42nd Street - A New Production - London & Tour

As a Glaswegian who actually grew up in the same area as Sheena, I'm embarrassed by this whole incident and I'd like to think that today's generation would never behave this way as it was a few years before I was born, but Sheena infamously returned to perform in Glasgow in 1990 as part of the city of culture celebrations, in front of around 200,000 people in Glasgow green and was hurled with bottles filled with urine, ultimately cutting her set short after just three songs.

She had become a pretty big star in the states in the 80s and adopted a bit of an American accent, so when she came on stage and started speaking with a twang the crowd turned on her and started throwing 'filled' bottles and little lights that had been handed out earlier in the day.

The whole thing was tragically broadcast on TV and is pretty uncomfortable to watch -



The TV crew tried their hardest to conceal what was going on and cut away after her third song, but you can clearly hear people chanting 'Who do you think you are' etc whilst she's speaking between songs.

Sheena also describes it as the most embarrassing moment of her career in this interview -



This incident is like folklore in Glasgow and will almost certainly be the first thing someone will bring up when Sheena's name is mentioned. She's still generally disliked to this day.


That said, I think she's a brilliant vocalist and did brilliantly in 42nd Street in 2017.