MEGADETH - Obnoxious Fans Come Close To Ruining Edmonton Show; Accounts Available
May 13, 2008, 16 years ago
Fan accounts are surfacing regarding an incident during MEGADETH's May 12th Gigantour stop in Edmonton, Alberta at the Shaw Conference Center that saw frontman Dave Mustaine come close to stopping the show. Megadeth forum member "kingmidis" has issued the following recap:
"Some dickhead threw a beer or something on the soundboard, thus making Dave, and I'm sure the whole crew, pissed off and on edge. Shit getting thrown on stage fueled the tension and at the pinicle, some dickheads ran across stage during 'A Toute Le Monde' causing the band to walk off stage for 20 or so minutes. (I presume during that time, Dave and co. kicked the fucking shit out of the guy who got caught on stage.)Dave comes back on stage to give the lowdown and chew out security. Gives a solid speech on the situation and the utter lack of respect it is to have shit thrown on stage/people get on stage. (Dimebag ref* to how things have changed) Then he says, 'If you come on stage, I'm gonna get you!' Needless to say he was pissed.
BUT... for some reason, they played 100% perfect, full or energy and attitude the rest of the night. It was something to behold. Chris [Broderick, guitar] was crazy perfect, Dave nailed everything to a post, James wins Showman Of The Night award, and Shawn hammered it out like a sledge. Best Megadeth performence I've seen to date... coupled with the worst crowd to date from the bullshit of almost causing the show to stop from the beer on the soundboard, to the throwing of shit on stage during performance, to the jumping on stage after fair enough warning from Dave about fucking around.
I give mad kudos for Dave and co for coming back on and playing as killer as they did."
Fan-filmed video footage of Mustaine addressing the audience is available below. Go to this location to access the band's fan forum. You must be a registered user.
