On Carly Pearce’s Outburst to “No One Cares” Comment
There is nothing more doltish and annoying than the low IQ commenter who decides to pipe up in the comments section of a social media post with the canned and thoughtless line “No one cares.” Not only is it ineffective as an insult, offers absolutely nothing in regards to value or insight, every single time it’s typed or uttered, it’s actually false. Because if the individual really didn’t care, they would have breezed by whatever they’re commenting on. By engaging with it, they’re actually signaling they do care.
Not to get too deep into the subject, but whenever these instances come up, I always think of the excellent scene from the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted. The Winona Ryder character thinks she’s above it all and looking down at everything else, just like anyone who issues the “No one cares” line. Then she proceeds to get schooled by a psychologist played by the iconic Vanessa Redgrave that explains the truth behind such situations.
This scenario came up for Carly Pearce on Friday night (8-2) at the long-running WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. A rather notoriously rowdy mainstream country festival, Carly Pearce walked out on stage and said at one point, “I want to tell you all a little bit about me.” Someone in the audience offered up “No One Cares” according to a local DJ, and Carly Pearce went off.
“Out! Somebody get him out of here. I do not want him at my show. Get out of my show. If you’re going to be an asshole, then you’re gonna have to say it to me and get the f–k out of my show! I do not have time for dicks,” Carly Pearce said.
As security escorted the individual out of the crowd, Carly Pearce said, “See ya later!”
First, whoever the idiot was that decided they needed to shout that out, whatever public ridicule they have coming to them is deserved. In many respects, this is a perfect example of how many people say things in the online world that they would never say to someone face to face, because they’re saying it to a computer screen and not a fellow member of the human race. When you do say it in the real world, there are repercussions as this individual found out the hard way.
Carly Pearce should not have to put up with that, and she didn’t. Good for her for standing up and saying what so many think when the “No One Cares” comment is issued.
But I also feel like Carly Peace could have handled this so much better. First, not to be a prude, but at an all-ages event like this in the mid evening, there are going to be many children in the crowd. Sure, they’re probably not hearing anything they haven’t heard before. But it’s a little different when it’s coming from the stage.
You feel bad for Carly Pearce. As was said in the review of her recent album Hummingbird, she is a great country artist, much more traditional than many of her mainstream counterparts, who also seems to have been shoved aside recently for the shinier, newer toys of Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney. A comment like “No one cares” probably hurt.
But you never want to show that vulnerability, or be thin skinned. Carly Pearce came up as a young prodigy performing at Dollywood and sees Dolly Parton as her greatest icon. What would have Dolly done? She probably would have ignored it, or simply uttered, “Bless your heart.”
A “badass” wouldn’t have lost their temper. They would have said something to the effect of, “Hey buddy, there’s a reason I’m standing on the stage with the microphone, and you’re down there in the peanut gallery making dumb remarks.”
And to be frank, throwing the guy out of the show for making a silly and stupid comment seems a little harsh. Take his negative attitude as a challenge. Put on the best show you can and shut your critics up.
Again, I don’t blame Carly Pearce for confronting the guy. But there’s an old saying in the comment business. “Don’t feed the trolls.” That’s what they want—attention. Because often that’s the only way they’re going to get it.
Regardless of the online comments or the in-person remarks, Carly Pearce has made it in country music. She’s the one with the microphone. And that’s the ultimate validation and victory. Let the trolls revel in their own diminutive misery.
August 5, 2024 @ 8:09 am
Lot of people these days think they are the main character because of internet confidence. Honestly think she handled it fine, crowd seemed to support her and one of the worst things at concerts is dumbasses who yell out stuff just trying to be “funny” when their joke goes over like a wet fart in church
August 5, 2024 @ 8:18 am
As a professional musician of 30 years I am getting a little tired of all these rants from stage, every one has one now. Just do your show, you might get heckled, that’s show business. Why even respond to the guy….if he kept badgering her during the show that’s one thing, its a stupid off handed comment, ignore it and move on. or to your point, play it off…don’t know how many times I’ve had a singer in a bar use the “yea I remember my first beer buddy” line or something similar.
