Last night’s gig…Poor bride and groom!

RocknRollDave

We’re nearly finished setting up. It’s about 7pm, first set at 7:30pm, all good.

Bride and groom are, I’d say, 50’s? Lovely couple. Groom’s had a few grownup drinks, but seems fairly together….…..until he goes A over T on the step into the marquee.

Guests help him to a chair, get his shoe snd sock off to survey the severity of the injury to the leg he just walloped. Looks quite swollen.

First Dance might not be going ahead as planned.

Fair enough, we’ll do our first set, see how it goes?  Except, now the decision is taken that he needs to go to A&E. NOW.

This is, say, 7:20pm?

Bride decides, oddly, to do First Dance anyway…with her daughter from her first marriage. Sobbing her heart out all through it…

Finish our first, and somewhat subdued, set…The news comes through that he has broken his ankle!

But! “He’s coming back!”


Sadly, despite us postponing our second set for quite a while, the news comes that he needs an operation and will most definitely NOT be back.

Halfway through our second set, very apologetic bride thanks us and says she’s off to the hospital, but says she’ll have another party next year and get us to come back!

As I remarked on the mic, a toast to absent friends is common at weddings…but this is the first one I’ve heard that was in honour of the groom!!


Edited thread title to show some sympathy for the groom too!

Sporky

I'm not unsympathetic to the bride's plight, but I think "poor groom" might be more apt!

RocknRollDave

Sporky said:

I'm not unsympathetic to the bride's plight, but I think "poor groom" might be more apt!

True, true…but I think his alcohol intake contributed …. I know the bride blamed him!

Musicwolf

RocknRollDave said:

I know the bride blamed him!

Welcome to married life, get used to it.

Supportact

Yeah, that guy is in so much shit... 

Sporky

RocknRollDave said:

Sporky said:

I'm not unsympathetic to the bride's plight, but I think "poor groom" might be more apt!

True, true…but I think his alcohol intake contributed …. I know the bride blamed him!

That is a fair point... 

axisus

Well that’s all rather a shame. Best of luck to them though

RocknRollDave

axisus said:

Well that’s all rather a shame. Best of luck to them though

Yes, this. They were a lovely couple.

Teyeplayer

Extreme way of getting out of paying the band, screams scam.

RocknRollDave

Teyeplayer said:

Extreme way of getting out of paying the band, screams scam.

  

Fortunately, the groom paid us in cash just after we had started setting up.

maltingsaudio

Anything can happen at a wedding! Poor bloke but you got another gig out of it.

My current favourite oops is the wedding dj using Spotify for the first dance and the WiFi goes down !

Winny_Pooh

He'll never hear the end of it. Best thing to salvage the situation is to get divorced now

RocknRollDave

maltingsaudio said:

Anything can happen at a wedding! Poor bloke but you got another gig out of it.

My current favourite oops is the wedding dj using Spotify for the first dance and the WiFi goes down !

I use Spotify, but I download the important tracks in advance.

Fez

Band I was in years ago once played a mates wedding and the bride's son from previous relationship managed to break his let between the registry office and the reception.

RocknRollDave

Rather fortuitously for the band, they’re going to have another go at having the party, same venue next year…same band, same fee.

BillDL

Suggested songs for next year:

Bon Jovi - We All Fall Down

Oasis - Falling Down

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels

Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up

Alanis Morisette - Head Over Feet

Gloria Estefan - Get On Your Feet

Paloma Faith - My Legs Are Weak

Kaleo - Broken Bones

Linkin Park - Broken Foot

Linkin Park - Healing Foot

Michael Bolton - When I'm Back On My Feet Again

AC~DC - Shake A Leg

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

etc.

flying_pie

BillDL said:

Suggested songs for next year:

Bon Jovi - We All Fall Down

Oasis - Falling Down

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels

Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up

Alanis Morisette - Head Over Feet

Gloria Estefan - Get On Your Feet

Paloma Faith - My Legs Are Weak

Kaleo - Broken Bones

Linkin Park - Broken Foot

Linkin Park - Healing Foot

Michael Bolton - When I'm Back On My Feet Again

AC~DC - Shake A Leg

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

etc.

REM - Fall on me
Anything by Fallout Boy
Steps - Tragedy (obviously because the tried on one)

Paul_C

Tom Petty - Free Falling

The Bluebells - I'm Falling

Steve Harley - Tumbling Down

Stratavarious

^^^^ See how many tunes you can fit in before they clock it,

RocknRollDave

Iron Maiden - Man on the Edge 
(The chorus just repeats the words “Falling down” )

DavidRees

I do not drink at weddings and funerals [but make up for it on other occasions] - it's a risky business that rarely ends well ...