Wayne, 23, is a huge fan of the Welsh rockers, who were playing at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, North London.
But a witness said: "Graham [Rooney's brother] and the friend were bouncing around, knocking into people and spilling their pints.
"At one point a minor scuffle broke out. Wayne was taking people aside to excuse their antics."
Only at a Stereophonics gig would someone dancing look so out of place, you'd not only have to apologise but it would become a news story.
Elsewhere, Gordon has the inside scoop on the Sugababes split. Or something like it:
Mock-roach ... our mock-up of Heidi Range as a cockroach
Yes. There's a photomontage where Heidi's face has been dumped on a picture of a cockroach because... um...
Sugababes - who The Sun yesterday dubbed the Cockroaches Of Pop for surviving three line-up changes - recently signed a multi-million Pound deal with JAY-Z's label Roc Nation.
Oh, yes. Because of that. That would be worth drawing more attention to.
Didn't The Beatles survive three line-up changes?
So, the Sugababes' management are happy to stand up and say 'this is not a band, it's a brand'. How terribly post-modern of them.
ReplyDeleteThe product won't be any different, any more than groceries from your local Tesco would be different if they replaced all the checkout staff.
Qu: have there been any other bands that swapped out ALL of their members?
It's not unknown on the tribute/heritage circuit - Mark Steel used to explain philosophy with reference to the conundrum of 'if the Four Tops I saw contained none of the original four, have I really seen The Four Tops'.
ReplyDeleteAnd in the 1960s, Liverpool act The Fourmost just sold on the name to a brand new band when they wanted to move on.