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[Ross]

Good to see rock/metal fans with an open mind, politeness and tolerence.

Dicks!


From NME.com

"50 CENT was dramatically booed off stage tonight at the CARLING WEEKEND: READING festival (August 29).

The rapper was pelted with a shower of plastic bottles from the angry crowd, and even had a camping chair thrown at him, forcing the star to walk off after just twenty five minutes of his Main Stage set.

50 and his G-Unit crew were hit by a rain of bottles as they came onstage, and they even started to pick up the missiles and hurl them back towards the front rows.

Chants of “50 Cent is a wanker” were heard and the group were jeered and heckled throughout the short appearance.

Attempting to placate the thousands of people, the rapper said: “We’re just all here to have fun”, and even taunted them by challenging them to all put their middle fingers in the air.

One festival goer told NME.COM: “What was he even doing up there? It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.”

After playing hits including ’In Da Club’, ’21 Questions’ and ’P.I.M.P’, 50 thanked the crowd and promptly walked off.

The star started his set at 8.10pm, twenty minutes earlier than scheduled, and left at 8.35pm. According to the stage times, he was due to play between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.

Apart from The Streets, 50 was the only rap act on today’s Main Stage bill on a day dominated by hard rock bands, including Placebo, Lostprophets and Dropkick Murphys.

The Rasmus also suffered a similar fate when they walked offstage today after being pelted by plastic bottles.

Green Day will close this weekend’s Carling Weekend: Reading festival (August 27-29) when they take to the Main Stage later tonight for their headlining set."

[Hogisbald]

Maybe the LSO will perform Bach at next years event?

I likes this one,

Eyewitnesses at the gig have told NME.COM that as soon as the band came on stage, objects started flying towards where they were playing. One fan had a banner which read ’Burn The Rasmus’.

A fan claimed: “People were throwing bottles and mud. There was so much shit on the stage! A few bars into ’Guilty’ they stopped playing a walked off stage, which was within the first couple of songs.”

A spokesperson for the group told NME.COM the decision to leave the stage was made after bassist Eero was “hit in the eye”.

I love southerners much more to the point than the northern swine!

[Hogisbald]

[quote=Ross]Good to see rock/metal fans with an open mind, politeness and tolerence.

QUOTE]

I love how you assume that all the Rock/Metal fans are all the same.....

[R.Borlax]

haha cant say i care much for either artist but by no means do they deserve that

[Ross]

[quote=Hog]

Originally Posted by Ross

Good to see rock/metal fans with an open mind, politeness and tolerence.

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I love how you assume that all the Rock/Metal fans are all the same.....

No; i assume that Rock and Metal fans are those at a Rock/Metal festival.

[Ross]

Also..

The Rasmus - In The Shadows is the biggest selling Rock single of the year.

[Suzie]

I got told that 50 cent was shit at leeds too. but come on throwing things at the bands is a bit much, if you dont like them you dont like them, bugger off somewhere else, is my opinion.

[Ross]

To an extent 50 Cent shouldn`t have been on the bill. He doesn`t quite have the rep with the rock crowd like someone like Dr Dre / Eminem / Nas / JayZ / Ice Cude / Ice T etc has.

It`s just a shame for those wanting to see 50 Cent or The Rasmus.

Surely these people should have just gone and watched someone else instead. Plenty of great bands playing Reading this year. Many of which will be big in the next year or so.

[Hogisbald]

Originally Posted by Ross

No; i assume that Rock and Metal fans are those at a Rock/Metal festival.

So why was 50 there?