Bloc Party Fan Attacks Brendan Urie
TMZ.com reports:
Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendan Urie was hit by a bottle seconds into his band's set on the Main Stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival this afternoon. While beginning their opening song, the singer was struck in the face by the projectile thrown from the crowd. Urie immediately collapsed on the stage floor, forcing the group to stop playing. The singer was then surrounded by his band mates and roadies for several minutes before he managed to get back to his feet.Well, I assume it was a Bloc Party fan. I mean, who doesn't like Bloc Party!Folks who attend the Reading Festival take a certain personal pride in the stature in which the Festival has obtained. Over the years they have established an infamous reputation for being brutally unforgiving when it comes to bands they believe lack in the credibility to play their stage.
UPDATE 8 PM EST: Brendan talks to NME.com about the bottling:
"I'm doing alright now, I could be way worse, I could be dead. What I remember is I got hit, got knocked out, woke up and finished the set! I was out for a couple of seconds, I guess. Then we played some music, it was good. I've got a bruise, but looks good. It makes me look rugged and tough. When I got back up with just got on with ... I guess we were sending a message to whoever threw the bottle, you can't stop us!"The song Panic were playing when Urie got hit: "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage."
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH YOUR BEST PANIC!Y JABS:
"The Only Difference Between ________ And ________ Is ________."
Posted at 5:18 PM
Tags: Panic! At The Disco
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that water bottle saved my soul.
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I congratulate who ever threw that projectile.
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i just read this over at nme. unruly fans are definitely no-nos but... OK, this may sound stupid but i'm just really curious, was the water bottle empty or full? 'coz if it was empty and was enough for brendan to collapse on the floor, well then it just proves he's a total wuss... like their music.
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HERO
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1999 = 2006
nu-emo = nu-metal
Fallout Boy = Limp Bizkit
Pete Wentz = Fred Durst
Panic At The Disco = Mudvayne
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Best. Projectile. Ever.
I have no used that reference in every context possible. Worst. Life. Ever.
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patd isn't the best band, but i don't see why they get so much shit for making catchy songs. i think all the elitest homos on here are just as annoying as half the bands they bash.
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i felt bad when Bowie was hit in the eye with the lollipop, but i have zero sympathy for this douchboy
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That guy was an asshole for ruining the morale. If you're there to see Bloc Party and not PATD, then get the fuck out when Bloc Party leaves.
And it says bottle, not water bottle. I immediately assumed it was a beer bottle, which would fucking hurt if you were hit in the face with it. No matter how much they may suck, a performer shouldn't have to tolerate that bullshit.
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Yes, the Reading Festival, the cred-worthy event that has hosted such luminaries as Daphne and Celeste, 50 Cent, Catatonia, Reel Big Fish, the Fun Lovin' Criminals and Reef in recent years.
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For the record, it was a bottle of urine and it was slightly open, so that when it hit his face it splashed him with urine. I worked security that night. Some of the urine got in his mouth and his eyes. Apparently he was blinded temporarily. I guess swallowing urine isn't fun.
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"patd isn't the best band, but i don't see why they get so much shit for making catchy songs. i think all the elitest homos on here are just as annoying as half the bands they bash.
Posted by: joe $$ at August 25, 2006 5:55 PM "
No one is giving them shit for making catchy songs, and in fact if their songs were catchy I probably wouldn't mind them. Unfortunately they're not catchy, just crappy.
And I think most people aren't being "elitest" [sic] but rather don't understand PATD's popularity when they just don't make music that's interesting, engaging, listenable, entertaining or otherwise deserving of popularity.
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If you add an "N" in his last name, it spells "Urine" anyway... The bottle of pee was his destiny.
I'm with whomever said that you can't fault the band for making catchy songs... But the puffy shirt? You're killing me!
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So violence against a band that you happen to not like is ok? Wow. If you don't like certain music nobody is forcing you to listen to it. Why is it that when a so-called "bad band" gets popular it becomes threatening to fans of so-called "good bands" ????????
