Kings Of Leon Vs. “Large Amounts Of Excrement”

In one of the strangest concert mishaps I’ve ever heard about, KROQ favorites Kings Of Leon were forced off the stage last night by actual poop. FInd out how, after the jump.

CNN has the story:

Pooping pigeons forced the Kings of Leon to abandon their St. Louis, Missouri, concert after just three songs Friday night, the rock band’s management said Saturday.

An infestation of the birds in the rafters of the Verizon Amphitheatre bombarded the musicians as soon as they took the stage, according to Andy Mendelsohn of Vector Management.

“Jared (Followill) was hit several times during the first two songs,” Mendelsohn said of the band’s bassist. “On the third song, when he was hit in the cheek and some of it landed near his mouth, they couldn’t deal any longer. It’s not only disgusting — it’s a toxic health hazard. They really tried to hang in there.”

The group was determined to play for St. Louis fans even though they had fair warning earlier about the pigeon problem. Opening bands The Postelles and The Stills came offstage complaining of getting riddled with large amounts of excrement, their publicist said.

“The Kings of Leon decided to carry on regardless,” they said in a statement released Saturday. “The band felt it would be unfair to the fans to cancel the show at that late moment.”

“We couldn’t believe what The Postelles and The Stills looked like after their sets,” Followill said. “We didn’t want to cancel the show, so we went for it. We tried to play. It was ridiculous.”

Venue managers told the band’s representatives earlier Friday about “a significant pigeon infestation problem with summer shows over the years, but they were doing all they could to fix it,” the statement said.

“We want to apologize to our fans in St. Louis and will come back as soon as we can,” Mendelsohn said.

Concertgoers were apparently spared the aerial bombardment.

“No fans got pooped on as far as we know,” the band’s publicist said.