10 Craziest Reasons Musicians Cancelled Gigs
9. Kings Of Leon Didn't Want To Play Amongst Pigeon Poop
Back in July 2010, Kings of Leon canceled a gig mid-performance due to their distaste of pigeon poo... literally. During the event, a flock of pigeons, who were most decidedly not ticket holders, began defecating all over the stage.
While the group was able to put up with the harsh avian criticism for a short period, they reached their limit when some poo went into the one place you really don't want to have bird poo.
Nathan Followill, the drummer for the band, Tweeted about the event by saying it began to get really bad when bassist Jared Followill took some poo to the mouth. He later expanded on why the band decided to cancel in the middle of their performance by saying:
“So sorry St Louis. We had to bail, pigeons sh*t in Jared‘s mouth and it was too unsanitary to continue... Don’t take it out on Jared; it’s the f***ing venue’s fault. You may enjoy being sh*t on but we don’t. Sorry for all who traveled many miles.”
What has become known throughout music circles as "The Pigeon Poop Incident" went down at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, Missouri. Kings of Leon only managed three songs from their planned set of 20.