first
15:59when it comes to onstage freakouts.
16:02Number 14, Dave Grohl kicks a fan out.
16:05The Foo Fighters frontman has earned a reputation
16:08for being the nicest guy in rock.
16:10Skin and bones, skin and bones.
16:15But even nice guys can lose their tempers
16:18when someone is disrupting their show.
16:20Hey, hold on, hold on a second, hold on, hold on.
16:22Hold on, oh, quiet.
16:24At London's Roundhouse in 2011,
16:27Grohl spotted an unruly fan
16:29who was fighting in the audience.
16:30Who's fighting right now?
16:32Who's fighting?
16:32Let me see him.
16:33He stopped singing in order to call the fan out
16:36and throw him out.
16:37As he told the rest of the audience,
16:39he was there to make people dance, not fight.
16:41It was, to be honest, a pretty justified reason
16:44to lose your temper on stage.
16:45Yeah, whatever, shut up.
16:50That guy was an asshole, he's out of here.
16:52Number 13, Dave Mustaine versus Laser Pointer.
16:56Paul Stanley isn't the only rock and roll legend
16:58irritated by laser pointers.
17:00While performing at the infamous 1999 Woodstock Festival,
17:04Megadeth's Dave Mustaine was targeted
17:06by someone with a laser pointer,
17:08prompting a funny and crude rebuttal.
17:11I see who you are with the laser, you little dickhead.
17:14Oh, aren't you so cool?
17:15The rant was filled with expletives
17:17and dripping with sarcasm,
17:19including his nice little thank you
17:21and thumbs up at the end.
17:22How about you be cool so the people around you
17:24don't beat your brains in?
17:26And let me play guitar, okay?
17:30The put down seems to have worked
17:32as fortunately for both the band and the crowd,
17:34the annoying laser did not reappear.
17:37Number 12, Maynard James Keenan tackles a guy
17:40and keeps singing.
17:42And you thought singing and playing an instrument
17:44at the same time was difficult.
17:46Tool was performing Push It at the Astoria Theater
17:49in London in 1997 when a boisterous fan got on stage
17:53and approached singer Maynard James Keenan.
17:56He may have been unaware of Keenan's jiu-jitsu skills.
17:59Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
18:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
18:07With his arms outstretched in celebration,
18:09the fan was grappled and thrown over Keenan's shoulder
18:12and subsequently pinned to the ground.
18:14But the best was yet to come
18:16as Keenan got the guy in a choke hold
18:18and continued to sing the song without missing a note.
18:21So let me play the guitar for you, baby.
18:26Now this is one creative and absolutely hilarious way
18:28to dispose of a stage rusher.
18:31Number 11, Justin Bieber tries wiping the floor.
18:35While performing in Norway in October 2015,
18:38Justin Bieber attempted to clean a puddle of water
18:40that had been spilled on stage.
18:42However, his excited fans got in the way,
18:44prompting Bieber to lose his temper.
18:46Hey, I'm trying to wipe the floor.
18:48Give me a second.
18:49Yo.
18:52Guys, nevermind, I'm done.
18:53I'm not doing the show.
18:54He tiredly stated into the mic that he was done
18:57and that he was not doing the show.
18:59While throwing off his jacket and storming backstage.
19:02I'm not doing the show.
19:03No!
19:06This freakout came after performing just one song
19:09for the nearly 1,000 strong Norwegian crowd.
19:12Bieber apologized on Instagram
19:14saying that it was a rough week
19:15and that he had been irritable
19:17owing to overwork and lack of sleep.
19:20Number 10, Billy Joel flips his piano.
19:23While Joel was performing in Moscow back in 1987,
19:26his documentary crew directed the light technicians
19:29to illuminate the audience
19:30so that they could get better shots.
19:32Why does it always seem to hit me
19:34in the middle of the night?
19:36Stop it!
19:37But this killed the vibe,
19:38leaving Soviet fans fearful
19:39that security was about to descend on them.
19:42In response, Joel screamed
19:44at the lighting technicians to stop,
19:46seamlessly integrating his shouts into the song.
19:49Toby, there's a number I can always dial.