My dad used to own a club in the 90’s and a performer did something similar to this, and he cut the bands pay by half for the night….told them “I’ll pay you like a professional when you start acting like one”. Was he right to cut the pay, probably not, but he is also a working musician and understands what it means to be an entertainer. All this ranting from the stage “it’s my show and I make the rules!!” is BS. No, it’s the venue or promoters show, you are the entertainment. People in the audience seem to love these rants though, so maybe I’m old school, or just in the minority, but it’s all a little too self righteous for me. You are a musician/performer/artist, you aren’t the President.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:45 am
the other side to that is that they’re the artist and it’s their workplace. if people were fighting or chit chatting in your conference room while you were giving a presentation would you be annoyed? since you’re an artist you know the people on stage care deeply about the music they’re singing, it’s their life’s work and sometimes enough is enough especially when you’re right in the front… like if you don’t care then go to the back? I agree most of these situations can be handled with more levity but these women in that industry have to work so much harder than the men anyways and any day could be catching them at their last straw.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:28 am
True. I heard Carly had to erect the stadium platform all by herself.
August 5, 2024 @ 4:11 pm
What a thin-skinned person.
No, I’m not supporting hecklers at concerts, however, she showed a real lack of maturity.
August 6, 2024 @ 7:14 am
If the best you can come up with is “she’s thin-skinned,” then you’re going to have to try harder.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:49 pm
Nah man. Your meatloaf ain’t cooked
It’s the performer who provides ‘the show’
Venues don’t write material, interact with audiences, etc
Performers do that
Performers created ‘the show’ and bring ‘the show’ to the venue and take it with them when they leave
Venues pick which programs are likeliest to fill the most seats
That’s like saying bookstores write books
Bookstores sell books authors write so people who buy books have a place to buy them
August 5, 2024 @ 4:04 pm
Venues are what allow those performers to do their act outside of their own bedroom.
August 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
And she was playing at a festival. It wasn’t just HER show and her show alone. She was playing a set along with multiple other artists. Her being catty isn’t going to win her the kind of favor that she wants
August 6, 2024 @ 7:16 am
“My dad used to own a club in the 90’s and a performer did something similar to this, and he cut the bands pay by half for the night….told them “I’ll pay you like a professional when you start acting like one”.”
I’ll take Things That Got Your Dad Sued for Breach of Contract” for 1,000.
August 6, 2024 @ 2:45 pm
Excellent comment, KP.
Professionals know how to handle hecklers with humor. Unprofessionals do not. What Pearce did is turn the whole situation into a sh*tshow. She not only descended to the level of her detractor, she sank below him.
When in doubt, think: “What would Dolly do?” And then do that.
August 5, 2024 @ 8:18 am
I see nothing wrong with calling an A$#hole out. I don’t think there was any need for the language. Know your audience. I can see Loretta, Dolly, Reba, etc handling the situation way better.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:55 am
What a incredibly thin-skinned reaction to some random loser making a dumb comment.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:14 am
She went diva. Now the story is about her, rather than the jerk.
August 5, 2024 @ 8:24 am
Carly is an amazing performer. She could’ve handled it a little differently, but I’m sure she will in the future. When I get heckled I use that as an opportunity to make a joke or a funny song about said heckler. Sometimes hecklers are a brief moment of honesty. A drunk guy yelled “you should sing more and talk less!” I bought him a drink after the show. I prefer to sing more anyway and from that day on I talked less on stage. Monologues are for press conferences. Play your songs.
August 5, 2024 @ 8:43 am
I am not upset about what she did, nor do I blame her, we all have the line in the sand. I feel bad for the young girls that look up to her as a role model, she missed the mark there.
As a former semi professional musician I feel everyone of us has faced a heciler or someone on a bit to much liquid courage. Dont feed the peanut gallery, play through it, dont lower yourself. Another point of view, she was not the headliner that night. If she handled it a little more tastefully, It was a great opportunity to take the high road and earn some new fans who were probably there to see the headliner.
August 6, 2024 @ 7:54 am
I think it’s safe to assume she was already having a bad day for whatever reason and was just not in the mood for any nonsense. She should’ve done better but it’s probably not a perfect reflection of her typical character.
August 5, 2024 @ 8:47 am
heckling comes with the gig
August 5, 2024 @ 9:46 am
And getting thown out, thankfully, in this case, came with being an asshole.
August 5, 2024 @ 8:51 am
I absolutely hate it when an artist does this and it’s more common than ever – Parker McCollum recently flexed he stopped a show twice to throw out people.
