Kelly Clarkson Fires Her Guitarist Dwayne On Stage

Just awesome! I never saw or heard about this before. I LOVE Kelly Clarkson.

I didn’t think it was possible, but i like KC even more now!

I’ve heard about this but never saw it.Wow she’s so freakin awesome. I just flove Kelly.

That was awesome! So what exactly did the guy do on stage?

Oh please, if Kelly Clarkson were really badass she would’ve sang “A MOMENT…… LIKE THIS!” and at the time she said “THIS” she would’ve done a backflip kick and knocked his head right off then sang Breakaway to his dismembered head.

But I at least admire the woman for having the balls to do that on stage. That’s pretty awesome.

What exactly did he do? I saw him running across the stage, but nothing else. What was that “thing” he did to the fans?

Oh please, if Kelly Clarkson were really badass she would’ve sang ‘A MOMENT’ ¦’ ¦ LIKE THIS!’  and at the time she said ‘THIS’  she would’ve done a backflip kick and knocked his head right off then sang Breakaway to his dismembered head.

Awesome.

lol–love it

I didn’t realize it was possible to rock out that song, or for a pop star to be badass enough to fire somebody on stage. But Kelly Clarkson= epic.

Holy Cow, Kelly! way to go, girl.

What is so ‘amazing’ about this? Her impulsive reaction and non-professionalism is terrible, IMO.
There is not even a speck of hint on the video of what the heck the guitarist did that was so awful? Someone enlighten me! Clarkson has an extremely bad temper, she’s a Taurus, just as yours truly. Taurus temper ALWAYS needs to be in control. Although, she has never learned to play it cool and act as a true professional under these circumstances. I had no idea that she fired her guitarist ON STAGE! These kind of situations are handled differently.

So, this also goes on my list as yet another episode of her temper tamtrums instead of approaching it in a different manner. I’m recalling the Clive Davis debacle, just about now and also the battle with AI’s executives. Boy, I’m certain Mr. Davis and the Execs over at AI are happy they don’t have to deal with her, ever again. This is one of the reasons I am not a fan of Clarkson. The other, I do not like her ‘poppy’ songs.

In my book, this isn’t bad ass or awesome, it’s super unclassy. This is a ‘well, you did that to my fans, than I’m gonna do this to you’! Very immature. And the worst of it all, she uses Jesus’s name in her awful speech. Boo! Carrie Underwood would never, ever act this way, she is a respectable, responsible, classy, mature lady.

One of the many reasons I love Kelly Clarkson <3

Go Kelly!
But what did Dwayne do, besides from going left and right? What did he do to the audience, that got Kelly all peeved? o.o

So far, no one here knows what the heck the guiatarist did and yet are applauding Clarkson. It’s very few things that do not piss off Clarkson. Must cool that temper, dear!

bmms – u mad?

What is so ‘amazing’ about this? Her impulsive reaction and non-professionalism is terrible, IMO.

I didn’t think it was that professional either. Kinda cruel. She can’t keep it a private matter?

I suspect there were ongoing issues between Kelly and Dwayne and whatever happened at the Portland concert was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

I suspect there were ongoing issues between Kelly and Dwayne and whatever happened at the Portland concert was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

What kind of issues? Personal, professional? I also think it’s kinda cruel…

Boo! Carrie Underwood would never, ever act this way, she is a respectable, responsible, classy, mature lady.
^^^

All very true, Carrie is also talented as well, but alas, I find her boring as hell.

The only Carrie song I have on my iPod is Jesus Takes the Wheel, love the tune and her vocals on that one, but that dreadful selling-like-hotcakes Cowboy Cassanova is not my cup of tea and has really turned me off. That and her awful dancing and costumes.

Give me a Texas gal with spirit any day! One who hops up in the air and rocks out when she sings is way more my style!

that is one pissed off Kelly Clarkson.

It sounds like Dwayne did something to Kellys fans and whatever issues they were having before hand and whatever he did during the show just pushed things too far and Kelly saw it and fired his ass.

bmms, artists are known to be bipolar. That’s their nature. From Janis Joplin to Kurt Cobain to Elliott Smith to Van Gogh to Ernest Hemingway, they all have a wild side to them. Seeing something like this from Kelly gives her some sort of credibility in my eyes.

