Josh Homme Screams Obscenities At A Fan For Throwing A Bottle
After watching the video clip of this incident, I’m not sure which is worse, a fan throwing a bottle at the stage or the lead singer screaming obscenities at a fan. The incident I’m referring to happened at the Norwegian Wood Festival during a performance by Queens of the Stone Age.
A fan appearing to be between 13 – 16 years in age threw a bottle at Josh Homme during the performance. Since Josh had been sick with a high fever and vomiting for three days, I doubt he was feeling very well to begin with but having a bottle thrown at him completely pushed him over the edge.
He spots the kid in the crowd that threw the bottle, at least I hope it was the actual offender, and begins yelling obscenities at him including names and threatening physical violence. While he is yelling at the kid, the crowd is pushing him towards the stage and Josh wants him on the stage. Luckily, security grabs him and removes him from the show. I hate to think what might have happened if he would have been lifted onto that stage. Josh Homme was furious.
I have mixed feelings about this incident. The young fan was definitely very wrong in throwing a bottle. Whether he meant to aim it at Josh or just chucked it with no real target in mind, at his age he should have known that it could have caused great bodily harm. I agree that the guilty party should be ejected from the show.
I also totally understand why Josh was so furious. It must have taken strong feelings of loyalty, gratitude or obligation towards the fans to perform that night after having been so sick for 3 days. I don’t know about you, but when I’ve been sick like that it takes all I have just to go to work to sit at a desk. Can you imagine the energy it must take to perform a live rock concert?? I do feel that Josh might have gone overboard just a little bit with the particular names that he called the kid and the physical acts of violence that he threatened given the age of the offender.
Here’s a link to the video clip. It is definitely not suitable for children. I wouldn’t recommend watching it at work either. What are your thoughts about this incident? Which is worse, a fan throwing a bottle or a lead singer screaming obscenities at a fan??
[tags]Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age, Fan Violence, concert violence[/tags]
