Take Fucked Up for example, who have been sharing memories of their best celebrity encounters through the service today (June 19). The Canadian punks have shared a wealth of stories under 140 characters in length about stars of all kinds.
The band tell of Jared Leto's germaphobic tendencies, Kraftwerk kicking them out of a hotel, Kevin Shields's chinchillas, Flea's explosive bass playing and Billy Corgan getting chauffeured to the stage from his dressing room. That's just scratching the surface — there are plenty of strange and hilarious stories to be discovered.
Find the band's many Twitter tales below.
once josh homme yelled at me while i was line-checking in OZ bc i was interrupting whoever was playing on the next stage. i didnt hear him
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in nashville the band met jack white at the 3rd man store, but i stayed in the van and read comic books
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in moscow after a show we had a party & me and jonah almost died and the cops came an arrested all the russians but i was sleeping
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time during an ayahuasca thing a guy threatened to kill himself so his gf called the cops, who came but i missed it bc i was blacked out
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time damian met john cleese on oxford street in LDN but i was soundchecking
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time after a show on the beach in italy the band went swimming high and got naked but i stayed at the restaurant and tried to sleep
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
arcade fire would bring ping pong tables to play on tour and we would sneak into the room to play while they did their set
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time after a side show with foo fighers jack black was shaking everyones hand and asked if i was in the band. later that night i got
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
stuck in an elevator with him and it was super awkward bc he had to pretend to be super into FU to make up for his earlier gaffe
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in vancouver damian did a move on me in the elevator and the elevator jammed and we spent that afternoon inside the elevator
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time we play tokyo and had a show in austin the next day and explosions in the sky were all next to us on the flight and were very nice
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
once we got invited to an SNL afterparty that started at 3am and i had already kind of gone to bed. damian met paul rudd and i regretted it
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in montreal we saw that billy corgan had a guy drive him in an SUV from his dressing room to the stage
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time at coachella i bumped into lindsey lohan (physically) on the little ladder that goes to the main stage but i didnt say anything
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time i saw flea warming up during the other bands set, right next to the sound booth and u could hear his unplugged bass over the band
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
1 time beyonce was doing her BBC set right next door to ours and we waited 2 hours after ours to see her walk thru the room for 2 seconds
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time backstage at coachella jonah sat right btw brandon flowers and his wife bc he didnt know who brandon flowers was
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in vegas i saw the guy from maroon five just sitting in a little side casino room not doing anything just kind of staring
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in portland f armison came to hang and i was hammered and told him portlandia needed a new theme song and that we should write it
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in OZ on tour with jared leto, at the aiports he wouldn't shake any kids hands bc apparently hes afraid of germs
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in NY we played an adult swim party that was catered and food was getting thrown around and ebro slipped on some and broke his hand
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
ian mackaye has a lifetime pass to coachella and you will often find him and his family at catering meeting ppl and being friendly
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in austin at the vice show that got cancelled bc the building fell apart, kirsten dunst was in the way of some roadie and he said
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
'out of the way kristen dunst' and was carrying this huge rig thru a crowd of ppl
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time damian and sandy went to k. shields' house to hang and he told them when he was raising chinchillas they would breed so fast that
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
he ended up having to put like this fence in his living room to seperate the male and female chinchillas
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in line for food at soundwave i was in the same line for like free tacos as zach de la rocha and slash
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time the band hung out with metallica at their fest in NJ but i was in a bad mood so i stayed in the van and like napped
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time early on in london bez came to our show and someone after told me who he was and i was like 'who are happy mondays'
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time after a show at air studios in LDN i stepped on nick caves pizza bc they had all been laid on the floor and there were so many
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
at the same show i was introduced to bobby gillespie but i had no idea who he was either but at least i didnt step on any of his food
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in serbia we played right before Korn on the mainstage and the singer guy was around and being super cool and nice and hanging out
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
the next day we got kicked out of our hotel rooms early bc kraftwerk needed them and they had showed up early thanks kraftwerk
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
one time in london jarvis cocker was hanging out at the bar under our show and we gave him a 7" and told ppl he had come to see us play
— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) June 19, 2017
