Tori Amos Tells 'Fans' To Get The Fuck Out!

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During a gig in San Diego on Wednesday night, Tori Amos blasted two women in the audience telling them to “get the fuck out” of her show.

Tori was performing her track ‘Code Red’ at the Copley Symphony Hall when she became irate with the ‘fans’ on the front row who kept leaving and re-entering the auditorium.

Midway through the track, she lost her nerve and told the women: “Get the fuck out of my show! Get the fuck out! It's a privilege to sit in the front row and I reserve those seats for people who appreciate music, get the fuck out!"

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[vernarial]

Mild mannered songer/songwriter by day. Cold blooded bitch by night. It's ANAL AMOS!! You are not of the privileged few. Coming soon to a stage near you.

[Potato]

haha.

I hate when there's snooty dumbshits in the front row.

[method77]

I would do the same

[Umma]

They're better off not being there... it's just a shame they wasted the money buying a ticket in the first place.

[DudeAsInCool]

I think the headline is misleading - they weren't really fans

[rainbowdemon]

The only time I've ever had front row seats was for Queen. Back in the 70's. And you'd better damn well believe I wasn't going anywhere until that one was over!!

[method77]

I think the headline is misleading - they weren't really fans

it's not fans. It is 'fans'

[Umma]

well the shit certainly hit them

[DudeAsInCool]

Hank@Stereogum notes: "When Tori says those are her seats, she really means it. She usually keeps the first two rows of seats at a venue and then upgrades people at the (free) meet and greets she usually does before shows.

So either she had given those girls better seats and then they acted unappreciative by constantly leaving/talking/etc. or they had taken someone else's seats and Tori knew they weren't who she had given the seats to earlier in the day."

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Blogger Molly Knight was there to give us the inside scoop:

Next up was Code Red. Now, there were two girls who were front row center. They'd been getting up to get drinks every few songs, texting people, putting their cameras on the stage and taking pictures of Tori, as well as snapping pics of each other and just generally talking really loudly. I spoke to one of them during the Professional Widow interlude, and she mentioned her friend was a fan and she was along for the ride. The girls seemed nice but also probably should not have been front row center if they were going to eff off like that. I was worried something bad was going to happen after one of them tried to yell over to me during Virginia. Maybe she was trying to ask what song it was or something, I'm not sure. Tori noticed this girl was being loud and she looked like she was about to say something, but bit her tongue. The girls kept talking, and one went up to get a drink. Then she came back before the start of Code Red, and I could tell Tori was distracted and pissed. They kept on snapping pictures of each other and yapping loudly, so finally Tori stopped Code Red and told one of the girls to get the fuck out of her show. Then she got up and basically charged the front row and pointed to her. It was surreal and frightening. Then she went back to the mic and said something along the lines of, "Sitting in the front row is a privilege. Those are my seats and I give them to people who like music." Smitty ran down and lead one of the girls out. Then Tori looked at the other girl and said (not into the mic but just right to her face): Are you with her? You can get the fuck out,too." It was definitely the angriest I have ever seen her at a show. Ever. She started Code Red over again and snarled her way through it. Then she came back and growled through Precious Things, Space Dog, and Bliss. As my Nana would say, she was madder than a wet hen!

Here is someone's video of the incident in question. I'm sitting directly to the right of the girls who got booted. But I didn't jump up when everyone else did when she re-started the song because I was completely traumatized. Haha:

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Not an artist to be trifled with. Good for her.

[vernarial]

I can see why Tori would be pissed, but I see it like a comic getting heckled. You gotta be able to take that kind of asshole behavior. If she did indeed offered those particular seats to those two ladies, then she is at least partially at fault. She could have asked them to move out of the reserved rows of seating, but I'm sure those two ladies paid for their tickets. If they like to talk and make an annoyance(to a degree) of themselves while listening to one of their favorite artists, then I think they should be able. If it is distracting, then get them to move to another location, but don't kick them out of the concert.

[DudeAsInCool]

I can see why Tori would be pissed, but I see it like a comic getting heckled. You gotta be able to take that kind of asshole behavior. If she did indeed offered those particular seats to those two ladies, then she is at least partially at fault. She could have asked them to move out of the reserved rows of seating, but I'm sure those two ladies paid for their tickets. If they like to talk and make an annoyance(to a degree) of themselves while listening to one of their favorite artists, then I think they should be able. If it is distracting, then get them to move to another location, but don't kick them out of the concert.

What if you were sitting next to them...would you be happy with their banter? The way I see it, they were kind of like the jerks in the movie theater that take cell phone calls during a movie.

On the other hand, Tori seemed to over react--she could have asked them to move elsewhere, but it appears that they were being more than offensive for quite some time

[method77]

I totally agree with her reaction. She is no comedian. She is a singer. Like dude said, it's like taking a phone call during the movie

[vernarial]

You make a good point. I still don't agree with her reaction, but I guess it could have been worse. Could have been like Michael Richards. :)

[Umma]

She could easily have humiliated them without making herself look like an arse. Her reaction was just as bad as their behaviour.