The artist owes it to the thousand other paying members of the audience to keep the show going. This an absolute buzz kill for the thousands others. And Pearce comes off unhinged. I would have left her show after her tirade.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:47 am
Years ago at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC I saw Pat Green lose it on stage when a guy in the crowd made some kind of comment about a new song he was playing. Up until that time, I would have thought that it would be cool to see that kind of raw and spontaneous reaction. However, you are right – it was a buzz kill and kind of left a sour taste in my mouth for the rest of the evening.
August 5, 2024 @ 4:02 pm
I’m sure in the moment it fed his ego but in the long run it likely ruined it for many other fans.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:49 am
Artists do it because fans are too emotionally engaged.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:56 am
I saw Will Hoge back in March and some rude fan kept interrupting him and Dave Hause. Finally, he had enough and told her to knock it off or he was going to ask her to leave. Security ended up throwing the individual out.
The audience loved it. Stop blaming the artist for being a buzzkill and lay the blame where it belongs: on the audience member who’s acting like a dick.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:21 am
I think each individual instance is different. If there is a fight or a safety/security issue, sometimes it’s imperative for the performer to take control. See what happened at the Astroworld concert when the performer just kept playing through all the stop signs.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:53 am
All Pearce did was introduce herself to millions as “that girl” because this has gone viral and the number one comment on social media is “who is this?”
And now there will be copycats. For a month after Miranda Lambert’s Vegas selfie tirade, people were recording themselves trying to goad her. Pearce’s next musical festival performance there will be a drunk men yelling “who cares” in between songs for sport.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:42 am
@hoptown. I completley agree with you. Carly Pierce was the loser here. Some rando yells out something that’s a bit cloddish and the result is that she exposes herself as incredibly thin-skinned and turns her own show into a place for spewing rage.
Good performers–particlulrly stand-up comics–learn to respond tohecklers by using skill and eloquence to outwit and humiliate them. Here, Carly had nothing and essentially acted as a bully. “I have bouncers on call, so I can throw you out.” If I had been seated in the audience in the vicinity of where Carly Pierce directed that vulgar tirade, I hope I’d have had the quick reaction time to stand up and shoud back “F___ you, b___, I’m leaving, too” and turned and headed for the exit.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:52 am
And guess what: you wouldn’t have been missed. By either Carly or the other people around you. Would have been glad to see you exit.
I think the problem is that you have a problem with strong and assertive women who won’t take your shit. You might want to consult a psychiatrist about that.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:48 pm
What’s your problem,? If someone had yelled that and walked out, it woud have given Carly the opportunity to yell “sh_t”, “p_ss”, “f_ck”, “c_nt”, “c_cks_ck_r”, “m_th_rf_ker”, and “t_ts” as they were heading for the door, and that would have turned if from just a good show to the best concert you’ve ever been to in your life.
BTW, I’d say Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire are strong, assertive women. I don’t think Carly Pierce came off as that, here. Assertive, I suppose, but kind of weak.
August 5, 2024 @ 4:09 pm
I agree. And she was at a festival. Not everyone in that front section came exclusively for her and she likely hurt her image with other potential fans. Of course I am not justifying the heckler and I tend to be the person who is playing an instrument on stage who gets the most annoyed at being being obnoxious (especially the old men who bring harmonicas and sit in the audience)
August 6, 2024 @ 10:00 am
If you go to a festival and get seats in the front (or if that close is GA and you want to keep that position for the act(s) you did come for), that means staying there for acts you might not be there to see. This joker decided to disrespect the performer and he had to deal with the consequences. I feel no sympathy for him and I laugh at him.
Back in my college (and less mature days), my friends and I went to a concert on campus and we got drunk and decided it would be funny to be loud and disrespectful to the openers. At the time, I thought it was funny. Looking back now, we should have gotten thrown out for being assholes. The guy was trying to build up a fanbase and make a name for himself and he wound up having three drunks giving him shit.
I was lucky I didn’t get thrown out.
This jackoff got what he deserved.
