John Mellencamp isn't putting up with your bullshit

[Screw_Michigan]

Haha, I guess he's got a record of melting down on stage because hecklers get to him. This isn't the first time he's done this. And who the fuck are these assholes who are heckling artists? I cannot think of anything lamer than people paying money to see a show and talking shit to the performers. What losers.

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John Mellencamp once again reminded fans that he suffers no fools during his Sunday concert in Toledo, Ohio, threatening to end his set early after calling out a "cocksucker" heckler.

A new TikTok shows Mellencamp telling a story before an unseen audience member shouts at him to "play some music." The heckler is met with a chorus of boos before Mellencamp responds, "What do you think I've been doing, you cocksucker? Here's the thing, man. You don't know me. You don't fucking know me. Hey Joe, find this guy and let me see him after the show."

Mellencamp then tries to continue his story but is quickly interrupted by a heckler who demands to hear "Authority Song." "Guys, I can stop this show right now and just go home," he tells the crowd. "Tell you what I'm gonna do. Since you've been so wonderful, I'm gonna cut about 10 songs out of the show. Here we go."

[Smackie Chan]

And who the fuck are these assholes who are heckling artists? I cannot think of anything lamer than people paying money to see a show and talking shit to the performers. What losers.

Your question and follow-up comment provide you with the answers. Assholes & losers.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Play Free Bird!

~wolfman, probably

[Meat Head]

If goodness exists, some fans beat the hecklers ass on the way out. Maybe a trip and fall at the stairs.

[Dr_Phibes]

True story.

I went to watch Mike Tyson/Razor Ruddock at the Convention Centre, it was a big deal Ruddock being a local boy. John Cougar was playing a stadium show down the road and both got out at the same time. The fight fans were irate, Ruddock got robbed and poured out of the venue in a fury only to encounter the John Cougar mob.
Out of nowhere, the boxing crowd just started hauling off and belting the John Cougar fans. 'John Cougar is a wimp!' 'Razor would kill John Cougar!'

A small riot started and I got out of there.

The End.

Remember reading later (I think it was Toronto) John Cougar did a show with 'Hurt So Good' and someone pegged him right in the head with a bottle. He got knocked out but returned to the stage with a hardhat and resumed.

Some people just draw that reaction for violence and I suppose John Cougar is one of those.

[Screw_Michigan]

True story.

I went to watch Mike Tyson/Razor Ruddock at the Convention Centre, it was a big deal Ruddock being a local boy. John Cougar was playing a stadium show down the road and both got out at the same time. The fight fans were irate, Ruddock got robbed and poured out of the venue in a fury only to encounter the John Cougar mob.
Out of nowhere, the boxing crowd just started hauling off and belting the John Cougar fans. 'John Cougar is a wimp!' 'Razor would kill John Cougar!'

A small riot started and I got out of there.

The End.

Remember reading later (I think it was Toronto) John Cougar did a show with 'Hurt So Good' and someone pegged him right in the head with a bottle. He got knocked out but returned to the stage with a hardhat and resumed.

Some people just draw that reaction for violence and I suppose John Cougar is one of those.

Wild stories. The US myth of the docile Canadian needs to end.

[88BuckeyeGrad]

I cannot think of anything lamer than people paying money to see a show and talking shit to the performers. What losers.

[Screw_Michigan]

Loser who pays to heckle artists checks in

[Dr_Phibes]

Wild stories. The US myth of the docile Canadian needs to end.

It's a thing, I don't know how it started or why. The Who did one of their 'last tour ever we swear this time' tours and Joe Jackson opened and he got bottled and had to run off stage and cancel his set.
Pete Townsend came out and lost it, he said Toronto was a shithole and he's never coming back - so he got bottled.

[mvscal]

And who the fuck are these assholes who are heckling artists?

Perhaps people who paid to see and hear a musician play songs and not listen to rambling anecdotes and political opinions?

[Softball Bat]

A few months ago, I purposely watched back-to-back John Melencamp videos on Youtube.

First, I watched a video of him on American Bandstand, in like, 1981 or something. John Cougar.
Very high energy, flying around on the set, belting out vocals.

Then, I watched a video of him from 2023.

What a hilarious contrast!

Wheezing on stage, barely moving around, shuffling, almost speaking his lyrics.

John Melencamp 2023 is 1981 John Cougar's granddaddy.

No wonder he parks his @ss down in the middle of his shows to... tell stories.
They are riveting, no doubt.

Should have packed that show in decades ago, Johnny.

Just sayin'.

[mvscal]

A few months ago, I purposely watched back-to-back John Melencamp videos on Youtube.

First, I watched a video of him on American Bandstand, in like, 1981 or something. John Cougar.
Very high energy, flying around on the set, belting out vocals.

Then, I watched a video of him from 2023.

What a hilarious contrast!

Wheezing on stage, barely moving around, shuffling, almost speaking his lyrics.

John Melencamp 2023 is 1981 John Cougar's granddaddy.

No wonder he parks his @ss down in the middle of his shows to... tell stories.
They are riveting, no doubt.

Should have packed that show in decades ago, Johnny.

Just sayin'.

Maybe he should just come out in hockey goalie's gear, have a seat and let fans pelt him with beer bottles while he rambles on about random shit that nobody give a fuck about?

[Softball Bat]

LOL

[Softball Bat]

Discussion about the Mellencamp situation, with some video of the actual incident.