Techno Concert Ruined By “Country Roads”
By Robert Breckenridge
A concert hall brimming with enthusiastic fans of techno music had an unfortunate collision with a fan of a different genre - country. The concert was going very well until the sound system cut out altogether - plunging the hall into a chaos of cussing, a sweltering shower of swearing, and a cocophony of confusion. Technicians worked quickly to try and determine what had caused the catastrophic failure. They brought onstage a portable PA system so that the lead singer could calm the audience down before they began to walk out.
Amidst all this, one of the local hired hands hobbled on stage. The old, one-eyed man began a truly terrible rendition of a song whose only words were “country roads”, sung with a falling intonation each time.
He managed to warble out six measures before being yanked off stage by roadies. It was too late, though, as throngs of people began a stampede out of the auditorium.
Attempts to call the audience back in, even after the sound system had been repaired, failed, but the incident is not expected to affect future performances.
