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the Japanther show @ Big Apple Circus didn't go so well (pics)

photos by Chris La Putt

“”Ladies and gentlemen get out of the ring or they will not play”” – Leia Jospe

“”That’s what i’m talkin about. Carnage. Total carnage. Up the punks!” -guy smoking inside @japanther show/riot/fail, lincolncenter” – Nina Mashurova

“What a mess. Japanther got stopped twice – lights on, music off, so floor could be cleared of moshers. People were booing and throwing shit.” – Pamela Z

“Japanther gets shut down at Damrosche Park because it’s a “security f**king circus.”” – Rozalia Jovanovic

“A riot at the circus #2011” – Leia Jospe

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“that was one of the craziest, oddest shows i’ve been to in a while. pandemonium broke loose. if tomorrow’s day 2 even happens, that’ll be the last time lincoln center opens its doors to rock bands. it was pretty fun till the very end. stupid kids, agro’s for dorks.”
[Anonymous | January 4, 2011 1:11 AM]

They probably shouldn’t have booked Japanther at the “Rock & Roll Circus” if their goal was complete order. Not only that, Monday night’s Lincoln Center-presented show under the Big Apple Circus big top was free. Things will surely be calmer for the ticketed Tuesday night show that Ariel Pink is headlining (assuming it is still happening). More about what happened later (with more pictures of all bands and the aftermath), but in the meantime, you can check out more pictures taken during Japanther’s set, below…

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UPDATE: more pictures of the whole show, HERE.