KTID 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 50 CENT BOOED OFFSTAGE IN A RAIN OF PLASTIC BOTTLES 50 CENT was dramatically booed off stage tonight at the CARLING WEEKEND: READING festival (August 29). The rapper was pelted with a shower of plastic bottles from the angry crowd, and even had a camping chair thrown at him, forcing the star to walk off after just twenty five minutes of his Main Stage set. 50 and his G-Unit crew were hit by a rain of bottles as they came onstage, and they even started to pick up the missiles and hurl them back towards the front rows. Chants of “50 Cent is a wanker” were heard and the group were jeered and heckled throughout the short appearance. Attempting to placate the thousands of people, the rapper said: “We’re just all here to have fun”, and even taunted them by challenging them to all put their middle fingers in the air. One festival goer told NME.COM: “What was he even doing up there? It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.” After playing hits including ’In Da Club’, ’21 Questions’ and ’P.I.M.P’, 50 thanked the crowd and promptly walked off. The star started his set at 8.10pm, twenty minutes earlier than scheduled, and left at 8.35pm. According to the stage times, he was due to play between 8.30pm and 9.30pm. Apart from The Streets, 50 was the only rap act on today’s Main Stage bill on a day dominated by hard rock bands, including Placebo, Lostprophets and Dropkick Murphys. The Rasmus also suffered a similar fate when they walked offstage today after being pelted by plastic bottles. Green Day will close this weekend’s Carling Weekend: Reading festival (August 27-29) when they take to the Main Stage later tonight for their headlining set. Well done, Reading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy no nose 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 50 and his G-Unit crew were hit by a rain of bottles as they came onstage, and they even started to pick up the missiles and hurl them back towards the front rows. If you're going to start doing the Sebastian Bach you have to follow through and finish it. Why did they not jump into the crowd and land on girls' faces and stuff? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 I never understood the concept of booking rap acts and rock acts on the same bill anyway, with the exception of something epic like Woodstock or Lalapolooza and Award Shows... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Ha. Upon reading this thread's title I thought 50 Cent was at some hippie bar reading poetry... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted August 31, 2004 I never understood the concept of booking rap acts and rock acts on the same bill anyway, with the exception of something epic like Woodstock or Lalapolooza and Award Shows... Maybe some people like different kinds of music? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 I know that, I like rap and rock as well, but if the show is dominated heavily by rock acts, why through a rap act in the middle of it? Guess that's just me, I dunno... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ulfistgut 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 I know that, I like rap and rock as well, but if the show is dominated heavily by rock acts, why through a rap act in the middle of it? Guess that's just me, I dunno... The Streets (not rap - but closer to rap than rock), The Roots, J5 were all on the main stage where 50 was. Format & Abdominal, Dizzy Rascal, Rahzel and other rap-ish acts where also playing elsewhere at the festival. There were also plenty different styles of music that weren't rock. None of them got a bad reaction. It wasn't so much a dislike for a different style of music but a dislike for the commercialisation and what 50 represents in music in terms of money vs. music. Bear in mind, I didn't fully agree with the booing and stuff - but that was the opinions presented of people I spoke to who had been throwing bottles and the like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Thrashist Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Damn after I read the first line I thought 50 Cent was at a children's reading festival and after not being able to read well, the childrens' parents booed him off the stage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTID 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 I never understood the concept of booking rap acts and rock acts on the same bill anyway, with the exception of something epic like Woodstock or Lalapolooza and Award Shows... Maybe some people like different kinds of music? Maybe they do. But please, tell them to stop it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Why'd they boo the Rasmus off stage? I mean, I get 50 Cent gettin booed, but The Rasmus? I didn't know they weren't liked... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTID 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Just for being as awful as they are, I suppose. Reading is, after all, the only remaining music festival with good taste. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Well, I like them. But as it's been proven, I know Shit about music in general. So whatever... But 50 Cent is about the most over rated piece of shit rapper ever. Right up there with Lil John... