It was, perhaps, only a matter of time before Black Lips got mental in India. The US punk rockers played the Sir Mutha Venkata Subbarao Concert Hall in Chennai last night as headliners of the Campus Rock Idols event in the city. In the middle of the band’s set, one that reportedly saw much appreciation from the packed Chennai audience, guitarist Cole Alexander took off his clothes and jumped into the crowd. The crowd was stunned. Alexander then proceeded to get back on stage and make out with the other band members.
The gig was stopped, though there was no crowd disturbance reported. The remainder of their Indian tour has been cancelled – two dates in Kolkata (Jan 24, 25) and one in Bangalore (Jan 29). More details as we get them.
The band’s India tour got off to a slow start in Pune, though they seemed to pick up enthusiasm at their next outing in Mumbai. They had said in interviews prior to the start of the tour that they would tone down their act for India.
Delhi band Indigo Children will take Black Lips’ place in Kolkata.
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WTF!!! was soooo lookin fwd to seeing them in cal.. crraapp!!
Naheee!
On behalf of all Bangaloreans, I protest!
what shit is this?? they cant jst call off gigs like tht man! cmon guys, you have loads of fans in india!
Black Lips are shit, always have been always will be.. no question
Here is the full story from their myspace……….
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3188377&blogID=466119058
Steven, you are a cunt. No question.
They didn’t just cancel the tour, they were kicked off. Punk lives!
They had to flee to Berlin. Fucking cops.
i was really looking forward to them playing at someplace else in cal……..*sigh*
the hall wasn’t packed for them at all. the headlining band that played before them had awesome response. they pulled the people in. 150 to 200 ppl for the 1st headlining band and these guys had about 30-40 standing upfront. the black-lips guitarist first mooned the crowd, then took off his shorts and jumped into the crowd. Unbelievably the crowd actually held on to him! Somehow the few ppl there didnt mind and enjoyed the whole act. The earlier bands guitarist too tried to jump but i think he fell short or something! no one held on to him – he wasn’t white enough for them i guess.. sad
It must be quite sad if you are part of the crowd and some nude guys jumps on you
What a gig what a story!! Long live punk!! I just read about them escaping the police etc. Their tour shouldnt have gotten cancelled.. Synaps was the other headlining band. They kicked arse!!! what a crowd response for Synaps. they owned the show no doubt but the black lips really shocked everyone. some found it offensive i guess
Synaps were awesome. the crowd left after they played and when the blkack lips started. the black lips were really crappy
What’s the matter India, you live in the dark ages?? Not ready for this?? Open your minds!
Any pics or vids of the incident?
thanks!
love the black lips, this story is rock n roll as u like…they got a new euro tour starting today no doubt there will be plenty more antics and i for one cant wait to see them in islington academy!! wayy
Yeah these guys are freakin nuts live, saw them last month…also saw on their myspace theres only a 48hour period for fan only purchases of tickets for the forthcoming 200 million thousand uk tour.
Here the link to the tickets – http://tickets.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems.html
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Awww man these guys rock hard, seen em like twice and each time they go mad and the crowd love it, best live act of 09 i’d say..oh yea and vice records who these guys are signed to have their own monthly radio show playing sweet new releases, they even had these guys on there playing tracks off their new album, wayyy.
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