Limp Bizkit makes an early exit in Chicago
ByJul 27, 2003 10:00 PM
Limp Bizkit’s Saturday (7/26) night set at the Summer Sanitarium tour’s Chicago-area stop came to an early end after frontman Fred Durst was pelted with debris and subjected to a chorus of boos and chants.
Limp Bizkit’s Saturday (7/26) night set at the Summer Sanitarium tour’s Chicago-area stop came to an early end after frontman Fred Durst was pelted with debris and subjected to a chorus of boos and chants.
“From the very beginning of the show, there were people in the crowd with ‘Fred Sucks’ banners, and every time one of the other bands mentioned Limp Bizkit, [the audience] booed,” Chicago Tribune reviewer Bob Gendron told MTV News.
After trying to weather the storm for about 30 minutes--the group typically plays for an hour--Durst walked off stage.
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