August 6, 2024 @ 11:25 am
You’re beyond obsessed with this. How many comments have you posted on this? 15? And if it gets to 150, I’m sure your outrage at the nameless person who yelled out “Nobody cares,” at Carly Pierce will be undiminished and you’ll still be utterly clueless as to why it’s rude and offensive and, thankfully still unacceptable to some, for a peformer at a family-oriented event to yell out “f…k,” “a-hole” and “dick” at someone in the middle of the concert.
On the rudeness scale, the customer’s transgression rates about a 1 to Carly’s 100. The vast majority of customers probably did not even hear the “heckler'” remark–(he did not have a mike), but they definitely heard Carly, who was self-righteously proud of her tirade.
If you cursed up a storm at WalMart, I’d say that’s trashy–even if somebody had made a rude remark or just grabbed the cart that you were about to start filling or cut in front of you on the checkout line.
August 6, 2024 @ 4:19 pm
Keep acting like a whiny little bitch. You just keep losing more and more respect.
August 6, 2024 @ 10:53 pm
@I-D You’re like a millenial cliché machine. I can’t even feel insulted by someone who’s a parody of a human being.
August 7, 2024 @ 5:24 am
@LOS – And there you go, going down on the respect meter even more.
August 6, 2024 @ 1:48 pm
You highlighted the difference in the performers. This heckler said one line “nobody cares” and rather than Carly trying to “make the crowd care” thru her story alone she immediately resorted to kicking the guy out which gives off the impression that she went in with a chip on her shoulder.
You were able to carry on drunk and loud with your friends for hours and no one kicked you out.
August 6, 2024 @ 12:10 pm
just wait till SCM writes the next article about Zach Bryan’s online meltdown…another great example of “don’t read what people write about you online.” lol must be hard being famous.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:10 am
I can barely blame the guy. I don’t know about Carly specifically, but Country is 100% the worst genre when it comes to artists spending significant portions of their stage time talking.
It’s mostly just pandering, and it’s lame. Political speeches, thanking firefighters, diatribes about what is and isn’t country, you name it.
This has been a legitimate factor in me going to less shows.
Prices are skyrocketing. Play the songs the audience paid to hear.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:48 am
That’s why I love attending Turnpike Troubadours. Felker doesn’t waste minutes droning on topics, doing shoutouts, or bringing fans to the stage. He and the boys just play great music.
Shut up and sing. That’s why the audience is there.
August 5, 2024 @ 1:26 pm
I’ve been at shows where artists not putting their foot down ruined the show because the audience was so rude and so uninterested in the music to make it impossible for enthusiasts to hear anything. I guess the grass is always greener.
August 5, 2024 @ 1:27 pm
Dammit, this site sucks when it comes to trying to reply on mobile. Sorry to reply yo the wrong comment.
August 6, 2024 @ 10:46 pm
You should have seen Charlie Robison in his prime bringing drunk girls up on stage to sing the wedding song. It was a hoot! But it was one song and done.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:55 am
Then stay home and listen to the studio albums.
I go to shows and anticipate the artist engaging with the crowd. I appreciate hearing them talk about the stories behind the songs and the people they wrote them with. That is part of the live experience for me and for a lot of people.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:21 am
Saw Gordon Lightfoot about 15 years back and he talked between every song. Great insight to his songwriting. Great show, and he played a solid two hours plus. Maybe one intermission, if that.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:30 am
Last year I saw Jason Eady and Jamie Lin Wilson together at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh. They talked and told stories between every song. They played for a solid three hours. The show would have been nowhere near the same without them sharing their stories and their history between the songs. It’s what engaged the crowd and the audience hung on every word.
August 6, 2024 @ 6:10 am
Yeah JLW’s concerts are absolutely improved by her non-singing engagement moments with the crowd. I’d imagine that anyone who heckled her would get majorly Nix’d by the other concert goers too.
August 5, 2024 @ 1:03 pm
Alt and knight:
I don’t know what acts either of you have and haven’t seen… but from this avid concertgoers perspective:
I can hear music in better quality at home. Most live shows have subpar audio these days anyway
What I can’t get at home are the interactions, the stories behind the songs, new material being tested, obscure covers not intended for the studio
A ninety minute run down of songs I’ve heard on the album and can’t make out the words too anyway isn’t exactly my idea of a good way to blow ninety bucks
That’s why Chris Stapleton, sturgill Simpson, Jason isbell are all among the worst live shows I’ve ever seen and 49 Winchester remains the only show I’ve ever just walked out of
Best five shows I’ve ever seen? David ball. David frizzell, Dailey and Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, weird al
Simple fact is part of paying live is that I’m not going to hear my favorite song, I’m going to have an experience
And if that experience is going to have the performance quality of an animatronic band at wall drug South Dakota doing battle of New Orleans I don’t want to pay ninety bucks or more.
