Posted on 04/23/2023 6:38:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Tiernán Heffron said, ‘No musician should EVER have to deal with something traumatic like this happening’
The PSNI has said a woman who threw a pint glass at a musician as he performed in a Belfast city centre bar has been issued with a community resolution notice. Tiernán Heffron shared a post on Facebook explaining that as he was setting up for a gig in a bar on Friday night someone threw a pint glass at his face.
A guitar he purchased thanks to a “kind gift” given to him by Taylor Swift was also destroyed during the alleged attack.
He said: “Last night, while I was setting up for my gig at a bar in Belfast City centre, I was assaulted in a completely unprovoked attack.
“Without warning, after being harassed for 20 minutes, I got an empty pint glass threw at my face with full force which connected and smashed and also cracking and breaking my guitar.
“This wasn't just any guitar it meant a lot to me, this is the guitar that I bought with the kind tip that Taylor Swift gave me the night I met her and I really loved it and it's now unfixable.
“No musician should EVER have to deal with something traumatic like this happening, while simply out doing their job.”
Police confirmed they received a report shortly after 10pm of an assault at licensed premises at Fountain Lane in Belfast City Centre on Friday, April 21.
The report stated that a woman had thrown a glass at a musician who was performing in the premises.
The woman was identified and spoken to by police and with the agreement of the injured party, a Community Resolution Notice (CRN) was issued.
A Community Resolution, as a disposal, may be applied to deal with minor offences.
According to the PSNI, “this method of disposal is aimed at delivering effective and proportionate Criminal Justice outcomes, which meet the needs and expectations of victims and communities, whilst maintaining accountability”.
Tiernán was gigging in Belfast previously when he was told the pop sensation had just arrived with her actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
The pair were accompanied by dozens of cast and crew from the TV adaptation of Conversations with Friends, at the glamorous wrap party.
Alwyn is one of the stars of the new drama, which had been filming in Northern Ireland for several months.
Tiernán, who has a regular Friday night slot, was stunned to see the multi-Grammy award-winner take to the dancefloor to Shake It Off during his performance.
But there was a bigger shock to come when Swift approached him to ask for a selfie and how she could follow his music.
The American superstar then gave the musician an undisclosed tip to thank him for entertaining her.
Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph at the time, Tiernán, who writes his own material as well as doing covers, said his feet hadn’t touched the ground since meeting Swift and that it had been the “best moment” of his life.
No warning, you say?
Must have been a cheap guitar....
I got guitars that will drive tposts into the ground.
Most broken guitars are, in fact, fixable.
Even Pete Townshend had his tech glue the guitars he smashed back together for the next gig.
Yeah, I've got a few Telecasters as well.
Was it Guitar Bob?
Lol, they’re battle axes.
Read me like a book do ya? Lol....
I'm playing baritone saxophone. and here comes this drunk couple, dancing in spirals, right toward me.
In the middle of playing the tune, I had to stand up, grab the guy (with a baritone saxophone hanging around my neck), and shove him back toward the dance floor before he fell on about $6000 worth of instruments by me.
Love my Tele’s
My main is a custom shop that I bought from Leroy Parnell’s kid for a song. It’s a mapleneck sunburst with a bridge hb and single coil neck pickups.
Ireland.
” a Community Resolution Notice (CRN) was issued.
A Community Resolution, as a disposal, may be applied to deal with minor offences.
According to the PSNI, “this method of disposal is aimed at delivering effective and proportionate Criminal Justice outcomes, which meet the needs and expectations of victims and communities, whilst maintaining accountability”.”
It was an assault and the police should have been involved but it’s Ireland and I’m guessing they are defunding the police and covering these circumstances like this.
Liberals.
That’s why you never bring a guitar made of balsa to a live gig.
The UK Justice system is baffling. I watch UK cop shows where the perp leads the cops on multiple jurisdiction chases, damaging both civilian and police property. The sentence? 8 months incarceration, with the another 2 years and 4 months suspended for 12 months contingent on not reoffending.
In the US that guy would be doing years and years.
CC
Right now, I'm really coveting the Jason Isbell signature. Yes Isbell is a total libtard but he's a smokin' guitar player.
But, damn, that $1650 price tag is pretty steep for a Mexican-made Fender.
Fender Jason Isbell Telecaster Electric Guitar Chocolate 3-Color Burst
Mostly, I play Les Pauls and Strats but you can't beat a good Telecaster. They'll cover a lot of ground. Really, the only electric guitar you need.
I used to joke you could hit baseballs with them and they'd still be in tune.
Jimmy page played a Tele that looked like it had been to Hell and back.
Swift should have given him enough money to buy some chicken wire to put across the front of the stage.
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