Let's take it further extreme and just kill people onstage...why not? two words - Dimebag Darrell. I doubt any of you fools like Pantera, is it ok that he was killed onstage too?
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Yeah, it was
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ok, he wasn't killed onstage TOO. killing someone and throwing something at someone are completely different.
anyway, crappy performers have had crap thrown at them for centuries. it's no big deal and is, in fact, tradition.
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Oh, well we wouldn't want to break a tradition then would we...
I like to think of myself as a generally nice person, and I could never imagine trying to physically injure someone just because they're attempt at entertaining me wasn't very entertaining to me. That's just cruel. But if you're an evil hearted person who doesn't give a shit about your actions, then I that's an issue you'll end up having to deal with when you're in hell. :D Good luck with that.
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Its funny how pathetic losers who couldn't a write song about even the most intense moments in their lives decide to attack those who are smarter, more confident, and overall better human beings then you ever will be. You couldn't even say a word when she died and left you, and now you are just an intelligent piece of human waste. Grow some balls, or you can just continue listening to TV On The Radio. Here's to a black boot slamming against your face.
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I'm not a PATD fan necessarily, but that fan was out of line. And probably drunk and an asshole, and the presence of assholes in the world is something you just have to deal with.
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i must say i they asshole in me finds this very funny as a fan, as a musican it kinda sucks, but hey we reap what we sow in this world, and you can't make everyone happy.
it reminds me of the time i saw the Smashing Pumpkins in Houston,TX and Billy got pleted with a shoe, and the first thing out of his mouth was, "anybody else throw anything else up here and we are leaving!'
so
of course the next thing to happen was the stage got pelted with shoes by the entire audience (not good to try to test texans as they will call your bluff).
he hasn't played in houston since to my knowdledge (well, i take that back as i think Zwan made a swing through, but do they really count?)
another question to ask on this same subject is how a band with players from Tortise and Slint (Zwan) could be in a band that sounded so lame?
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CLASSIC! Wasn't 50 Cent bottled off stage over there as well? I love Britain.
And Becky, honestly -- what's wrong with a little pee?
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Could care less about Panic... but whatever happened to bands that would get shit thrown at them and get pissed and play harder!? And if it really was a water bottle full of urine, then even worse for crying like a baby.
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Kieron Gillen once wrote a brilliant piece about Daphne and Celeste playing Reading which you can find it here: http://gillen.blogspot.com/2004/01/you-may-remember-bleedmusic-left-field.html. "You screamed at Daphne & Celeste, and you’re the enemy. I hate you and hope you choke on your own vomit."
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The only difference between Fallout Boy and PATD is a drum machine.
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Bad bands are allowed to be booed off stage... it has always happened and will never end. England will always view Panic! as a shitty american pop band... and shitty american pop bands are what they are... I'd boo them off too and throw my SHIT on a stick at them.
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anyone that wears eye liner should get hit. it's just to bad the bottle wasn't filled with urine.
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"I've got a bruise, but looks good. It makes me look rugged and tough."
figures he's more concerned about his tough new image than being shat on in public. Then again, he's sooooo getting laid tonight, then getting arrested for statutory rape.
i was at a festival once and threw a cup of pretzel cheese at good charlotte, missed the really skiny guy by THAT much...hit their drummer though...that was satisfying
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"you can't stop us!"
is that a dare? 'coz if it is, i know a lot would gladly take on the challenge! not me though -- i'm not for rude fan behavior at concerts. why not just leave quietly if you don't like the band playing onstage? but heh, as much as i would like to sympathize with brendan here (oh how could you not feel for him in that picture?), it is entertainingly ironic that that was the song they were playing when he got hit.
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couldnt they have at least killed him
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this is the best news I've heard all day.
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"The Only Difference Between ________ And ________ Is ________."
The only difference between you + talent is a bottle.
GET IT it's a double entendre.
Seriously, though, I don't mind them. They sound a lot like fallout boy with a keyboard.
