THE WILDHEARTS Issue Tour Diary, Day 6
September 23, 2009, 15 years ago
THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has issued the following tour diary entry:
"After a wonderful walk around Exeter we remarked how chilled out this place is and how few arseholes there seems to be in Exeter.Sure enough, come showtime, they all crawled from beneath their rocks to attend our gig.
Don't get me wrong, there were a LOT of awesome people there too, presumably, also, having their evening ruined by meat heads.
What do I have to do to get rid of these people from our audience? Answers in the comment section below, please.
What kind of person pays to attend a show only to talk over the singer every time he tries to introduce a song? I will never live long enough to understand this logic. I mean, fair play if you have something funny or constructive to shout but these people aren't even hecklers in the classic sense of the word. These are folk who consider any crap whatsoever to enter their brain to be of cultural importance. And will rudely cut off a public speaker in order to address their point of view. Manners, it has to be said, have not been taught to some people, unfortunate, then, that the least mannered appear to be the loudest mouthed.
They spoil your evening, they spoil ours and no-one wants them around. They wouldn't be missed if they disappeared. So please, if you know anyone who enjoys shouting random insults when a hard working band are trying to introduce the next song they've spent ages rehearsing, if you know anyone who enjoys shouting over the singer because they get so little attention in their normal, dull lives, could you please ask them nicely to stop coming to our shows? We don't want their money and we definitely don't want their company.
I'm so sorry for the idiots of Exeter spoiling what should have been an amazing, warm, funny, informative night. We will play places on this tour, full of people who want to listen to us, and this desire goes so deep that they will actually shut their mouths at the appropriate times in which to do so. Unfortunately you have had your one evening spoiled slightly.
Having said that the band played a faultless set and Ritch split two snare heads due to excessive battering. No one else on this tour got that, so all was not lost.
Exeter, lovely place. Not as keen to play there again, though, as I am to come back for a visit.
Day off today. Get to see my family and chill out for an entire 24 hours. Tomorrow we play Birmingham. I love playing Birmingham. Bring it on."
The band previously issued issued a batch of tour diary entries, which can be seen at the following links:
Tour Diary Day 1: Brighton Rocks
Tour Diary Day 2: Bristol Creams
Tour Diary Day 3: Gonna Lose Your Mind In Nottingham Rock City
Tour Diary Day 4: Norwich, Nice Place, Next!
Tour Diary Day 5: Portsmouth Is Love
Tour Diary Day 6: The Bunk Back Blues
More on The Wildhearts, including their live schedule, at this location.