What I don’t like about Carrie is her cookie cutter personality. She plays badass in that Before He Cheats video and yet all I see is a disney, goody two shoes singer. There is some sort of a disconnect between her and her music. At least, Kelly’s keeping it real…

A guitarist runs around the stage, and Kelly Clarkson fires him. That’s not her being badass, that’s her being a prissy pissy little princess. Do her fans just accept that him running around is being disrespectful? I find it weird that her fans would applaud her for throwing a silly tantrum.

So, all this time and no one knows what the dude did to get fired? Surely she’s said in an interview or something. I just see him running around, but nothing else questionable. Weird.

bmms, artists are known to be bipolar. That’s their nature. From Janis Joplin to Kurt Cobain to Elliott Smith to Van Gogh to Ernest Hemingway, they all have a wild side to them.

That’s a pretty wide swath you’re painting there.
So Kris Allen is bipolar?
Archie is bipolar?

We don’t know the full story of what transpired here so the vid is what it is- an amusing video on New Year’s Eve.

So Kris Allen is bipolar?
Archie is bipolar?

Well, I don’t consider them true artists. They’re mere singers. Kelly IS an artist.

Kellys guitarists always run round the stage

Kelly has never said anything about the firing, the very next show one of the violinist you see playing at the end, played guitar and he is still playing guitar in Kelly band.

Too bad Twitter didn’t start until 2006, if something like that happened now we’d likely know all about it within a couple of minutes.

Without knowing what he did, I don’t really know what to think here. I’m not a fan of fit throwing by adults, but if someone has been severely provoked it can at least be relatively more understandable.

That was her coronation song, right? Was she deliberately making a joke of it? I know she’s a fantastic singer but that was awful. Maybe the poor video quality and her being upset is what caused it to sound bad.

Kelly has the right to fire any one in her band at any time if she deems necessary, but it was unprofessional the way she did it. Shaming him publicly. I don’t really know what went on, but I don’t think I’d done that on stage if I were her. I would just throw a tantrum backstage and then fire him. I hate airing dirty laundry. But that’s just me.

I really like Kelly but I think she went OTT on this one. What she should have done was wait until the show was over and did what she had to do in private. Could you imagine being in a restaurant and having the owner fire a waitress in front of all the customers or an owner of a store firing one of her sales people in front of the customers. It was definitely unprofessisonal on her part. JMO.

I have to agree, starstruck2000. While I may (or may not) love you, I don’t need to be brought into your issues when you get pissed. Alternatively, what he did may (or may not) have been fire worthy. I happen to think she showed a bit of immaturity whether he deserved it or not. Showing that you are immature enough to fire somebody on stage, to me, is very immature.

The jury is still out, for me, that she is an artist. All I’ve seen is her hitting big on somebody else’s songs (oh and whining about her predicament). I love her voice. I just don’t know that I love her persona.

And I love My December Kelly, so I guess I’m ok with her antics here as well. lol

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I don’t know the background history, but I also don’t see any hissy fit involved, it’s pretty much seems like he did something disrespectful to the audience, that was not captured, and she called his ass on it. Pretty bad-ass to me.

I must admit, as long as she didn’t cut a bitch, I am okay with it cause I am a Kellystan, lol! I also don’t think she has a reputation for unfairness, just speaking her mind, which I find admirable! If she was wrong and arbitrary, I am sure we would have heard about it. Obviously she was right in her termination of Dwayne.

I love Kelly and her music, but I think this was a little over the top. Just doesn’t seem too professional.

Well, I don’t consider them true artists. They’re mere singers. Kelly IS an artist.

I don’t mean to step on any toes, but what qualifies Kelly to be in the artist category, but not David and Kris? I’m curious. Because I think that if anyone creates something that is considered art ‘” music, film, fine art, visual art, etc ‘” themselves and interprets something in their own aesthetic way, it qualifies them as an artist.

David and Kris both create their own music through lyrics and melodies using piano, guitar and voice. I agree with you on Kelly being an artist, but I also feel that David and Kris are artists, not just singers. How are they not artists while Kelly is considered one?

Kelly is extremely loyal and protective of her fans. It was within her control to fire him if she felt it was necessary. Some see it as a temper tantrum, and that’s not far off. By the same token, she had just turned 23 when this all happened. It was a very stressful time for her back then, which has been well documented. Perhaps she should’ve handled it differently, but she didn’t. Check out her latest blog post, she has nothing but great things to say about her current band, singing their praises any chance she gets…

PS. Can’t say I miss Dwayne much if it’s what lead Cory to have a more prominent role!

starstruck2000,

If a waitress or waiter was doing something completely disrespectful to me and the other people at the restaurant, I would have no problem with the owner firing him or her in front of me. I would be happy to see that the restaurant was the kind of establishment that did not tolerate that behavior. As long as what Dwayne did was TRULY inappropriate and/or disrespectful, then I am alright with her behavior; it didn’t seem over-the-top to me…

I would imagine, Cari, that neither starstruck2000 nor I, saw one thing disrespectful toward the paying public within the antics of the guitar player who was dismissed. If somebody spit in my food, I’d be delighted to see them dismissed summarily. I didn’t see that happen in this circumstance. I am only able to comment on what I saw (which was absolutely nothing awful nor close to it). I can only comment on what my impression is, which is nothing you’d even want to hear.