19:51Let me do my show, for Christ's sake!
19:53When they didn't, he flipped his own piano
19:57and destroyed a microphone stand,
19:58all while still singing.
20:03The fans thought the whole outburst was just,
20:06well, rock and roll,
20:08and honestly, maybe it was.
20:10Number nine, Josh Homme kicks a photographer in the head.
20:14Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
20:16is well-known for his short fuse and irritable personality.
20:20Turn the f*** around, you chicken s***!
20:23One only needs to watch his profanity-filled tirade
20:26against an audience member at Norwegian Wood to know that.
20:29Another shocking moment came
20:31at the KROQ's almost-acoustic Christmas concert
20:34when Homme kicked a photographer,
20:36seemingly without reason.
20:38According to the photographer, Chelsea Lauren,
20:41Homme violently kicked her camera,
20:43which was driven into her face.
20:45She was forced to seek medical treatment
20:47at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
20:49Homme later apologized,
20:50saying that he was, quote,
20:52lost in performance.
20:54I was a total dick.
20:56Number eight, Ted Nugent on Obama and Clinton.
21:00Ted Nugent is one of the most outspoken Republicans
21:03in entertainment,
21:04and it was clear that he abhorred Democrats
21:06Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
21:08While performing in 2007,
21:10Nugent brandished two assault rifles on stage
21:13and told Obama to, quote,
21:15suck on my machine gun.
21:17I was in Chicago last week.
21:19I was in Chicago.
21:20I said, hey, Obama,
21:21you might wanna suck on one of these, you punk.
21:24He also told Clinton to, quote,
21:26ride one of these into the sunset.
21:29His suggestions were met with some cheers
21:31and applause from the audience.
21:33Hey, Diane Feinstein, ride one of these,
21:35you worthless whore.
21:37Nugent, who famously said of apartheid that, quote,
21:41all men are not created equal,
21:43would later call Obama, quote,
21:45subhuman and escalate his threats,
21:49leading to investigation by the Secret Service.
21:51Freedom!
21:56Number seven,
21:57Father John Misty rants about American idiocracy.
22:01He may go by the stage name Father John Misty,
22:04but chances are most fans didn't shell out
22:06music festival cash for a sermon
22:08about the numbed collective consciousness.
22:10Do we think that our hilarious tyrant
22:13is going to be met with a hilarious revolution?
22:17Tillman was set to perform at WXPN's Exponential Festival,
22:21but rather than grabbing his guitar and putting on a show,
22:24he decided to smoke a cigarette
22:25and lecture about the numbing effect
22:27of the entertainment industry,
22:29the nature of evil and the stupidity of the world.
22:31No, no, no, look over here,
22:34put your self-awareness on.
22:36He then improvised a winding piece
22:38before covering Leonard Cohen
22:40and prematurely walking off stage.
22:42We don't know if he was on something,
22:44but it sure killed the audience's buzz.
22:47Number six,
22:48Axl Rose jumps into the crowd.
22:51Axl Rose, vocalist of Guns N' Roses,
22:54certainly has a flair for the dramatic.
22:56He's infamous for his tirades and meltdowns,
22:59but the best of the bunch has to be this one,
23:01which sees him literally jumping into the crowd.
23:03Hey, take that, take that.
23:06Now, flip that guy and take that.
23:08After telling security to take away a man's camera,
23:11Axl proceeds to jump into the crowd
23:13and take action into his own hands.
23:15He then blames the, quote, lame-ass security
23:18before slamming the microphone down
23:20and storming off stage.
23:22Well, thanks to the lame-ass security,
23:25I'm going home.
23:26Bam!
23:29It's not every day you see an entertainer
23:31leaving the stage to literally attack their own fans,
23:34but hey, Axl Rose has always been one of a kind.
23:38Number five,
23:39Courtney Love freaks out.
23:41Okay, this one we can understand.
23:43I don't need to see a picture of Kurt, asshole.
23:46While playing in Brazil,
23:47Love stopped the show to deride a fan
23:49who was constantly throwing up a picture of Kurt Cobain,
23:52frontman of Nirvana and husband to Love for two years
23:55before he tragically took his own life.