If it’s just a rattling off of the hits why even bother? I know what Jason isbell looks like. It’s not a face reveal on TikTok where you sit in the front row to see what the guy who wrote the elephant song looks like. I want to know about him, what he thinks about his songs etc
I don’t even know if that animatronic band at wall drug is still there. Last time I went was 2006
Point is: if I’m not going to get something I can’t get cheaper on a cd player why am I doing it? To say I did it?
No one if I did and frankly dare I say no one cares.
Does it change anyone’s opinion of me if I say I saw James Galway twice? How about if I said I saw del mccoury?
Does anyone actually care that I had slash tickets but the show got cancelled? Of course not
No one’s even going to know if I’m lying about which acts I’ve seen?
Have I seen Buckethead? Lyle Lovett?
I’m not there to rack up resume points to impress people with the concerts I went to
I’m going to have an experience
And I don’t want that experience to be ‘I could have gotten more out of just buying the cd and listening to it’
Artists working a crowd is the most important part of entertaining
August 5, 2024 @ 4:05 pm
I don’t mind artists talking a little about why they wrote a song, telling a brief story, etc. I agree that adds to the experience, and in small venues it is great.
However, at bigger shows, unless you are in a great seat, you often can’t understand what the hell the artist is saying, anyways. So even if it could add to the experience, it doesn’t.
The last arena-level Country show I went to the artist literally talked for 45 minutes of his two hour set, no exaggeration. It might have been more. Just endless pandering about first responders, military, how country their music is, bland musings about hard working Americans, blah, blah, blah.
The crowd was cheering, but a couple guys behind me were yelling variations of “Shut up and play a song!” so I know I’m not the only one that feels this way, even if I’m a minority.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:37 pm
Exactly.
I’m inclined to agree with what the singer was saying but I didn’t attend a concert to hear his musings on America. Say it in a song or play some music. I paid for a concert, not a political sermon.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:19 pm
lemme guess Cody Johnson?
August 5, 2024 @ 10:40 pm
Felker barely interacts with the crowd (outside of “Long Hot Summer Day”) and I have had a blast at every Turnpike concert.
Would some backstory on songs be neat? I guess so, but I prefer to hear a kickass band play kickass music. I don’t need audience interaction or moralizing or bringing up some five-year-old kid on the stage for cheap viral clicks.
August 5, 2024 @ 3:50 pm
The guy should have shouted: We’re here for the music! Leave your stories for Instagram!
August 5, 2024 @ 5:28 pm
I saw Jason Isbell at the Ryman around 2018 and he barely spoke in between songs. Yeah..
August 7, 2024 @ 10:24 am
I disagree entirely. It really depends on the entertainer. Sure if it was a 15 min monologue, I could see having a problem with it. However, engaging with the crowd is important. Every good performer I’ve seen has at least thrown out some friendly banter. To me when they do this it feels like our town matters to them. I’ve seen Isbell, Strings, Bingham, Crockett, etc all do this their concerts. Are you calling them bad performers? These are literally some of the best and there is a reason they sell out shows. Now, an artist who isn’t engaged and just plays songs like some robot, is likely an artist I would never see again.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:11 am
Sad to hear this but yet another example of how America has become such an impolite country. Lately it seems that profanity & coarse language is too often tossed around in places that are inappropriate. The “F” word is unnecessarily used in print and online. It’s not cool it’s just crude.
Even some politicians today use crude language during speeches and events where younger people may be in attendance. Are THESE the role models we want for our kids?
Carly needs to get a tougher skin or get out of the business. Most concerts involve drinking so inappropriate shouts from the crowd should be anticipated. Had she just ignored the detractor and soldiered on it would have gone mostly unnoticed. But she didn’t and now has a PR issue to deal with. Unless physical violence is involved idiots like that should always be ignored and should never be given the spotlight.
A crash course in PR-101 should be at the top of Carly’s “to do” list.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:51 am
“Carly needs to get a tougher skin or get out of the business” cried the person complaining about coarse language.