For that reason, I commented that Kelly was resmiss in making a bfd on stage about it. She didn’t serve herself well. Ultimately, if you care about anybody other than yourself, you will treat them with respect (whether they deserve it or not). It serves you better in the long run. I can’t see how she served herself well.

The jury is still out, for me, that she is an artist. All I’ve seen is her hitting big on somebody else’s songs

She co-wrote for Already Gone, the entire My December album (I know, considered major fail compared to Breakaway, but it still went platinum), Walk Away, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because of You (won some songwriting award), and Miss Independent. That’s a pretty good string of hits. Besides, you don’t have to write your own songs to be an artist- hardly any pop act eschews songwriters.

I think that whatever the guy do, Kelly acted inmature and unprofesional on this one… yes, she has the right to fired whoever she wants from her band, but not on public like that… this speak very poorly of her character IMHO…

I thought the whole thing was extremely rude and unprofessional. She could have waited till the end of the show. That is the mature and right thing to do. My opinion of her was just knocked down a notch after seeing this. What was she trying to do get a lynch mob mentality against her guirtarist? Have the whole crowd calling for his head? Bad move Kelly.

You go Kelly, he probably flipped them off – way to stick up for your fans! LOVE her

I don’t consider co-writing as much of anything. Sorry but I just don’t. I know that David Cook has a co-writing credit on Bar-Ba-Sol and he truly didn’t do much. I also think he would be the first to admit that his co-writing credit means absolutely nothing on that song. He just changed a couple of lyrics to make it his. I seriously doubt he’d take any credit for the song. I don’t know what Kelly did on her credits but I think based on what I’ve seen of her writing skills that it’s not much at all.

Sorry but I’ll never consider a person with an amazing voice to be an artist. That’s what you’re given. It’s what you do with whatever voice you’re given that amazes me. I honestly don’t understand how I’m supposed to get all orgasmic about somebody’s God given voice. I’m more elated with God for giving somebody such a voice than the person who happened to get it (especially if they do nothing amazing with what they got). Honestly, my most amazing artists have little voice but so very much skill in writing. I’m not convinced that Kelly is an amazing writer. I think songwriting credits matter little.

She definitely has potential, but so far from what I’ve seen, she’s definitely not a songwriter. I just don’t think a songwriting credit on a song means anything.

I suspect there were ongoing issues between Kelly and Dwayne and whatever happened at the Portland concert was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

I’m thinking that’s probably it… and who knows what he did to set her off, but he must have done *something* because it sounds like at the end that he did something disrespectful to the fans?

She’s a fierce little thing, that Kelly. I happen to love her, I find her kinda raw and real and I like it.

If Kelly wanted to fire the guy then fine but that’s something that shouldn’t have been done in public in front of her fans. It was a very immature and unprofessional thing to do. JMHO

And in the end, the love you take,
Is equal to the love you make.

The Beatles said it all. And it has totally stood the test of time. Kelly needs to learn something from this. I think some Idol’s have. Kelly is too busy fighting to realize that she’d be a bit better off to just let it go. That makes me sad because I believe she is truly talented and I’d like to see it proven out. I can’t help but think, however, that she is too busy putting up the fight, to realize how amazing she could be in the long run.

Wow, this was horrifying, and I’m shocked anyone anywhere would actually applaud Kelly’s atrocious and so-self-centered-it’s-borderline-evil behavior.

Maybe it’s because I have had to fire an employee before, or maybe it’s because most of us have a human shred of decency that I see this episode as completely atrocious.

You have problems with the guy? Fine, let him go. Happens all the time. But to humiliate someone in a public forum and literally drum up a lynch mob screaming for blood? (and by the way how chilling was it to see how quickly fans rallied to her disgusting little speech).