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The only difference between Brendan Urie and a tranny is shorter hair.
Wow, that was a lame one...but true.
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"Seriously, though, I don't mind them. They sound a lot like fallout boy with a keyboard."
wait...is that why you don't mind them? cuz i don't see any positive quality in sounding like fallout boy w/ a keyboard....or being unoriginal for that matter
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The only difference between Bloc Party and Panic! At The Disco is the colour of the dick.
ah...wtf am i talking about
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The Only Difference Between You And Me Is That I'm Not On Fire
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Strong bad reference!!!
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i think this guy was really just trying to get the message across. everyone's been saying it but panic at the disco just won't listen. WE know they suck. Hopefully it's only a matter of time until they understand.
I really don't think the goal was to hurt anyone. Just disgust them and let them know they suck. Really, it's the singer's fault he got in the way of the bottle.
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The only difference between "Panic" and disco is three letters.
I've got nothing.
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Bottling and such at Reading is indeed something of a tradition. The Rasmus were bottled a couple of years ago, they left halfway through the first song iirc. Daphne and Celeste didn't last long either, and they went mental on stage and started screaming at the audience, which appeared to make the audience hate them even more. Then there's 50 Cent....
Sometimes it can be funny. Fellow Brits will be familiar with the TV bloke Vernon Kay. At The V Festival a couple of years ago, when he was doing a TV piece to camera with his back to the crowd, someone hit him on the back of the head with a well-thrown pie.
And I don't know whether to be proud of this or not, but i hit an All American Reject in the face with a (soft, flexible nylon) frisbee, so I'm hardly one able to condemn.
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uhh, i don't like bloc party
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i don't like bloc party either.
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Well, then make sure to hit one of the band members in the face with a bottle full of urine if you ever get the chance.
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Hhahaa that pansy got owned. Got to hate P!ATD.
Remember kids, P!ATD is not an emo band!
www.fourfa.com
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The only difference between panic and bloc party is talent.
Oh Schnap! Back up off me!
And yes, I congratulate that bottle thrower, but I'm glad the singer wasn't seriously hurt. There is no need to be concussed, even if you are an amazingly shitty musician.
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Thats just wrong! that could have seriously hurt him, even if you hate p!atd they're still ppl, he didn't deserve that!
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hmm so the Brits took Brandon Flowers' advice after all?
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I can understand getting all elite in order to look down at Panic! At The Disco I guess. That comes with the territory of success. But, to hold up in their place, as a bastion of pure talent and originality, the band Bloc Party?? Really?
In the universe of music, the only difference between "Bloc Party" and "Panic At The Disco" is the 25 minutes between their sets.
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The Only Difference Between the mincer from Panic at the disco And 50 Cent Is that mince boy will only get shot once and the chap with the gun will make sure he's dead before they walk off.
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The only difference between Bloc Party and Panic! At The Disco is the colored singer.
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god i would throw a fucking broken bottle in Brenden's eyes if i could
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"The Only Difference Between Panic! At The Disco And Fall Out Boy Is Nothing."
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The only difference between P!ATD and Shit is the smell
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"The only difference between Bloc Party and Panic! At The Disco is the colored singer."
Uhh...I'm pretty sure that calling someone "colored" isn't pc anymore.
I think everyone's too hard on P!ATD. I mean, yeah their music is pretty shitty and unoriginal, but it's not completely terrible. They've only been performing for what, a year? Give it time, maybe their sophomore album won't be half bad.
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It is pathetic that people would applaud this. Stupid, thuggish behavior=stupid, thuggish behavior, whether or not it engaged in by people with 'correct' taste in music.
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80% of you are fucking retarded.
and since no one who reads that will care
the only difference between sausage and britney spears is communism.
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if it really was a bloc party fan who threw the bottle, it's kind of funny considering bloc party is going to be opening for Panic! this fall.
Don't ask me how that happened.
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Everyone who has typed P!ATD is a douche.
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I'm ashamed that there's Matt on this planet that likes panic at the failure. change your fucking name.