Is someone who just stands there and allows someone to be disruptive and disrespectful to them the role model you want for your kids?
August 5, 2024 @ 9:54 am
Yelling “no one cares” is the lamest interruption imaginable.
August 5, 2024 @ 5:20 pm
Some of these commenters in here talking about rude language not being appropriate but would be singing along to DAC stupid a** attempts at immature HS songs
August 5, 2024 @ 9:25 am
Carly Pearce did nothing wrong. So-called “fans” are being downright abusive these days, throwing things on stage, taking selfies, and otherwise distracting from the show. He deserved to be made an example of. She is standing up for performers everywhere who are sick of dealing with this nonsense.
August 5, 2024 @ 9:47 am
She isn’t sleeping with you, Ian, despite your spirited defense.
The heckler was pretty dumb but her response wasn’t the flex she and her fans think it was.
Part of being a performer is dealing with hecklers. He said, “No one cares.” That’s tame stuff. She came off as unhinged. You would swear that he called him some vile name.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:32 am
This wasn’t some casual attendee: this person was close enough to the stage to be clearly heard by her on the stage.
I’m not sure how big this festival is or how many attendees there are, but it’s clearly big enough to book Carly Pearce who is a pretty solid draw right now. For someone to go to an event, get that close to the stage, close enough to be clearly heard by the performer…if they’re going to choose to be disruptive, yeah, their ass deserves to get thrown out. And no, it is not “too harsh.”
“Part of being a performer is dealing with hecklers,” huh? Next you’ll tell us that part of being a performer means they don’t get to have opinions and should keep their politics to themselves.
She didn’t come off as unhinged. She came off as someone who isn’t going to take any shit. Hopefully in the future if people are at her concerts, maybe they’ll remember this if they start to think about acting like an asshole.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:23 am
She’s opening for LeBron James.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:26 am
I hope Carly sees your support.
The guy yelled, “No one cares.” No one should be thrown out over such a benign comment. Her drawing attention to the act gave him what he wanted. Throwing attendees out over that phrase is lame.
Disruptive is rushing the stage or chanting obscenities, not yelling the rude version of requesting “Free Bird.”
Performers can have opinions. Generally, most of them are clueless, though. I enjoy concerts when performers sing and don’t stop to pontificate on topics. I’m good without hearing how a singer agrees with me on foreign policy. They have the right to sermonize and I have the right to say shut up and sing.
Considering how much her career stalled, she might have to worry about too many fans. Trigger was right. New starlets have passed her by and she wants to regain some attention.
She started screeching and yelling and her comment was contradictory. “If you’re going to be an asshole, then you’re gonna have to say it to me and get the f–k out of my show!” Well, the guy did say it to her. That’s what she wanted.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:01 pm
Every time I think you can’t make yourself look dumber, you go and say “hold my white claw” and make yourself look like even more of a tool.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:12 pm
If you can’t keep up, tap out.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:31 pm
Any more comments on this thread will be deleted.
August 5, 2024 @ 1:04 pm
I already got the KO several comments ago, Junior.
August 5, 2024 @ 4:14 pm
I’m sorry, you’re the one looking pretty dumb.
August 6, 2024 @ 4:52 am
No, Mike, I’m really not. And you siding with CK makes you look just as dense as he.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:02 am
Was he being a dick or asshole or was he simply being a smart ass? Big difference. We’ll never know. LOL. She probably made more of a disturbance to the show then needed but i’m also not in her shoes. Hopefully its a lesson learned for both.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:26 am
“You cared enough to buy a ticket. Thanks for your support.” That’s all she had to say.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:29 am
Poor Carly,
Showing her true colors.
Entitled drama queen
Bet the 8 months married to Carly felt like an eternity, to her ex husband.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:17 am
She does have a song entitled, “Every Little Thing!”
August 5, 2024 @ 10:34 am
I’m fully on the side of the performer/artist. While a one off comment is annoying and insulting to the performer, it’s the people that talk incessantly during opening acts that drives me crazy. Nothing more rude than ignoring the act and then ruin it for people that actually want to listen.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:49 am
I wish bands would kick out the idiots who can’t stop talking during the show, especially during quiet songs. Take the super loud discussion to the lobby friends. This way, those of us who want to listen to the music can enjoy the show more.
