🤬 John Mellencamp Storms Off Stage After Being Heckled

Singer John Mellencamp stormed off the stage as he was being heckled at a concert in Ohio. 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, for me it was John Mellencamp.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
There are a number of yews when he came to
Australia with the what was the album, Blood on the Plow.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Was right on the scarecrow.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yeah. I go and see him every time he was
in Australia and I loved him. Now, I probably think
he's a bit of an old coop and i'd tell
him if I went to a show Brendan, because I'd
expect no blowback from him.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
He's a prickly pair.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
I interviewed him back in nineteen ninety seven, and I
remember the record company gave me the hebe Gebis. They
gave me the about the whole interview, they said, don't
ask him this, don't ask him this, don't ask about
his farm, don't know about asking about him his dad,
don't ask about him smoking farm.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
He sings about fine life and so at.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
The start of the interview, I said, I've got I've
never had a list of so many don't ask questions.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't know what to ask you.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
And he goes, well, you tell me what they told
you that I can't ask it. I said, well about
your smoking because at the time he was having. He
had like a real heart thing, but he's a big
chainsmoker and he just.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Went into it.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
He was the nicest, one of the nicest interviews really
at that time. But I think that taught me something
back then. Sometimes you put the blame on the pr
people because there's a lot of people when you do
an interview, they to pump up their own importance.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
They'll sit there and.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
That's right, and decide what they should shouldn't talk about, what.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
They think that the artist might be upset about. But
he was playing in Toledo, Ohio on the weekend, and
he was performing away, and he was just talking about
America because I don't know if you've noticed this some
trouble going on in America at the moment, and someone
you'll just play some music away.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
What do you think of me? You don't know me.
You don't know me. Anyway, before I was sure we'd leading.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
Rub to.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Go apologize. Guys, I'm going to start this show right
now and just go on. Now, see what I'm going
to do.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
Since you've been some wonderful I'm going to cut about
ten songs out of the show. Well, it was probably
a good thing, you say I only played nine songs,
I reckon, that's probably Nine's just right. In fact, I
would go as far as say any artist can can
perform on nine songs, and I'd be happy with that.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Well apparently, though he only got a few seconds into
Jack and Diane, he said, you know what, show's over
so bad? Like if you're a major fan of his,
he has a tantrum grizz doesn't feel like it, and
you've paid a babysitter, you've paid parking fees, you're a
big fan. And he says, I don't feel like it
because someone hurt my feelings.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
But on the upside, you get to ribs and rumps
before they classe for something.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Remember stro I heard of that woman who went to
seek Coole play and she took a tambourine along and
she's playing a tambourine. She's lost in herself, she's loving it.
So yeah Copplay performing, she's performing alongside them with her tambourine,
which is on the crowd. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And Chris
Martin says, hang on a second, I can hear a tambourine.

(03:18):
Where's the woman with the tambourine? And she goes, I'm
going to be called up on stage. She says, I'm here,
I'm here, and he says, well you can be bop.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
She was beaten to a pulp by security and thank
god for that. But my thing is nine songs. That's
from the Beatles to John Mellencamp. Nine songs.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
I think the Bles have more songs than John Mellencamp.
I think there's a debate.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
I got nine songs. How many say if you kiss three?
That's been a lot shorter.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Kiss ended? Well, what the hell was in the middle?

Speaker 2 (03:51):
I don't know why kiss always go to lick it up?

Speaker 1 (03:53):
Why do they perform why do they perform that middle?
Nine