Keith Urban accidentally dragged fan around arena
Country star Keith Urban was left red-faced at a concert when he realized he had been dragging a fan around an arena after accidentally snagging her with his guitar.
The Somebody Like You singer/songwriter likes to take trips through the audience during shows to get up close and personal with fans, but he grew annoyed with a devotee at one gig when she wouldn't let go of his guitar.
He tells talk show host Conan O'Brien, "I notice that she's just
tagging along with me and she's latched on to my guitar, and I'm
like, 'Hi, give me back my guitar,' and the further I go, she is
just keeping up with me... I'm thinking, 'This woman is crazy,' and
I'm trying to almost kick her off the guitar, literally.
"I'm pulling the guitar neck so aggressively and I look down and
she's got this top that I've snagged in my guitar and I've actually
been pulling her along for about 40 feet. She's trying to get
untangled... So I untangled it all, like a fish from the net, and
her whole top was just sagging down."
And that wasn't his only embarrassing moment with a fan at a gig:
"This girl yelled out... 'Will you sign my leg?' and I thought,
'This'll be a good moment, I'll bring her up onstage, sign the leg
and everything,' and I said, 'Sure' and I see her head disappear in
among all the people... and the next minute, her head comes up and
she throws this thing at the stage; she's unhooked this prosthetic
leg.
"I signed it and then I'm thinking, 'What's the proper prosthetic
leg returning etiquette? Do you throw it back, do you crowdsurf it,
do you make her hop up onto the stage'?... I sort of gingerly
crowdsurfed it back."