I seriously don’t get why folks pay money to see a show if all they want to do is ignore the band and talk to their friends.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:34 am
Miranda Lambert clone response. Sheeesh
August 6, 2024 @ 11:25 am
I may not yell something like that but I get it.
People pay hard earned money to hear music.
August 5, 2024 @ 11:38 am
Saying “Out” to some moron yelling at the stage “No One Cares” and having it result in his ejection is a pretty thrilling to this old performer. After over 7000 gigs I wish I had had that option.
“Live” is life, with all its variables. You can’t change channels or fast forward a live show unless you leave or pass out.. you pay your money and take your chances. Ms. Pearce is crafting her live persona, defining her boundaries, and her audience and career will progress accordingly.
I understand the “shut up and play” crowd. They’d probably do themselves a favor by sticking to the recordings and not paying to experience actual humans with free will.
To digress slightly, I was at a Stevie Wonder concert and he was doing a lengthy singalong segment. Someone yelled “We gotta go to work in the morning!” He replied “Well, I’m workin’ now, so if you gotta go, go on.” Big ovation. Stagecraft 101.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:15 pm
Wasn’t Carly recently diagnosed with a heart condition? Who knows what she’s dealing with. Could’ve been a bad day emotionally.
August 5, 2024 @ 12:20 pm
Good article. Good for Carly standing up to the disrespectful yob but she might think on reflection she could have handled it better. Some of the chat from artists is less,than entertaining but that is a live show….
August 5, 2024 @ 1:20 pm
I was there she handled it very poorly. Could have been blown off and no one would have known anything. Instead all ages show and she decided to use profanity. Not like she came out to the camp grounds like others celebrities’ and said hi to her fans. (Jelly Roll, Blake Shelton, Elle King and others) have stopped to be with fans.
August 5, 2024 @ 3:31 pm
Diva in the making. Like many female singers.
We need more Patty Loveless. Pure class.
August 5, 2024 @ 10:47 pm
Carly strikes me as trying for the traditionalist version of Taylor Swift. She says all the right things and promotes the right angles but she can’t put off the act like Taylor did/does. Taylor would have pulled off a response that made her appear like a hapless victim; see the Kayne West stunt. (Unless her cult killed the heckler first!)
Carly’s music isn’t that good, and I’m sure she feels frustrated that her stuff isn’t the new, shiny object. It must be aggravating that Lainey Wilson surpassed her based on bell bottoms, her butt, and a plagiarism of “Strawberry Wine.”
Her new strategy must be going full Miranda Lambert with an edgy stage presence.
August 6, 2024 @ 6:49 am
Keep jousting for her.
August 6, 2024 @ 8:48 am
You are correct.
August 5, 2024 @ 3:24 pm
As others have pointed out, Pierce needs to develop thicker skin. Was it a dumb comment? Yes. Does it make her look tough or strong? No. It makes her look weak. She seems like such a nice person, and likely is, but she gave this guy exactly what he wanted. Attention. It’s a festival, not everyone is going to be there to see or hear you.
Like trigger said, she could have dealt with it better. I once saw a legendary artist, and one persons in the crowd kept yelling between every song. Finally the artist said, “hey buddy, the last time I saw a mouth that big it had a hook in it.” Everyone laughed, and the show continued. The guy with the big mouth, who was clearly drunk, looked like an idiot. It was great.
August 5, 2024 @ 3:41 pm
I have no problem with her pointing the guy out in a more respectful way but i dont think she should have kicked him out. To me this reflects far more poorly on her. If the guy kept talking, then yea but otherwise no.
August 5, 2024 @ 3:47 pm
The guy should have shouted: We’re here for the music! Leave your stories for Instagram!
August 5, 2024 @ 3:57 pm
My general sentiment to all this is: “I don’t care.”
August 5, 2024 @ 10:27 pm
I agree with you so much!!! Maybe she was just off or having a bad night. Everyone is human and deserves a little grace. If they would only stop and think about the legends that came before them? What WOULD Dolly do? What WOULD Loretta lynn have done? Carly is awesome though and she has been through a lot. She is still growing as a person. People think they can get away with bullying when they aren’t saying it directly to the person. She should have called him out and embarrassed him but laughed about. Like you said “She was the one on stage. He paid to see her!” Maybe she will reflect on it and learn from it or maybe not?