Unless the guy was actually physically attacking the audience or doing something so obscene that it has to be halted immediately, this should not have been done in public at all. I couldn’t see anything the guy was doing wrong (by the way, sounded like she referenced him ‘trying to ruin that last song’, but it was pretty clear from the way she and the rest of the band sang the song that they had practiced and intended to play a punk/pop version of the song; it wasn’t just one guitar player playing a faster-than normal heavier riff). If the guy is out of control and has to be stopped or audience is at risk, then you have the balls to stop everything – RIGHT THAT INSTANT and call security into the mix. As far as I can see it looked like the guy didn’t do anything particularly wrong, and it was a private feud that spilled over onto the stage. Hugely disrespectful to the audience, the other band members, and herself to behave that way.

I know this is from years back, so I hope she has grown up some since then and learned some basics about simple human decency, but this was simply appalling. I wasn’t particularly a fan before, but I find some of her pop songs catchy enough, but I didn’t realize she was actually such a malicious and unlikeable person. Ugh, I am disgusted to my core, as an employer you have a responsibility to treat employees with something approaching professionalism and respect. I feel terrible for her band.

I don’t know what happened on stage… I suspect it was something completely inappropriate occurred to warrant such a reaction from her. Was there maybe a better way to do this, I don’t know.

What I find appalling is the number of people laying judgement on her behavior without knowing the story. How do we know the guys wasn’t flipping the audience off? Hell, I’ve seen worse behavior from idol fans. I’m no huge fan of Kelly’s, but I think I’ll reserve judgement.

he wasnt fired for running around on stage – and it’s crazy to think that’s all he did. he obviously did something while off screen on the fan’s camera. i read on some comment board that he flipped the audience off. and like you MJ, i too think there most likely were other issues leading up to this. maybe he had done it before and received warnings. who knows! but for those of you thinking he was fired for jumping around? yeah right…

and while the middle finger doesn’t offend me – flipping off an auditorium full of kelly fans is not okay. it’s not like this was a 21+ show; she has YOUNG fans.

kelly4eva!!

That is the very definition of HBIC. You go girl!

Oh, I’m certain Dwayne probably had been causing trouble for a while, and more than likely he was asking for it. This was in 2005? Not like we’ve heard stories of Kelly being an evil tyrant since then. On the contrary. Everyone she works with seems to love her. Even Clive, and she practically spit in his face!

I had no idea she tried to punk out on Moment. Emphasis on “tried,” but that’s something.

So flipping off an audience is cause for firing? Perhaps he should have told Kelly he was flipping off the people who criticize him and not the actual audience. Might have saved his job. I like Kelly. She’s smart and spunky. But this was completely unprofessional. I’m not surprised that she’s being applauded for this, though, because it now seems that to avoid the tag of being a “boring” artist, one must be uncivil and crude.

So flipping off an audience is cause for firing?

I think a lot of young people and children go to many of the Idol concerts.

Sooo, I walk away from reading this to go to the store. There’s Kelly co-hosting on 104.3 FM here in LA. After a little chatter she plays one of her ‘old songs’. Happens to be the same one she’s singing in this video. Yay, Kelly!

I wonder if her ears are burning from all the trashing she’s getting here.

samgamgee
12/31/2009 at 3:23 pm

So Kris Allen is bipolar?
Archie is bipolar?

Well, I don’t consider them true artists. They’re mere singers. Kelly IS an artist.

I really want to be a Kris tard and tell you that no really, he is an artist, but I checked out your blog and I can’t argue with your music taste. Instead, I’ll just ask that you give him another chance. He writes and arranges most of his music, and plays several instruments. He’s just new.

Do you watch the takeaway shows? If not, you’d love them.

Also, I do believe that bipolar disorder is not a prerequisite for being an artist. Plus, I know someone who knew her in high school, and some of her friends kept in touch. She has a clean bill of health on that one. I’m certain.

I had no idea Kelly had detractors. I always thought of her as the neutral one that everyone either loved or was ambivalent about. Go figure.

What I find appalling is the number of people laying judgement on her behavior without knowing the story. How do we know the guys wasn’t flipping the audience off?

I think he did flip off the audience, but kind of so what? Okay, not cool, but fireable? And the way she did it in front of everyone and everything, was unnecessary and made me uncomfortable. I didn’t like it.

Yes, Kelly has a right to fire whomever she wants any way she wants, but I don’t think this was the right way to go about it.

It doesn’t mean I hate Kelly for all time now. I think she made a lapse in judgement in the heat of the moment and yes, I do think she probaably was having issues with the guitarist before this. At least I would hope so, because that would be more rational. Though still wouldn’t take away the bad taste in my mouth about this.

