During the show in Memphis the band leaves the stage exchanging rude remarks / Ivan Moody keeps talking to the audience to fill in the awkward pause
May 3, 2015
During the show in Memphis the band leaves the stage exchanging rude remarks / Ivan Moody keeps talking to the audience to fill in the awkward pause
At Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee, Five Finger Death Punch had their most unpleasant moment on stage. After they had stumbled struggled playing about six songs, the musicians left the frontman Ivan Moody alone to face the audience unrest, Blabbermouth reports. As the singer was awkwardly standing on stage, he tried to fill in the pause and calm down the nervous fans and “entertained” them just to leave the stage as well in five minutes.
As weird as it seems, the band returned to the stage some 15-20 minutes later, without much will to go on with the show. Still, they finished their set somehow that night. Ivan Moody then released an official statement on what had actually happened during the show:
“There were a lot of technical problems last night that were seemingly unsolvable. We had to make a decision whether to hit the stage crippled, without being able to hear ourselves; or, delay the start of the show – possibly for hours.
We decided to proceed, but not being able to hear if I was in key, and just guessing where we were in the song frustrated me to the point that I lost my cool.
I’m not saying I handled it appropriately. Matter of fact I’ve never been so embarrassed before. I apologize for taking out my anger on stage. You guys know me and you know how I pride myself on my live performances. I’d never want this to boil over in to something that epically wrong ever again.
To some of our crew, good luck in your future endeavors we wish you the best – we also welcome our new monitor engineer Paul Weber.
To our fans in Memphis – we’ll make it up to you I promise, Houston we we will see you tonight. The rest of the world – yes we are coming.
And to the haters… wipe that smirk off your face …We are not going anywhere … This “ain’t my last dance!”
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