August 6, 2024 @ 12:05 am
So, WE Fest. I’m sure the guy was drunk.
August 6, 2024 @ 4:26 am
Drayton Farley introduced “Dream Come true” with an extensive story about him and his wife losing their babies. You could feel that a lot of people felt uncomfortable. I can understand that an artist sometimes wants to share the background of a song, but I wish they also kept some things to themselves and let the song speak for itself.
August 6, 2024 @ 6:24 am
Maybe before the show set up a policy, between performer and security, for a wordless signal that means “Toss that one” ………?
August 6, 2024 @ 8:45 am
Perhaps if more people got angry and threw more assholes like that out, we wouldn’t have to deal with so many assholes in the future. I support Carly, no buts.
August 6, 2024 @ 2:05 pm
She should have just said something to him to embarrass him if it got under her skin. That’s quite a wimpy comment to dent her like that, as a seasoned performer and pro. But to demand to have him thrown out over that is way too much. I smell a lawsuit! haha
August 6, 2024 @ 8:46 pm
In this case, I get it for Carly. If you’re a fan, you want the “star” to talk about themselves, the inspiration of the music they play or their artistry – that’s expected and makes the performance intimate and tangible. If you heckle that, why are you there?
However in other cases where stars use an audience to spew unwanted messaging, than a “who cares” is definitely warranted. In this day and age ypu don’t have to hold an audience hostage to make a point – you use social media. Thar gives the star a place to project and allows an paying audience not to be held hostage to a lecture they may not want to hear. Grant the fans agency to go to an artists channel and engage further if they choose.
Heckling sucks, breaks the continuity of the show for sure.
August 7, 2024 @ 8:26 am
Haven’t heard of Carly Pearce,but I LOVE how she handled the “No One Cares” jacka** .(Sorry,Trigger,I’m 71 and have passed schoolyards where the language emanating from some little darlings would have blushed me and curled my hair if I weren’t black and bald.) I’ll probably look up her body of work now.You go,cowgirl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 7, 2024 @ 1:43 pm
Real pros know how to dress down ‘ A Heckler’ like this. I’ve witnessed a few ‘Artists’ able to compel a response where that heckler leaves the venue with his tail tucked on his own terms. Carly blurred the line a little bit here for me.
August 8, 2024 @ 6:50 am
Last year, Carly was scheduled to play a free show in my hometown, right across the river from Louisville. There were well over 5,000 people there to see her, maybe 10,000 (I was at Steel Woods and Zach Top so I’m not sure). There were storms about 150 miles away and she canceled the show and tried to use some “Act of God” clause in her contract to still keep the money whens he had plenty of time to get in her show. I lost all respect for her that night. Blackberry Smoke was playing 40 miles east of us and waited through the storm and played until 2am.
I think a bunch of people have mentioned some theories about her and I agree. I think she’s played the neotraditional good girl, but is really a diva and it slips through from time to time. I think there’s bound to be insecurity because she’s been passed over by Lainey Wilson (but ya know, Lainey has charisma and doesn’t do stuff like this) and is no longer the next big thing among women of country.
August 8, 2024 @ 9:53 am
Good insight. I remember that incident. It might have been covered here.
She found an underappreciated niche (the neotraditional lady) and exploited it well with choice quotes and the right words. The scene was hungry for a throwback female and she found traction. Neotraditional males are everywhere and not unique. There was a bunch of hype since she sang at Dollyworld. The crazy short marriage was suspicious and she wove it into her marketing and came out the winner while Ray’s career has hit the skids. But her window of big-time fame passed and now Lainey burns brighter. There is frustration in that, and if you aren’t grounded, the anger slips through.
August 8, 2024 @ 10:41 am
Yes, I reported on this incident. Carly Pearce ended up refunding the money:
https://savingcountrymusic.com/carly-pearce-returns-75000-payment-from-city-after-canceled-show/
Honestly, I have never gotten bad vibes from Carly. That incident was the first time I every had any notions that Carly wasn’t good people. She may have just been having a bad day here, and like i said, I think her anger was justified. I just thought her response could have been so much better.
August 8, 2024 @ 7:26 am
All of these comments being critical of Carly make me even more excited to see her in October. Just bought tickets and looking forward to her show.