Fortunate that this is incredibly rare where we play.
Halfway thru a number - caught sight of 2 blokes rolling on the floor at the far end bar area. Luckily it was all over in 10 seconds (if that) with no real injury done - one escorted out and the other (?) deciding to smash up some tiles in the gents.
It's weird cos you suddenly sense the audience twigging on to the fact it's kicking off somewhere in the club.
Not a rough place either. It's not like there was metal fencing in front of the band as in Roadhouse...!
Doug Stanhope - "no one ever stopped watching a fist fight to go and listen to the band..."
...she's got Dickie Davies eyes...
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Rough place Stoke!
Edit: I just looked it up and it got burned down.
Fight broke out, it was like a proper barroom scrap like you see in American films.
Basically it was one woman in the middle of the dance floor decking everyone in sight, men and women. We stopped playing.
When it calmed down the landlord came over and apologized and said, I hate it when my wife does that it's just not professional.
One other instance of violence was when the same mate was filling in with a band that was doing some special event in the Ancient Order of Hibernians Social Club and the guitarist stupidly decided to play the melody of "The Sash (My Father Wore)" in between songs.
Some have been horrible (an 18-year-old lad was stabbed to death in front of the stage at Granville Casino) and amusing (two girls fighting on the bonnet of my car as I was loading out).
Usually though it's just the traditional British martial arts, ie, pulling each others' jumpers and shouting "wanker".
I finished the song in slightly muted style and then handled over to Spotify until things got back to normal. The first song up was Are You Ready For Love, which they clearly weren’t.
Makes me think there’s a place for a standard post-fight playlist. Give Peace A Chance would be a good start…
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I was at a Dire Straits Wembley gig circa 1987 and there was a fight in the row behind me . Security stopped it quickly.