What Happens When Gigs Go Wrong: 50 Shocking Live Shows

Bright Eyes @ Glastonbury, June 25, 2005 – It should have been a magical moment for Conor Oberst, headlining the inaugural John Peel tent on the closing night of Glastonbury. However, clearly intoxicated, his songs were limited to incoherent drawls. Worse still, he slammed the late John Peel himself. Afterwards he was forced to make a public apology, saying: “I never had the pleasure of meeting (John Peel) but by all accounts he was an outstanding man and deserves much more respect then I showed. I am very sorry.”

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