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Im sure you've all heard this but HA HA HA

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  • 31-08-2004 2:36pm
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    bandit
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    STARS BOOED OFF BY FANS

    Finnish band The Rasmus and rap megastar 50 Cent were were both forced to leave the Reading Festival stage early after being booed and pelted with missiles by music fans.

    The Rasmus had scarcely begun their set when the crowd started throwing missiles at them.


    And 50 Cent was booed by the crowd before he even stepped onstage.

    Despite winning a clutch of Finnish Grammy awards, The Rasmus came unstuck in front of the mud-caked British audience and left after little more than one song.

    One festival-goer said: "It was just kids chucking bottles and a bit of mud at them, it does sometimes happen.

    "But obviously the crowd here today weren't really their crowd."

    Boston group Dropkick Murphys then braved the main stage shortly afterwards to an ecstatic reception.

    Mercury Music Prize nominee The Streets appeared on stage later. The 25-year-old Birmingham rapper topped the charts this summer with his string-driven single "Dry Your Eyes".




    50 Cent: not welcomed


    However, festival fury claimed its second victim when 50 Cent gave in to a relentless barrage of missiles and booing from the crowd.

    Even before the lights went up for the main stage appearance fans started chanting and hurling abuse.

    As the lights went up the stage was packed with hundreds of plastic bottles and paper cups.

    And despite soldiering on for 25 minutes, 50 Cent eventually gave up and left the stage.

    The traditional rap call of "put your hands in the air" was met by a sea of hands delivering a one-fingered salute.

    The sell-out, three-day festival has attracted 55,000 people a day to watch top names including The Darkness, The White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand and Morrissey.


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