Kings Of Leon cancelled an outdoor gig in St Louis on Friday (July 23) after a pigeon pooped on bassist Jared Followill’s head.
The band were three songs into their set at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater when they announced that the concert was being halted due to “safety concerns”.
No further explanation was given at the time, but drummer Nathan Followill later revealed more details on Twitter.
“So sorry St. Louis. We had to bail, pigeons shitting in jareds mouth and it was too unsanitary to continue,” Nathan wrote.
The drummer apologised again, but was bombarded with criticism from the band’s fans.
Responding to the disapproval, he added: “Don't take it out on Jared, it's the ****ing venues fault. You may enjoy being shit on but we don't.
“Sorry for all who travelled many miles.”
The incident has inspired the creation of the seemingly hoax Twitter account, twitter.com/KOLPigeon.
Fox2now had orginally cited heat as the cause for the cancellation. It is not clear if the concert will be rescheduled.
Kings Of Leon are currently on a nationwide US tour and are due to play in Chicago tonight (July 24).
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Who's tatt is that? Guess the rockstar from their body work
- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- Makes it almost embarrassing to say I like this band after they pull a stunt like that..really get over yourselves already KOL you aren't really kings. Truly hope they somehow make this right cause America reallyl can't Use Somebody like you, and its hard for you to Be Somebody without us the Fans...
- 'seemingly hoax' how dare you! have you never seen a pigeon type with its beak!
- Too unsanitary? Dude you're a f-ing rock band? Bullshit. I travelled 6 hours and spent a lot of money. Better make this right.
- @KOLpigeon is a legend and definitely not 'hoax' PMSL
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