Editors wisely cut short their gig in Cologne on Wednesday night when armed place stormed the venue and ordered them to stop playing because they were playing "excessively loud". The band's bassist Russell Leetch has told the NME about the whole incident: "The venue was an old church over the road from a load of houses and, during our set, they called the police to complain about the noise. The first we knew about it was when the police turned up just as we were starting our encore and told our tour manager to stop the set. Our tour manager bravely stalled them long enough for us to play 'Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors' but we had to finish before doing 'Fingers In The Factories'. [Which means] we owe Cologne a song and we promise to make it up to them next time as long as they don't set the law on us again!" They play the Wireless Festival this weekend, so anyone living near by Hyde Park or Harewood House, why not call in a complaint to the police and demand the SAS step in to stop the noise? Armed raids, it could become Editor's "thing".
Jun 15, 2007
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Editors cut short encore after police raid
Editors had to cut short their encore in Cologne after police arrived over noise complaints, bassist Russell Leetch told the NME.