23:58Go see the f***ing Foo Fighters and do that shit.
24:01She called the fan rude,
24:03explaining that she has to live
24:04with the memory of Kurt every day
24:06and that throwing up pictures of him
24:08is disrespectful and stupid.
24:10The man apparently does it again
24:11because she curses him out,
24:13flips him off and leaves the stage.
24:15Most onstage freakouts are childish,
24:17but this one, while still unpleasant,
24:19feels heavier and more personal.
24:22Number four,
24:23Kurt Cobain has a tantrum.
24:25Speaking of Kurt Cobain,
24:27here he is in action doing very Kurt Cobain things.
24:31Kurt was seemingly hammered for this performance
24:33as he randomly stops performing in the middle of the song,
24:36staggers backwards and slams his guitar into the ground.
24:39He then goes on a rampage of destruction,
24:42which includes destroying the drum kit,
24:44knocking over and viciously head-butting the amps
24:47and using the drum cymbal as a blunt instrument.
24:58Like his similarly weird freakout
25:00at the Hollywood Rock Festival,
25:01it's hard to tell if this is just a drunken escapade
25:04or an unwell man desperately crying out for help.
25:08Number three,
25:09Danita Sparks throws her tampon at the crowd.
25:13Now this is surreal.
25:14Sparks, co-founder and vocalist of metal band L7,
25:18was truly not feeling up to facing the wrath
25:20of the crowd on this day.
25:22While playing at England's Reading Festival,
25:25the band experienced technical difficulties
25:27and the irate crowd began to fling mud at the stage
25:30in frustration.
25:32In retaliation, Sparks took out her menstrual product,
25:35spoke to the crowd and flung the used item at them.
25:38You can't use tampon.
25:42Oh Jesus.
25:45It's hard to know where to begin with this.
25:47We're used to vocalists yelling at people,
25:49jumping into crowds and destroying equipment,
25:51but this, this is something else.
25:53Today, if you're invited to Reading next year,
25:55I will be giving birth and eating the placenta on stage.
25:58Number two, Billy Joe Armstrong's meltdown
26:01at iHeartRadio.
26:02Come here, you wanna stop here and fight?
26:05I'll fight you right now, come on, get up on the stage.
26:08Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong
26:09is no stranger to confrontation,
26:11having jumped into a crowd to fight a patron
26:13who was supposedly bothering others in 1997.
26:17But it's his infamous 2012 meltdown
26:19that takes our entry here.
26:21Green Day was performing at the iHeartRadio Festival
26:23in Las Vegas when the singer noticed
26:25that they only had one minute of stage time remaining.
26:28I've been around since 1980, and you're gonna give me
26:35one minutes?
26:37Rather than putting on a hell of a final minute,
26:40Armstrong stopped the song and went on a slurred,
26:43profanity-filled tirade, complete with declarations
26:46of how long he's been around
26:47and that he isn't Justin Bieber.
26:50Let me show you what one f***ing minute f***ed me.
26:57He then destroys his guitar, flips off the officials,
27:00and saunters off stage.
27:02We've seen angry people before,
27:03but this is a full-on meltdown for the ages.
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27:23Number one, Kanye West's rant in Sacramento.
27:26Kanye West has always been a controversial
27:28and dramatic figure, but he elevated his game here
27:31and delivered what was surely the greatest meltdown
27:34in music history.
27:35I am putting my career, my life, my public well standing
27:40at risk when I talk to y'all like this.
27:42This is a moment in a matrix, bro.
27:45After showing up 90 minutes late to a show in 2016,
27:48West performed very briefly before randomly exploding
27:51into a diatribe that touched on many topics,
27:55including fellow celebrities like Beyonce and Jay-Z,
27:58the politics of Hillary Clinton, and pop radio playlists.
28:01Get ready, get ready,
28:04because the show's over.
28:06He then dropped the mic and stormed off stage.
28:09Later, he canceled the remaining dates of the tour,
28:11citing stress and exhaustion.
28:14Have any of your favorite musicians
28:16ever freaked out mid-performance?
28:17Let us know in the comments.
28:19You know what, being bad at math is not a sin.
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