LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
It's like a freakin' pigeon jambaroo around here!
But what if a 12-inch COCKATOO shit in Bono's mouth?
That pigeon and I are kindred spirits.
Rock stars got a lot of money, right? I'm sure they could spring for three of these:
This is the best reply in a solid thread.andyuk just bought his American pigeon hunting license.
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater has no pigeon infestation problem today and never has, a representative said Monday, three days after a headlining act cut short a concert and faulted offensive fowl.
Grammy-winning rockers Kings of Leon of "Use Somebody" fame walked off the stage Friday night after three songs, saying they were getting pummeled by bird feces.
The band claimed in a statement released later that it had been told about a years-old bird infestation plaguing the Verizon before performing.
But the Verizon rep, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, says the culprit Friday was just one pesky bird, perched in the rafters and pelting the stage with droppings that night.
The venue's response comes after the stinky story grabbed worldwide attention thanks to reports by media outlets that included CNN, E!, Rolling Stone, the BBC, People, Entertainment Weekly, ABC News and Billboard.
"Birds do go up in the rafters, and if you're sitting under them, there's a good chance you'll get hit," the venue source said. "But you're always dealing with birds coming and going. And you can have the same problem in the audience. If a bird shows up, you can have droppings."
The venue, owned and operated by Live Nation, uses several tactics in addition to regular checks by an exterminator to keep birds at bay. On nonconcert days, for example, a siren runs all day at Verizon to scare birds away.
Also, nail boards and a paste that birds dislike are used on the beams to discourage them from roosting. But those are only used on select rafters, because riggers have to walk among the beams.
Still, there's not much that can be done about the rogue bird that flies in during a show and settles, as apparently happened Friday night.
"We sent a rigger in, and he tried to shoo it," the venue source said. "The rigger got it to fly away, but it flew back. So you just have to deal with it."
Kings of Leon learned of the bird droppings from opening act the Stills during intermission.
"We didn't want to cancel the show, so we went for it," Jared Followill, Kings of Leon's bassist, said in the statement. "We tried to play. It was ridiculous."
But the venue source said the band decided when it learned about the pigeon droppings that it would not do a complete show. The band was urged to move a couple of feet to the left or right, in effect dodging the droppings, but the band decided against it, the source said, and instead had its tour bus backed up to the rear of the stage so it could make a hasty exit.
"They weren't planning on dealing with the bird. They just dealt with how to get out of there," the source said.
Kings of Leon's publicist said Monday that the band had nothing further to say about what happened at Verizon.
Sara Berry, communications director for the city of Maryland Heights, said she was unaware of a bird problem at Verizon. "I haven't heard of any other concerts getting interrupted in that fashion, but it sounds possible," she said. "But I would think most bands would play through it."
Lot of big talk from all y'all here. I'd love to see the reactions from each of you if a pigeon shit into your mouth.
I expect it would be a lot of screaming and running away as opposed to "FUCK YEAH, ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!"