Grace Jones played the Barrowlands in Glasgow on this day in 2003, but the gig almost didn’t happen after Grace noticed that the oysters she’d asked for on her rider were missing. The promoter said they’d be “lucky to find a jar of pickled mussels at 9pm on a Sunday in the East End of Glasgow” but Grace dug her heels in.
Somehow, they managed to track down a half-dozen before the city’s restaurant kitchens shut for the night and Grace was finally convinced to go on stage, albeit two hours late.
True to form, she gave an amazing show, wearing a different hat for every song and flashing her fanny to the crowd at one point. It wasn’t until after, when the band had packed up and left, that organisers noticed the oysters were still in the green room – completely untouched. |