I still like Kelly, I don’t have to live everything she does to do so. This is definitely not one of those times.

hmm.. Kelly is mofo bitch. Feel bad for that guy.

I don’t think Kelly should be trashed for it, and I don’t think saying her behavior that night was unprofessional is trashing her. I have more of a problem with the idea that firing someone in front of a cheering crowd somehow makes her a bad-ass or admirable. It doesn’t. Not to me at least.

She came across as a total bitch.

The most the guy could’ve done in the time he was off camera was flip the bird!

What if someone in the audience trew something at him or spit on him?

Happens in concerts a lot

Kelly did what she felt she had to do – period. How many of you have had to fire people before? I have had the pleasure and heartache a few times. Some people are just so disrespectful that a public firing is still too good for them.

Without knowing the history of their professional relationship and the issues, I would not pass judgement. Some people think they are above it all and if this is the type of person she was dealing with, then putting her foot down immediately was justifiable in my book.

Reminder:

I just deleted a few posts that I thought were over the top. Please state your opinion without out the finger wagging. I would suggest dialing it back, generally.

one more post from me on this topic; I do agree with MJ, what she did was bad-a$$…. again, I have no idea what else went down between Kelly and the guitarist, but there are men in every industry who think they can walk all over woman. It is quite possible that is the type of person she was dealing with – and in that case; she was bad-a$$!

That’s right! She’s a hardcore and bada$$! Bohemian blood runs through her veins. If you don’t believe that, take a look at the lyrics of one of her songs:

“I’m strong but I break
I’m stubborn and I make plenty of mistakes.
I’m confusing as hell, I’m north and south
And I’ll probably never have it all figured out
But what I know is I wasn’t meant to walk this world”

She’s only staying true to her music, and I respect that.

This was in 2005? Not like we’ve heard stories of Kelly being an evil tyrant since then.

Are you kidding me? All you ever hear about her is that she’s a diva, most recently at the opening of the AI attraction at Universal Studios when they brought all the winners together.

Whatever, she’s been eclipsed anyway. Carrie passed her. Daughtry probably will in time. It’s not 2005 anymore.

Yeah, I love Kelly C, and own a bunch of her music. For the record though, I’d see this more as “everyone makes mistakes, and this is one of hers” then cool.

Firing someone on stage and whipping up the crowd to get into it?

Not seeing the bad ass. Why would I admire it?

Her right? Sure. Was he a jerk? We don’t know. It’s interesting the people saying “well, she did this to him –therefore he must have deserved it.”

I’ve managed people and had a few who were enraging and needed to *go*, yesterday. It’s still a mark of decency to do it in private.

She’s the boss. She has the money, the contract and the fans. What was tough or admirable about her behavior? I would think a man was a total d*ck if he did this to a woman on stage. Don’t think because it’s a woman firing a guy it makes her hardcore or something. There’s plenty of women executives, as there are guys, who revel in bringing down the hammer on people.

IDK, it’s maybe just me. As has been pointed out, it was 2005, she was young. Interesting discussion about what behavior people admire in entertainers.

The above was my comment just from reading the thread. Now I watched the video, and that was a pathetic display from Kelly.
Fire the guy– immediately if you think it’s warranted– but don’t make a spectacle of it. And, by God, don’t use the occasion as one for self-promotion of yourself as some kind of warped-Christian-champion-of-the-people. Kelly’s a great singer, but most of her music sucks, and it’s also pretty damn laughable that she actually thinks she’s tough.

I love Kelly and I trust that she had a good reason to fire him. Maybe her speech wasn’t the smartest thing, but I doubt that we understand what he did to make her so angry. It’s hard to tell from the video what happened. I’m sure there’s more to the story and she had her reasons. I give her the benefit of the doubt. He must have been a real jerk to get that kind of reaction out of her. I do not think that Kelly is a diva at all. There’s been very little of that kind of talk about her. *everyone* gets a few rumors about being a diva, doesn’t mean it’s true. I could have done without the “jesus” bit, but otherwise, it’s her show, her name, her reputation, and I figure the guy must have fucked with her more than once for this to happen, more than probably meets the eye in this video.

I love kelly even more after seeing that video. That is all.

Well I have watched the video obviously or I wouldn’t be commenting and I really only have a few comments on this matter.

1) Kelly has stated many times that her band is like family to her before and after this incident. Kelly must have felt that whatever he did, flipping the bird or something else, was not something that she wanted her band and ultimately herself to portray.