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 The Streets (not rap - but closer to rap than rock), The Roots, J5 were all on the main stage where 50 was. Yeah, but they're good. He also doesn't have the kind of respect that Snoop or Ice Cube had when they played on rock bills (Lollapalooza and Family Values, respectively). Rock fans are a little more accepting when it comes to "real" gangster rap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Addy 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Hahaha, 50 Cent so deserves to get hit with a chair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 But 50 Cent is about the most over rated piece of shit rapper ever. Right up there with Lil John... Lil John isn't a rapper, he's a producer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Reading is, after all, the only remaining music festival with good taste. Then why didn't Green Day get booed off, too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted September 1, 2004 But 50 Cent is about the most over rated piece of shit rapper ever. Right up there with Lil John... Lil John isn't a rapper, he's a producer... I stand corrected. He's still over rated as all fuck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatWhiteNope 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Video Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 This is the funniest story I've heard all day, if not all week. Almost as funny as Eminem getting booed pff the stage at the 2002 MTV VMA's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 1, 2004 I wouldn't call Lil' Jon overrated...there's not really that many claiming that he's some great talent. The guy may be everywhere, but it takes more than that to be "overrated". At this point he's more known for Chappelle's show than he is for his music. Chappelle's Show created alot of non-musical Lil Jon fans. Lil Jon is just a character that people have fun with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Good Charlotte got the same treatment when I was there last year, but they rode it out pretty well, telling the fans they were awesome "because the fans at Leeds couldn't even get their bottles to the stage", then encouraging everyone to throw their bottles on the count of three. It clearly worked for them because the bottles stopped within three songs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTID 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Reading is, after all, the only remaining music festival with good taste. Then why didn't Green Day get booed off, too? That is, of course, a good question. I didn't claim that Reading was perfect. As you can see for yourselves their was a load of dross on show all weekend (50 Cent and The Darkness being about the worst) and not all of it was treated as harshly as it should have been. However, it remains unquestionably the best festival in the UK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2004 That video is hilarious. Mid-way the kid yelling "Fucking Bullocks!" makes it. Ozzfest was amazing this year for whoever said "Reading is the only one left with good taste". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2004 Er, if you choose Reading over Glasto, you're a nu-metal bottle throwing twat. There's probably about the same number of acts at each I'd deliberately go to see, but it's impossible to discover anything new or interesting at Reading. As a festival there's no contest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ant_7000 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2004 50 didn't get a good reception at Summer Jam neither and thats billed for Rap and R&B acts. 50 show sets sucks I've been told because he'll show up late and finish early, or He gets drowned by the rest of G-Unit. I don't understand why 50 was booked for a mostly rock show. Only rap acts that can get booked on mostly rock shows are: like the Roots, Snoop, Cube, Em, Xzihbit, and underground/non mainstream rap acts. Also, Lil Jon is so OVERRATED as producer, Heavy bass drums, horns, synth, throw in some YEAH!! or OK!! and thats all he does. But Dave Chappelle's show didn't really make him, Lil Jon has been around for like 6 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2004 But Dave Chappelle's show didn't really make him, Lil Jon has been around for like 6 years. While he obviously existed before the Chappelle show, DC's parody of him is how most people know him. It's what made him popular (or at least known & hated) by the mainstream audience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2004 Gotta disagree with you nl, old buddy...Get Low is what really blew up Lil Jon and it's been out for almost 2 years now getting heavy play still to this day on top 40 radio and clubs...there will be nights at the clubs where this song will make an empty floor jampacked, instantly...and im talkin BEFORE chappelle did his thing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTID 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2004 Er, if you choose Reading over Glasto, you're a nu-metal bottle throwing twat. There's probably about the same number of acts at each I'd deliberately go to see, but it's impossible to discover anything new or interesting at Reading. As a festival there's no contest. Can't a man innocently express his jealousy at not getting Glastonbury tickets these days? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2004 Let it all out, man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2004 Stop saying Chapelle created LJ. Chapelle introduced LJ to a bunch of white people watching Chapelle, but LJ was already over on things like Hiphop/RnB radio stations et al. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
