Name: Top 10 Most Awkward Onstage Moments in Live Music History
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Welcome to watchmojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 totally bizarre and awkward on stage moments involving some of the biggest music superstars on the planet.

Kings of Leon Pigeon Attack it doesn't matter how famous your band gets, not everyone is going to be a fan.

In Kings of Leon's case, their music seemed to earn them the immediate pushback by a group of pigeons who repeatedly defecated on them during their performance.

Supposedly their bassist even got some in his mouth, which is pretty, pretty grim.

However, instead of battling on and dealing with it, they decided to call the entire gig off, calling it a toxic hazard.

This obviously left their fans feeling pretty disappointed, but

with a freak incident like this, a judgment call had to be made.

If you've ever needed any more proof that Beyonce is a consummate professional, just watch her deal with her hair getting caught in an onstage fan.

You could say Beyonce is tangling with a fan there.

You can see her long, flowing hair getting caught in the fan behind her.

For many artists, they'd be well within their rights to at least miss a few notes.

In fact, some of them might even freak out a little.

For Beyonce, she didn't let it detract her from her performance at all.

Sure, the whole thing was undeniably awkward, but in the end, you gotta respect Beyonce's composure here.

she wasn't going to let anything ruin the moment for the crowd of fans in front of even a literal fan.

Led Zeppelin Live Aid Disaster after the death of their drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin understandably decided to call it quits.

However, when the world of music united for a great cause in 1985 at Live Aid, they couldn't pass up the opportunity to put on one more show.

New York Times is a rocky road New York Times it's a new the result was a very poorly thrown together attempt at capturing their old magic.

Phil Collins is a great drummer, but he was woefully misused here.

The band couldn't hear themselves due to a terrible monitor setup.

Jimmy Page, who looked a little out of sorts anyway, was playing a guitar that was out of tune.

And on top of it all, they barely rehearsed.

Queens of the Stone Age Nightmare Show Queens of the Stone Age have deservedly worked up a reputation as an absolutely stellar live band.

However, even the best performers have their off nights for this band.

They will be the first to admit that they had a really bad show at rock AM ring 2001.

From bad stage injuries and sound malfunctions to dead microphones and faulty smoke machines, nothing was going right for them on this day.

Still, they managed to power through and made it to the end of their set.

It was so laughably bad and out of character that they all decided to commemorate the show with matching tattoos.

Fergie on Stage Accident Traffic can be a real killer, but

for the Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, it caused a true onstage nightmare.

Running late for a show with their band, there was no time for the diva to relieve her bladder before rushing on stage.

So instead of trying to perform while simultaneously holding everything in, Fergie decided to let loose, triumphantly bucking social norms in full view of thousands of people.

Yes, it did not just happen all the time, you guys.

San Diego gets on stage, we have to start the show.

Naturally, someone snapped a photo and the moment went down in history.

Honestly, unless you've been in the exact position yourself, who are you to judge?

Madonna is a legend of show business, but

her veteran savviness wasn't enough to save her from this incredibly awkward onstage blunder.

After noticing that one of her fans wasn't standing up to dance, the legendary diva decided to single her out.

Depending on who you ask, this was already a pretty awkward thing to do.

However, things went to another level entirely when it was revealed that the fan in question was in a wheelchair.

Madonna fumbled her way through an apology, but

the viral moment was the fan actually spoke out in defense of Madonna, and

all in all, it was a pretty innocent mistake.

The who TV Explosion Chaos they really don't make em like Keith Moon anymore.

The who's particularly chaotic drummer was well known as a prankster and a troublemaker.

Sometimes this behavior was innocent, and sometimes it got way out of hand.

In an attempt to shock the living hell out of his bandmates and everyone in attendance, Moon decided to fill a flash powder cannon with 10 times more explosives than originally agreed upon.

Once the band's set was done and the small but harmless theatrical explosion was supposed to happen, Moon's plan came together a huge explosion that caused Pete Townshend's permanent hearing damage while also setting his hair on fire.

Moon himself had cymbal shrapnel lodged in his arm due to the blast.

Pete's hair literally goes straight up and it stays up because it's fried.

He's patting his head cause it's a light.

Did you feel the blast and you're the singer?

In hindsight, seeing how much damage Janet Jackson's super bowl appearance did to her career is truly shocking.

Taking to the stage alongside Justin Timberlake, the performance was supposed to culminate with Timberlake ripping Jackson's outfit just a little bit.

However, a wardrobe malfunction led to him exposing a whole lot more than anyone intended.

The reveal sparked national outrage, turning what could have been seen as an awkward moment into something much deeper.

The FCC received more than 500,000 complaints about that broadcast.

While Timberlake was able to go on with his career without any real repercussions, Jackson ended up suffering the brunt of the consequences.

However, dealing with a backing track mistake can make or break an artist.

For Ashlee Simpson to say she handled her SNL appearance poorly would be an understatement after the wrong song started to play out of the speakers.

If if Simpson had taken it in stride a little better, the whole moment would have been forgotten.

Unfortunately, she decided to very awkwardly dance little jig before abruptly exiting.

She then later tried to blame it on her band playing the wrong song even though it was playback.