2) Kelly knows where her fame really comes from, her fans. She has never forgotten that and has always been true to herself and through the ups and downs her fans have stuck by her side. They love her realism i guess you could call it, she doesn’t pretend to be something she’s not and like it or not this is Kelly’s band and her show. This is difficult for any performer because not only do they have to take responsibility for themselves they also have to be responsible for everyone in their band and on their crew. And anything that happens on stage can and will be seen as her views or beliefs if not kept in check.

3) Dwayne may have got caught up in the moment, and this happens to all of us but unfortunately this doesn’t excuse him from accepting the consequences. We don’t know why he did what he did and if he did just flip off the audience, he probably didn’t think it was that big of a deal, like a lot of other people out there. I mean there have been way worse things going on on stage than that in other bands. But even if for one second he forgot that this wasn’t a band that has the liberty to act that way, and this isn’t even an issue of children being present, this has everything to do with Kelly’s beliefs and what she feels is the right way to treat her fans.

4) Kelly was left with no choice, if she didn’t fire him if she didn’t address the problem right at that moment then her fans were going to be free to make assumptions that she condones that behavior.

It just comes down to the fact that him flipping the bird, if that is what happened, is the equivalent of Kelly herself telling the audience to F**K off. The band is an extension of herself when upstage and doing anything to her fans, whom she obviously loves, did and should guarantee removal of the problem including a band member.

“Jive:
01/01/2010 at 2:22 am
one more post from me on this topic; I do agree with MJ, what she did was bad-a$$…. again, I have no idea what else went down between Kelly and the guitarist, but there are men in every industry who think they can walk all over woman. It is quite possible that is the type of person she was dealing with – and in that case; she was bad-a$$!”

What? Just because Kelly was a woman, she could go bitchy and fire anyone? The only one flipping the bird is you toward men! “..bad-a$$…putting her foot down…”, what nonsense…you want to pretend a woman could do no wrong? Women like you will never get why men don’t respect women. You bitch and moan and completely think you are superior as a gender even when history and on day to day basis men are making history and contributing to this world while women like you get all excited when a diva would go against any male. Go back to reading your “Star” magazine.

wow what a bitch…. guitarist probably has more talent in one finger than she has in her whole body.

who does she think she is…? lame

i am glad that someone is looking at the situation like this because she isnt a ‘bad ass’ she is a very imature little rich girl. i dont think she would have fired the guy if she wasnt in the situation that she is in, and doesnt have to worry about any aspect in her life. people can be so stupid and selfish. stupid girl !!

i am glad that someone is looking at the situation like this because she isnt a ‘bad ass’ she is a very imature little rich girl. i dont think she would have fired the guy if she wasnt in the situation that she is in, and doesnt have to worry about any aspect in her life. people can be so stupid and selfish. stupid girl !!

I’ve been a musician for 26 years and professionally for 18. I’ve played for Sting, John Mayer, Anita Baker, Jeffery Osborne, Grand Funk Railroad, George Benson, and Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly to name a few. I must say that things happened on stage that really pissed the vocalist or musical director/bandleader off, but any firings, asschewing, and reprimands of any kind was done discretion and OFF THE STAGE!

This is one of the reasons so many musicians like to hire multi-instrumentalists. You can do this to a guitar player or even a keyboard player and the show can still float without them. But let’s say if the drummer or bass player did whatever he did that pissed her off so bad. She couldn’t have thrown that tantrum and and fired them on stage unless someone else could get off their instrument and pick up the slack. Being that you are not going to do with either of those two pieces. Or if you’re willing to sacrifice tonality, depth, feel, and clarity and have the keyboardist sacrifice some parts of their chord structures to play a bass patch if it’s the bass player that you must can on stage. 

Dude probably ate her Twinkies ….

Absent any knowledge of the offensive behavior that preceded the firing, no one can adequately say if this was out of line. 

If the guitarist was being offensive to her audience, then it was completely appropriate to fire him in front of the audience members who were offended. She is a good singer, and attracts a middle class audience, and if he was being inappropriate, intentionally, then he got what he deserved. 

Not knowing what he did, it’s very hard to judge. As a rule, though, it’s best to keep firings private, to spare even the idiots of the world some humiliation, but sometimes, people cross a line, and they deserve the public shaming, and I think if it was warranted, she handled it very well.

She didn’t yell at him, and she didn’t call him names, she just sang him off the stage, and made it clear he wouldn’t be back. I thought it was pretty good, if warranted.