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I actually like Panic's album. It's standard, catchy pop, but it's listenable. Pelting him w/ a bottle is amazingly idiotic. I hate drunk idiots at shows.
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team bottle of urine!
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the only difference between suicide and listening to Panic! at the Disco is that suicide doesn't require teenage girls on myspace.
"I got hit, got knocked out, woke up and finished the set!"
yeah dude, rock on!
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The Only Difference Between Panic! and a Bucket Of Shit is the Bucket.
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sucky suck should be a bottle filled with quarters
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Mike T, I think I love you. Genius.
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"the only difference between suicide and listening to Panic! at the Disco is that suicide doesn't require teenage girls on myspace."
sometimes it does....
sorry for that after school special moment
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Loolz @ arguing about stuff over the internet.
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i dont understand .... regardless of it being a beer bottle it knocked him down for several minutes ? what ?
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I was staying in south-west australia this summer, and all the kids in my town told me about when Ben Lee played at some festival down there and, speak of the devil, got hit by a bottle. But see, I enjoy Ben's music, unlike panic's, so I was sad when they told me.
I guess the lesson here is that it's not okay to throw bottles...but I'm still a little glad someone made an attempt to stop panic forever.
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alex is above arguing over the internet.
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My Chemical Romance have been subjected to a heavy bottling while performing on stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 27).
The band were pelted repeatedly by the audience throughout their set on the main stage.
However while the group tried to battle through and continue their performance, the constant shelling clearly upset frontman Gerard Way.
After sarcastically asking for the crowd to boo and hiss, the singer declared: "We might be outsiders today, but we represent every outsider out there".
He then introduced a track saying, "This song is called thanks for all the bottles, thanks for all the piss, thanks for all the golf balls, thanks for all the apples and thanks for all the sticky shit."
The singer did briefly get the whole crowd on his side, when in response to a recent article that suggested emo promoted self-harm, he got the audience to chant "Fuck the Daily Mail" three times.
The Carling Weekend: Reading Festival now winds up with Pearl Jam headlining on the main stage.
To review coverage from this year's event, including pictures and blogs go to NME.COM/festivals now.
Meanwhile for the ultimate review of the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals get next week's issue of NME on newsstands nationwide from August 30.
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The only difference between Panic! At The Disco and every other opening act is that every other opening act is probably better than Panic! At The Disco. The only similarity is that they, too, will be booed off the stage.
Which is kinda strange if you ask me. If you pay money to get four hours of entertainment, boo off the first hour's band, and maybe the second hour's too, the headliner's still only going to play two hours. Even if you think the openers suck it, and indeed they may mightily suck it, you get nothing out of being rude to them. Quiet indifference says just as much, and for the drinkers out there, it gives you some extra time to get properly pissed.
Now, I take back all these rebuttals if someone promises to batter the schmuck in the back of the room shouting "Play Freebird!"
DwD
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"We might be outsiders today, but we represent every outsider out there."
Fuck you Gerard. You represent rich girls in drama programs in art schools. You represent ex-teeny boppers who don't know any better. But most of all, you represent worthless mall goths who write shitty poetry, shop regularly at Hot Topic, and don't tell their parents that they're gay. People like that choose to be outsiders. They're not real outsiders because they're all homogenous. If they were true outsiders, My Chemical Romance wouldn't have a fanbase.
To reittirate, fuck you Gerard.
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Matt-
You need to hone your rhetorical skills, douche. I never said I liked them. I've never even listened to this embarrassingly titled band. The fact remains, throwing shit at something because you don't like it puts you on par with infants and lower primates.
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what makes me happy is that they're bottling all the bands I have absolutely no respect for: My Chemical Romance; Panic.
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Matt-
Your "english teacher reprimanding the student" routine wasn't impressive. I hope you get with a bottle filled shit & rocks. Consusion and brain damage for you sir!.
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The only difference between Panic! @ The Disco and just about every other band on MTV right now is oh, well, nothing really.
