SIMPLY Red lead singer Mick Hucknall stopped a show to berate an audience member.
It came while the band played at OVO Arena Wembley for their 40th anniversary tour.
Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall told off a fan[/caption]
The singer was far from impressed[/caption]
Mick has been performing with Simply Red since the 1980s[/caption]
In footage captured by a different fan, Mick can be heard saying “Shut it’ whilst pointing to a person in the crowd.
The singer, 65, then shouted: “Sock in it. I’m sick of hearing it.”
He addressed the rest of the audience to apologise for the outburst.
Mick continued: “I’m sorry about that but you know, I can’t concentrate – he’s yelling so loud.
“You’ve come to hear me sing, not him, with the greatest respect.”
Other audience members cheered Mick on as he handled the situation.
The fan who recorded the moment revealed: “Mick was talking about the next song that he was going to sing, the guy in the crowd was shouting along the lines of that song.
“This distracted Mick and he was struggling to concentrate on what he wanted to share about the story and therefore became upset very quickly.
“I think it was just a very excited member of the public who was happy to see him live.
“They were in the front row so had clearly paid a lot of money to see him.
“I’m sure this really ruined that person’s night.
“Imagine paying all that money to see him, to get embarrassed by him in the crowd for being excited.
“I think Mick was great on his show but should have some patience with the people who pay to support him.
“[He] could have handled that situation better and made more of a respectful joke out of the situation.”
Simply Red originally performed together from 1985 to 2010, but reformed in 2015.
Although Mick is the last remaining member from the initial line-up.
Earlier this year, The Sun revealed how Simply Red’s concert film had been given trigger warnings.
Viewers were cautioned they would hear lyrics about “making love and sexual attraction”.
Other trigger warnings on the film included ones for boozing and mild bad language.
Holding Back the Years — 40 Years of Simply Red, Live in Santiago is features hits from a Chile gig in March including Something Got Me Started, If You Don’t Know Me By Now and It’s Only Love Doing Its Thing.
Despite being rated U and suitable for all ages, The British Board of Film Classification warned: “Song lyrics occasionally make brief, undetailed verbal references to ‘making love’ and to sexual attraction.
“People are briefly shown drinking alcohol.” It also warned of “infrequent very mild bad language”, including the word “damn”.
Mick issued an apology to the rest of the crowd[/caption]
An audience member captured the footage in a video[/caption]
Mick performing on stage back in 1986[/caption]
