Posted on 06/25/2008 11:40:17 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
Tim McGraw helped members of his stage crew eject a fan from his Tuesday night (June 24) concert in Auburn, Wash., after seeing the man assault a woman who was in one of the front rows. A video of the incident surfaced Wednesday at several Internet sites.
McGraw was performing his 1994 hit, "Indian Outlaw," when he stopped singing and yelled, "Get rid of this guy! Security!" At that point, McGraw knelt down and began pulling the man onstage. Members of his stage crew showed up immediately to assist McGraw.
Ernest Jasmin, pop music writer for the The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash., described the incident in a blog posted on the newspaper's Web site.
"It wasn't immediately clear from where I was sitting that the encounter was hostile as McGraw struggled to pull this big boy onstage, nearly ripping the fan's 'wifebeater' T-shirt in the process before he and a couple of roadies successfully dragged the guy up and sent him reeling. The disoriented heckler got to his feet and took a couple of menacing steps toward McGraw with hand raised, prompting the country singer (not a small guy, for the record) to cock his own fist before crew members grabbed the would-be attacker and escorted him forcibly offstage."
The band played throughout the encounter. Ironically, when McGraw returned to singing the song, he began with the line that began, "I'm not lookin' for trouble."
In his blog, Jasmin wrote, "And to the country star's credit, he jumped right back into the groove without missing a beat, as smoothly as if the scuffle was a planned part of the show."
In a prepared statement, McGraw's Nashville-based publicist, Jessie Schmidt said, "While Tim was performing at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Wash., last night, he watched a man rush to the front of the stage. This overly aggressive fan attacked a female fan, and Tim witnessed this incident. Tim called for security, but when they could not respond quick enough, Tim and several crew members removed the fan from the audience where he was then turned over to the local authorities."
He did the right thing, good for Tim.
He’s still a flaming lib though.
Music Filter: Dixie Chicks Return; Tim McGraw Speaks Out
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Great video! Thanks for posting this!
FMCDH(BITS)
The Supreme Court didn’t say that. It simply said you can’t execute a child rapist if murder wasn’t also involved. But of course, you can throw the rapists into a prison system where child molesters are executed informally.
I agree. McGraw is a real hero! There are plenty of places for “consenting adults” to meet; why bother the non-consenting adults, unless your brain is addled by drink and drugs?
Wow, he heaved that big fat jerk up on stage with one arm. That was pretty impressive. Did you see the jerk prance off stage, waving his hat, surrounded by McGraw’s security? I have no doubt that copious amounts of alcohol was involved.
Tim gets my thanks for that but his and him are still stupid LIBERALS.
See post #2. Mr. McGraw did good.
I w2atched the linked video. Good job on the drunk fan, but McGraw’s music is pretty uninspired, isn’t it?
I w2atched the linked video. Good job on the drunk fan, but McGraw’s music is pretty uninspired, isn’t it?
Looked like a set-up publicity stunt to me, but then, I don't like Libs like Quick draw.
He shoulda REALLY showed the crowd how tough he is and bit the heads off of some animal crackers, or something.
I'm always suspicious of libs, so I have to wonder if this wasn't to get some "street cred" for his political future. You know... the "tough guy lib", who will fight for the little guy, and damsels in distress.
This will qualify him as a Presidential Candidate in a few years.
Heck, for a case of beer he could have hired the Hell's Angels for security. The jerk wouldn't have been prancing......LOL!
I’m with you. Staged.
Timmy did the right thing but he should have jumped off stage and gone to wailing that perp...yep, probably a typical lefty set up, the guy was wearing a ‘Wife Beater’ tee shirt...lols
This reminds me of the “lost tribe” story a couple weeks ago, something doesn’t smell right. They made sure his people got there before security did. Tim Mcgraw played the venue I work at awhile back, he isn’t all that big.
Good point, seeing how Kerry remembered to take his little video camera to Viet Nam so he could record those microscopic shrapnel wounds.
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