Chaos Outside Webster Hall as Fans Flock to Would-Be Kanye West Concert (New York)

NBC New York ^ | 6-6-16 | Lori Bordonaro

[dynachrome]

Hundreds of people packed the streets outside Webster Hall in Manhattan's East Village after Kanye West teased a surprise concert there early Monday — but the concert was ultimately canceled as the crowd grew and grew, leading to a frenzied scene that left behind smashed cars and piles of trash. Despite high energy at the unplanned event and a heavy police presence, no one was arrested, according to the NYPD.

Photos and video posted online show hundreds, possibly thousands, of people gathered outside the concert venue. Some fans climbed on top of cars and others scaled poles and light posts. East 11th Street was jam-packed end to end down the block as people clapped and cheered.

[dynachrome]

No one arrested. Just a typical day at the zoo.

[Cicero]

“But, Officers, it’s just a concert!”

“That’s all right, bro. Our dear Mayor won’t allow us to arrest anyone anyway!”

[Bullish]

Cuz he did what he had ta did cuz he had da kid?

[dfwgator]

Did he perform “Gay Fish”?

[Secret Agent Man]

Why give a concert when you can go online and beg people to crowdfund your 50+ million dollar rising debt?

[SMGFan]

thousands who had no job to be at one Monday morning

[bgill]

No one being arrested only teaches them they can do it again and worse next time. Immediate smack downs of such would send a message. But then considering the type who would attend a Kanye West concert, well, you know.

[BBell]

Gay fish is the only song I know by Kanye West

Yo, uh, uh c'mon

I've been so lonely girl, I've been so sad and down

Couldn't understand why haters joked around

I wanted to be free with other creatures like me

And now I got my wish, cause i know that I'm a gay fish (gay fish) (Gay fish Yo) mother &^%$#' gay fish

(I'm a fish yo) goin' on a gay fish

(It's alright girl) makin' love to other gay fish

All those lonely nights at the grocery store

In the frozen fish aisle feelin' like a whore

Cause I wasn't being true

Even though everyone said that I had to make a switch

(Gay fish) now I know that I'm a gay fish (gay fish)

(Gay fish Yo) mother &^%$#' gay fish

(I'm a fish yo) Goin' on a gay fish

(Now I'm where i belong girl) makin' love to other gay fish

I used to be scared, denying who I was

Acting straight but then going out to the gay fish clubs

Dancing with the Marlins making out with the all the Snappers

I'd take a Salmon home and work that Coddle Fin for hours

But now I'm out and I'm free to love what I want

Be it Yellow Fin or Bass or them trout in Vermont

I slapped that Holland ass, make that Grouper butt shake

I'll come to your house and have an orgy in your

mother*&^%$#' fish tank (fish tank, fish tank)

Mother &^%$#@' gay fish

(I'm a fish yo) Goin' on a gay fish

(Yeah now I'm where i belong girl) makin' love to other gay fish

I really get around I'm the slut of the sea

When i say I've got crabs I mean it literally

I was eating dinner and just had to go down on that Mackerel on the dish

Cause I'm the gayest of the gay fish (gay fish)

Mother *&^%(@#' gay fish

(I'm a fish yo) Goin' on a gay fish

Yeah now I'm where i belong girl

But I gotta settle down I can't be a whore

I ain't gonna just sleep with any fish no more

I've found me a lover, a brother who's a cross-dressing

Pike named Trish

And together we are gay fish (gay fish)

(Gay fish yo) moother*(%@#$' gay fish

(I'm a fish yo) goin' on a gay fish

(Yeah, now I'm where i belong girl) makin' love to other gay fish

(Gay fish, gay fish, gay fish, gay fish, gay fish, gay fish...)

[Trillian]

South Park - Kanye West - Gay Fish
If anyone wants to use the lyrics to sing along ;)

[a.c.t.32]

Is “high energy” a new set of code words for something? It gets hard to keep up sometimes.

[ilovesarah2012]

Thank you for enlightening us.

I miss Motown.

[BBell]

Classic South Park.

[BBell]

Pretty much all I listen to is oldies, and I’m not that old.