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Panic! at the Disco and Bloc Party can both suck on my left nut. Both bands are absolute shit.
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Why are people such assholes. Just because you dont like them doesnt mean they suck. Other people enjoy different music and a bunch of idiots on here seem to have their heads so far up their asses to see that other people don't have the same playlists as the losers bashing bands. I don't care much for Bloc Party, but I would never say they suck. Like Hilary Duff or something, she doesn't suck, its just a different taste in music that appeals to us. Some people are as bad as the false shit they deal out.
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Throwing bottles at performers is pretty lame. I once saw Prince nearly booed offstage when he performed before the Rolling Stones. If people don't like the performers then they should chill and respect the band and the audience that came to see them.
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I've seen P!ATD twice and they're a great band - Brendan is certainly the best live singer I've ever heard and I've seen a lot of bands in my time (I started going to gigs at the time of punk - first time around!) but even if I hated a band I wouldn't throw shit at them - why didn't the moron in the crowd just piss off if he didn't like Panic. And for all you idiots saying that Brendan made a fuss about nothing - what are you talking about? He was hit by a large, full bottle and was knocked out ffs, but he didn't make a fuss he just got up and carried on with the set - I think he earned a lot of admiration for the way he handled the situation. The man's a star!
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I doubt it was a Bloc Party fan. Or it may have been - they may have liked Bloc Party and all that, but Bloc Party weren't even playing the festival.
From what I saw, it's been blown well out of proportion. They were only off stage for a minute or two, so it seemed. Wasn't really paying attention, or looking at what was going on, but I didn't even know he'd been hit until I got home. Total non event.
Bloody good shot though - it was a fair way from even the barrier to the stage, never mind being as far back as it probably came from.
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i think its retarded who ever threw that stupid bottle because if you didnt like them then why did you go to the concert anyway who ever did it probably did it for attention which makes them immature and they need to get a life and grow up and for all you people who dont like theyre music then dont listen to it. and theyve made it farther than you in theyre music courier so every body who is complaining shut up cuz i think theyre awesome.
vanessa
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Dude...
What kind of a fucking moron throws a BOTTLE? Of anything... I mean, I like Panic!, but God, if you REALLY want to do some harm because you actually hate them that much, throw something worthwhile, ass. C'mon.
And they don't SUCK, alright? They're just average. And let's face it, guys--when was the last time YOU got a record deal? That's what I thought--never. Jealousy is NOT a good look, 'kay? Try something else.
And you're complaining about them not being My Chemical Romance or The Used or whatever? Guys, c'mon: evry single band sounds EXACTLY THE SAME. Tell me a chord no band has EVER used before, and maybe I'll think about your point of view. 'Til then, GET OVER IT.
Oh, by the way:
"The Only Difference between pathetic and you lot is the fact that pathetic has a point."
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BUT YOU GUYS.......the scar made him look tough desnn't looking tough mean anything anymore?
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Yay Bloc Party, I love how those who criticize them have only heard Banquet..haha losers. P!ATD should stay in the states and no one would get hurt!!
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For those of you who agree that physically harming a person is okay because you dislike his or her music... WOW - I hope you get the absolute shit kicked out of you, real soon, as soon as you turn away from your computer in fact. That would be good for the world. Because, unlike this guy, you actually deserve it… also you might then realize it's uncalled for and absolutely wrong to physically abuse someone due to your innappreciation for their take on an art form, whatever it may be.
But, unfortunately, the world is not so just.
Despite your gaping flaws, there are reasonable individuals that know those who inflict harm like this are just pussies, hiding in a crowd, looking for a second of fame or a way to communicate a feeling of distaste which they themselves lack the ability to communicate in a civil manner. And that’s precisely why we have jails. Undoubtedly, after reading some of these comments, many of you will probably end up there. You seem to have a similar disvalue, the same impractical thought process.
Those of you who condone such moronic conduct as this are simply sad, just as fraudulent, and, more than anything, destined for equally poor treatment. I can only hope one day you manage to do something t