Do you guys listen to Kings of Leon? You know, that “Sex on Fire” business? If not, don’t worry about it, because this is still an amusing story.
The band was supposed to give a concert in St. Louis on Friday, and they did, but it got cut way short because there were pigeons in the rafters of the building. And those pigeons pooped on them. A lot.
From People:
“Jared [Followill, the band’s bassist] was hit several times during the first two songs,” said Andy Mendelsohn of Vector Management. “It’s not only disgusting – it’s a toxic health hazard. They really tried to hang in there.”
The dirty birds were reported to have been lurking in the rafters of the Missouri city’s Verizon Amphitheatre and launching their aerial attack during the band’s opening number, “Closer.” Followill, 23, got it in the face.
“I was hit by pigeons on each of the first three songs,” said the musician and self-professed germophobe. “We had 20 songs on the set list. By the end of the show, I would have been covered from head to toe.”
I’m trying to imagine a scenario in which shitting birds call for a cancellation of a concert, but I just can’t do it. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen, I just can’t picture that particular crisis in any way that isn’t ridiculously cartoonish, complete with big comic book bubbles that say things like “Splat!” and “Kaboosh!” Somehow I don’t think that’s exactly how things went down though.