What's the worst live f@ck-up you've seen from the band?
 

Not counting Jon's obvious dozens of vocal screw-ups from recent years, what is the worst mishap you've seen from the band during a live show?

I'll start with a legendary one.

https://youtu.be/-BN9E_7-mhw?t=202

It actually seems like Richie honestly forgets how to play the bridge riff and the sudden key change throws him completely off the map. Jon looks extremely pissed off at him.

"My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms”, Yokohama 1996. Several mistakes musically and vocally, particularly from the breakdown after the 2nd chorus onwards.


The timing was off during the drum-fill, which I believe was deliberate on the studio version, but not so deliberate on this occasion. Richie messes up the end of the solo and then he and Jon get the lyrics in the chorus mixed up occasionally when they sing together. Despite all of this, in a way it still works rather well.

Definitely this one:

Of ones I've seen myself, Sarnia 2008, Twist and Shout started in two different keys.

HAND tour - Richie flubbing the intro to Bounce at Giant Stadium.

Of all the songs to **** up on... 😂

OWN tour, Dallas TX, Say it Isn't So
Jon forgot the lyrics at the start of the 2nd verse. Stopped the band and put his head down. He said something like he f'ed up. He forgot the words. And he noticed "the girl in the front row knew every fn word... Say It Isn't So"
back into a repeat of the first chorus.
The show was 20 years ago, this month I believe. My first BJ show and that is what I remember the most... that and the Sympathy medley in KTF.

There’s honestly no shame in f*cking up. Just laugh it off and move on. The way he went on at Phil in 2013 (?) over the Lost Highway/Born To Be My Baby mixup was awful

Is there a link to this?

This is awful and they absolutely deserved that for playing Prayer in the middle of the show.

Pretty sure I saw Jbj forget the words to Just older at Wembley stadium


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Whenever I watch stuff from this period it's always amazing to me how much it looks like Jon is hating life on stage the vast majority of the time

I was there for both nights and he purposely sang 'when I hit the streets back in 83' instead of 'when I hit the streets I was 17' I think after he said something like 'sorry I couldn't resist' or something

Plus these were the lyrics in the pre-Crush solo version. Him altering lines is something I wouldn't qualify as a ****-up.

You know what, I had the exact same thought. I went back to look. "I'm 36, I was 17" was the original lyric. Sounds like he was just having a little fun with it.

Agreed! Isn't there also a clip somewhere of Jon throwing a temper tantrum kicking amps or something at a Tico screw up during Bad Medicine that year? I can't find the video on YouTube anymore but 2013 was definitely a nightmare for the band

I remember this taking place in New Orleans / Jazzfest 2011, which was the first show with Phil X temporary filling in for Richie; hence why you thought it was 2013.

I think the playback not going off during Prayer in Santiago 90 is pretty funny

Proper bellend sometimes isn't he.

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I remember this one from Oslo in 2011. Not a huge one but big enough to notice there in person. It’s in Wild is the Wind around 2.25. I think it’s Tico if I’m not mistaken who makes a rare mistake.

https://youtu.be/86VgvrCZDm0