A throng of young female fans sounds awesome...until they tear you limb from limb.
Is it a full moon that's driving young girls crazy? Nah, just a Twilight: New Moon. The new vamps and werewolves flick is making fans hormonally insane, just like the original Twilight film did in 2008. Over the last few years, the franchise's star Robert Pattinson has gotten it the worst, dodging a mini-riot at an autograph session and taxis on the streets of NYC while running from his crazed fans. His co-stars Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart have caught their share of craziness too: last week in Brazil, 2,000 fans stormed their hotel and tried to rush their rooms before they were ultimately subdued by riot police.
It's all proof that teenage girls are too imbalanced to be right in the head. It's not like this should be news to any of us, either. This shit has been going on longer than Kotex has been easing girls' transition into womanhood. Check out some of the crazier ways fans have showed their appreciation for the stars they love...
WHO:B5
WHEN: 2005
WHERE: Minnesota
FRENZY: A free, radio-station-sponsored concert at the Brookdale Center Mall turned ugly when fans, outnumbering security 2,000 to 10, climbed onto stage and tackled Diddy's boy band. Four people were taken to hospitals and five more had minor injuries treated at the mall. We can only imagine how many mall employees' ears were hurt by B5.
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WHO: Frank Sinatra
WHEN: 1944
WHERE: New York City
FRENZY: Capitalizing on Frankie Blue Eyes' popularity, the 3,500-person capacity Paramount Theater booked him for several back-to-back shows. When the shrieking chicks in the first show refused to leave, the 30,000-plus shrieking chicks outside went ape shit, sparking "The Columbus Day Riot." Police had to be called in, but that wasn't the end of the fuckery. Some of Sinatra's obsessed fans reportedly sat through dozens of his performances consecutively without food and fainted while others had to be dragged out of the venue by ushers.
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WHO: 'N Sync
WHEN: 2000
WHERE: New York City
FRENZY: While the group's No Strings Attached LP was bending the Backstreet Boys over, JT and the crew made an appearance at MTV's Total Request Live. It was normal to have a crowd outside the building during a taping, but so many devotees showed up for 'N Sync that they shut down Times Square. The terrorists win again.
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WHO: The Beatles
WHEN: 1964
WHERE: New York City
FRENZY: The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show is considered the start of the British Invasion of the U.S., but the assault was all American. Throughout the three shows, hysterical young women screamed and cried, making it difficult to even hear the band. During the taping of the second of their three shows, a throng of fans prevented the band from getting on stage until police wedged them apart. Hence the mania in Beatlemania.
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WHO: Zac Efron
WHEN: NA
WHERE: NA
FRENZY: Once, at a premiere, a barrier broke and his fans rushed the star and grabbed him up, pulling him in every direction. Security was able to break him free and calm the situation, but when Efron got home and took off his shirt he discovered that a fingernail was stuck in his back. Kinky. (Note: This may be why he's letting his wax figure make appearances for him now.)
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WHO: Michael Jackson
WHEN: 1964-2009
WHERE: Everywhere
FRENZY: There are way too many incidents of MJ causing people to lose their minds to cite just one. Peep this montage to see how far flung his frenzies were. The King of (making it) Pop will never be dethroned.
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