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Rudest celeb you've met?
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jill_valentine wrote: »This is so true it's not even funny. I used to work at music festivals. Bigger international bands generally take it seriously, know what they're at, treat everybody politely and show up where they need to be on time. Without fail, the only problems we ever had were with crappy little Irish outfits who would open a stage on Saturday morning, never to be heard of again. :rolleyes:
Care to share some stories about the Irish bands in question?
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flyswatter wrote: »Care to share some stories about the Irish bands in question?
I honestly can't even remember any of their names, which should tell you how far they got, so I've got nothing juicy to offer you. The usual pisstakers though - they'd be late and never ready to go onstage when they were meant to, which is a really big deal for the opening band at music festival stage, because it puts the whole schedule off and you can spend the rest of the day trying to make up every second they've cost you.
They'd show up late and demand the world, bandmembers would wander off right before show time, they'd steal booze out of other dressing rooms and then make bits of their own, and then hang around making a nuisance of themselves by hassling other performers and staff all day. Just a pain in the arse to deal with generally - I wouldn't mind having a bit of a laugh and making the best of their minute in the sun, but it's a bit rich to have some shower of chancers from Tullamore or somewhere treating you like their personal gopher to act the big fella in front of their friends when actual real life rockstars are able to have manners.0 -
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flyswatter wrote: »jill_valentine wrote: »This is so true it's not even funny. I used to work at music festivals. Bigger international bands generally take it seriously, know what they're at, treat everybody politely and show up where they need to be on time. Without fail, the only problems we ever had were with crappy little Irish outfits who would open a stage on Saturday morning, never to be heard of again. :rolleyes:
Care to share some stories about the Irish bands in question?
I was lucky enough to be on the periphery of a TV crew doing oxygen a few years back. They did two interviews, one with an Irish band, one with a well known US band. Guy from the US band was an absolute diamond. So nice and polite and genuinely made the effort to be as professional as possible, treating question he must have heard a million times before (the band he's in now isn't his first big band
) with like they were genuinely interesting and insightful.
The singer of the Irish band was a prick. Sarcastic, one word answers delivered with rolled eyes and a total disdain for the guys just trying to do their jobs. Never been able to listen to them since. "Once" was enough.0 -
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Pawwed Rig wrote: »Shay Given on the other hand was an absolute gent who had time for everybody.
You'll be sadly missed Shay
Met Shay one night in Tamangos. I was buckled drunk and he chatted away with me for a good while. Looking back, I would have smacked myself, I was so off my tits!! Top bloke for having the patience to put up with me
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I was lucky enough to be on the periphery of a TV crew doing oxygen a few years back. They did two interviews, one with an Irish band, one with a well known US band. Guy from the US band was an absolute diamond. So nice and polite and genuinely made the effort to be as professional as possible, treating question he must have heard a million times before (the band he's in now isn't his first big band) with like they were genuinely interesting and insightful.
The singer of the Irish band was a prick. Sarcastic, one word answers delivered with rolled eyes and a total disdain for the guys just trying to do their jobs. Never been able to listen to them since. "Once" was enough.
Well the first guy isn't known as the "nicest guy in rock" for nothing if thats who I think it is!0 -
I'll take a guess at Oxegen 2005?I was lucky enough to be on the periphery of a TV crew doing oxygen a few years back. They did two interviews, one with an Irish band, one with a well known US band. Guy from the US band was an absolute diamond. So nice and polite and genuinely made the effort to be as professional as possible, treating question he must have heard a million times before (the band he's in now isn't his first big band) with like they were genuinely interesting and insightful.
The singer of the Irish band was a prick. Sarcastic, one word answers delivered with rolled eyes and a total disdain for the guys just trying to do their jobs. Never been able to listen to them since. "Once" was enough.0 -
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kumate_champ07 wrote: »Glen Hansard so
Ha - friend of mine worked in a recording studio. Strict instructions were given that none of the plebby technicians should be the band's view while in the studio :eek:
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Penny Dreadful wrote: »I'm afraid I have to ask, who is Nuala Carey??
I'm afraid I have to ask if you've heard of Google ?0 -
Dermot O'Neill the "celebrity" gardener. Cnut is the only word for him.
Met Chris Pontius from Jackass, total gent, just a lovely nice guy. Met Arnie on holiday, again really down to earth and very friendly. Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, again a really great guy.
Also met Michael O'Leary when he gave a lecture in my college and as much as I wanted to hate him he was a very nice guy, very generous with his time, made a point to talk to everyone and couldn't have been nicer. The b@stard 0 -
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