Ting Ting's get nasty!

[the_doctor199]

A short quote from the article below, I recomend reading the full story though

After getting a whole show of great shots, I was asked to follow a Record Bar bouncer out the smoking area. I grabbed Tori and we headed out there. Knowing what was about to happen, I took my CF card out of my camera along the way. The Record Bar bouncer told me that the tour manager of the Ting Tings wanted to speak to me, and that this had nothing to do with the Record Bar (kudos to him).

The manager entered the patio, and rudely demanded to know why I was taking pictures. I gave him my business card, told him who I was, and mentioned to him that I followed all the rules posted regarding photography (no flash). He said the pictures were the property of the Ting Tings and Sony and that he was requiring me to erase the images in front of him. I told him that I would not be doing so. He cornered me (this was a pretty big guy) and I moved toward the door. He continued to threaten me the entire time. At no point in the encounter did he offer me anything remotely resembling professional courtesy (or even HUMAN courtesy, for that matter) – just threats, harassment, and physical intimidation.

Full story here: http://popwreckoning.com/2009/04/08/harassed-and-coerced-by-the-ting-tings-tour-manager/

 

[hepburn]

never heard of them... should I have? There's always someone willing to be an asshole in your life. The trick is to figure out who and dump them quick!

 

[iammartin]

That seems pretty extreme.. I'm sure I read about another Ting Tings story along similar lines recently?

Anyway, if I was him I probably would have deleted the images to get him off my back. And then recovered them when I got home.

 

[ekimeno]

That tog should have told him to shut up and let him go (sorry )

 

[Blue Eagle]

That seems pretty extreme.. I'm sure I read about another Ting Tings story along similar lines recently?

Anyway, if I was him I probably would have deleted the images to get him off my back. And then recovered them when I got home.

Only if you've shot jpeg..and it's easier just to run off lol....

 

[hellogoodbye]

That tog should have told him to shut up and let him go (sorry )

 

[Captain Morgan]

Another Flash in the Pan band where the record company is trying to get as much out of them as possible inside 4 years.
It is only last year they 'made it' to an afternoon slot in the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury (stage 4 if memory serves).

 

[GavSterry]

Thats rude!!! These bloody managers think they can get away with any-ting
Gav

 

[POAH]

TBH its his own fault for taking pics of a third rate pop band lol

 

[the_doctor199]

That tog should have told him to shut up and let him go (sorry )

 

[Hyster]

That kind of abuse is bad enough but in front of his 13year old daughter?

I feel pretty angry reading that.

 

[david1701]

thats a bit low, guy had his daughter there an all though whether thats the full story I don't know ...

 

[Yv]

Another Flash in the Pan band where the record company is trying to get as much out of them as possible inside 4 years.
It is only last year they 'made it' to an afternoon slot in the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury (stage 4 if memory serves).

I thought Flash in the Pan was a photographer too, shame on him for letting security behave this way

 

[dinorock]

never heard of them... should I have? There's always someone willing to be an asshole in your life. The trick is to figure out who and dump them quick!

yes! also i dont agree with the op,s title it was a bolshy manager not the ting tings themselves just my opinion

 

[PauloWanClift]

So if we photograph the tings tings we should have a monopod handy, not to steady the shot, but for self defence

 

[fontmoss]

reading the full article it seems like the tog is a pretty well rounded guy who doesnt bear a grudge, i dont think i would have felt the same in the same circumstances.

 

[Dom]

I would have gone back to the car, locked the car with my camera and daughter inside and tought the

manager

a lesson about photography and the law.

 

[the_doctor199]

also i dont agree with the op,s title it was a bolshy manager not the ting tings themselves just my opinion

Sorry, i just thought naming it with the ting tings would get more attention, 'Tour manager gets nasty' wouldnt be so appealing!

I can see both sides of the argument here though, the TM should never have reacted as he did, being polite and asking him nicely to remove the images would have been fine.

The so called 'pro' photographer though, had he been a real pro, he would have had sorted accreditation through the artists management before the gig, and that would have solved any matters that arised. (The photog kind of reminds me of another thread here lol)

 

[trinitronfan]

I had the film ripped out of my camera at a gig once. The ****** didn't get the other roll I'd shot though

 

[Big A]

That tog should have told him to shut up and let him go (sorry )

very good

 

[sportysnaps]

I don't like the Ting Tings (its musik Jim but not as we know it) but thats ok - different music for different people.Clearly the manager needs a crash course at a charm school asap - maybe the one that the bouncer had been on - but one thing is not clear by the original post or the write up in the link - did you have permission to take the photos?

you seemed to have handled the situation very well though so credit to you.

 

[Strolls]

reading the full article it seems like the tog is a pretty well rounded guy who doesnt bear a grudge, i dont think i would have felt the same in the same circumstances.

yes! also i dont agree with the op,s title it was a bolshy manager not the ting tings themselves just my opinion

Yeah, but if he doesn't mention it - if he just says "some band's manager" - then nothing will ever come of it. If the band or the manager know that they'll get bad publicity when they throw their weight around then they might not be so keen to do so in future.

Stroller.

 

[Paul_UK]

I don't know why the heated stuff is on here, surely we have the next forty years or so to photo the Ting tings!
Did I spell that right?
They must be bigger than the Stones, Beatles etc.?
I have no idea what or who they are.

 

[ekso]

Isnt this just normal stereotype reaction ?

 

[GavSterry]

http://www.thetingtings.com/gb/recordings/songs Then click on "Shut up and let me go" ... You must of heard that?? Or "Thats not my name"

Gav

 

[foodpoison]

THEY CALL ME STACEY etc.

Not cool, but hey, he got away with the photos

 

[swanseamale47]

Sorry, i just thought naming it with the ting tings would get more attention, 'Tour manager gets nasty' wouldnt be so appealing!

I can see both sides of the argument here though, the TM should never have reacted as he did, being polite and asking him nicely to remove the images would have been fine.

The so called 'pro' photographer though, had he been a real pro, he would have had sorted accreditation through the artists management before the gig, and that would have solved any matters that arised. (The photog kind of reminds me of another thread here lol)

Doesn't always work either, I was invited to a kyle concert some years back (with a number of other press togs) then after giving us passes they put us where we couldn't actually see the stage from, needless to say we all moved to a better place. I then ended up with one of Kyles bouncers trying to confiscate my camera for taking pics (why invite us then?), as I was using my own camera I wasn't having this, and lets say a tussle ensued. Result I still had my camera, and he "fell" on the floor and I accidently "fell" on him a few times, ( I am clumsy)
The passes made no difference, they still played silly beggers. Wayne