Primal Scream Insult Festival Crowd

PRIMAL SCREAM singer [Bobby Gillespie](https://www.contactmusic.com/bobby-gillespie) launched into a tirade against the audience at Sunday (24AUG03)'s [Carling Weekend](https://www.contactmusic.com/carling-festival) festival in Reading, England - branding them "slaves" and "f\*\*\*ing spectators".

The HIGHER THAN THE SUN band had bottles thrown at them by SUM 41 fans at the Leeds venue of the event on Friday (22AUG03) - and so were in a spirited mood when they played to the different crowd last night.

Bassist MANI aggravated the audience at the rock event by taunting them to throw bottles - before Gillespie made his shocking outburst.

He said, "You are a bunch of slaves. You're all just f\*\*\*ing spectators. You're only here to see [Metallica](https://www.contactmusic.com/metallica) and more sh\*\*e bands."

But Mani told British music website [NME](https://www.contactmusic.com/nme).COM afterwards, "I was just trying to wind them (the crowd) up, calling them a bunch of scruffy b\*\*tards. I wanted them to throw more bottles! A rock crowd like that kind of behaviour."

25/08/2003 01:32