{"id":420349,"date":"2011-05-09T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/09\/michael-stipe-michael-stipe-was-thrown-out-of-gig-at-gunpoint\/"},"modified":"2011-05-09T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T22:01:00","slug":"michael-stipe-michael-stipe-was-thrown-out-of-gig-at-gunpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/09\/michael-stipe-michael-stipe-was-thrown-out-of-gig-at-gunpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL STIPE &#8211; MICHAEL STIPE WAS THROWN OUT OF GIG AT GUNPOINT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Caption: R.E.M. performing live at Twickenham Stadium London, England&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"39\"><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"23\"><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Rem frontman Michael Stipe was once thrown out of a concert at gunpoint after he tried to excrement on stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The musician was performing in America in the 1980s when he became offended by the audience, who mistook his band for a ska group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>In protest, Stipe pulled down his trousers and tried to relieve himself in front of the shocked crowd &#8211; but the band was thrown out of the venue with guns held to them following the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>He tells Interview magazine, &#8220;I pulled my pants down (on stage) once and tried to take a s**t on stage as a protest to an audience who thought we were a ska band. We were thrown out at gunpoint. It was the West Coast in the early &#8217;80s. We were, in fact, opening for a ska band.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/michael-stipe-was-thrown-out-of-gig-at-gunpoint_1217504\" title=\"MICHAEL STIPE - MICHAEL STIPE WAS THROWN OUT OF GIG AT GUNPOINT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MICHAEL STIPE &#8211; MICHAEL STIPE WAS THROWN OUT OF GIG AT GUNPOINT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Caption: R.E.M. performing live at Twickenham Stadium London, England&#8230;. 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