“I did the stage lighting for that show and saw the whole event unfold afterwards.
What basically happened was that a couple of guys with a bad attitude that were hanging with one of the support bands got very aggressive with one of the security guards working for the Academy, ironically he (the security guard) was probably the most reasoned and intelligent guy amongst them, and then some more of the bands friends and 'personal security' got involved and created a big problem.
A very swift Academy Security team meeting was held and then the entire three bands and all their hangers-on were rapidly ejected from the venue with their tails unceremoniously hanging between their legs; their tour bus was unfortunately trashed as 'collateral damage' but they sure learned not to f*ck with people from Manchester again.
I was still working at the venue cleaning up for the show next day when we got a call from the tour bus hire company asking if we knew what had happened to all the windows in th”
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What basically happened was that a couple of guys with a bad attitude that were hanging with one of the support bands got very aggressive with one of the security guards working for the Academy, ironically he (the security guard) was probably the most reasoned and intelligent guy amongst them, and then some more of the bands friends and 'personal security' got involved and created a big problem.
A very swift Academy Security team meeting was held and then the entire three bands and all their hangers-on were rapidly ejected from the venue with their tails unceremoniously hanging between their legs; their tour bus was unfortunately trashed as 'collateral damage' but they sure learned not to f*ck with people from Manchester again.
I was still working at the venue cleaning up for the show next day when we got a call from the tour bus hire company asking if we knew what had happened to all the windows in th”