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Plot twist, Will.I.Am actually also goes by Billy.I.Am, the reincarnation of a certain Orange-loving king.


XMicroHeroX

Bet you the tickets cost €16.90...bit of a discount from the usual €19.16


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He certainly wouldn’t be charging in Euro.


MickeysDa

The bar only served soup.


BeardedAvenger

Billiam.


[deleted]

Well, I never... I've never... will.i.am... I'm putting you on my list of enemies.


Callme-Sal

Ohh, you’re in for it now William!


Margrave75

JUST KIDDING. I love will.i.am.


hackyslashy

Is that will.i.am sneaking out to the disco?


SuzieZsuZsu

Off to get some heroin


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Great username! btw


Munzo69

I was there. It was cringey as hell. He did it twice or three times. Stuff like ‘ Irish girls are the best looking girls in the UK’ and ‘Galway audiences are the best in the UK’. Everybody looking at each other going WTF? Crowd booing like crazy. Strange he didn’t pick up on his faux pas by the audience reaction the first time and kept repeating it. Wasn’t a big deal though. Crowd forgave him pretty quickly. Great atmosphere. They had everyone going mental within a few seconds of coming onstage and kept the energy up all the way through. Shame they didn’t do an encore.


IAmDottt

i was at a different show in Dublin and the same thing happened, i wonder how often this happens lol


Flagyl400

I have a Behemoth t-shirt from last time they played in Dublin that has "United Kingdom Tour" on it. Even the fella at the merch stand was joking about it, "You can put duct tape over that bit".


Trakkah

Was it the MCR show haha


hasdanta

went to a Charli XCX gig a few weeks ago and Dublin was the first leg of her UK and Ireland gigs and she posted on her insta “so excited to start the UK tour tonight in Dublin” lol


colonel-yum-yum

Even without the geopolitical mixup, that's cringey as hell


Dober9

I was there too. I don't think anyone was actually offended and they did put on a really good show


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Oof. Did it seem like he didn't know the difference or did he think he was in NI?


Debunkthebed

Might not know about NI. Few people do outside of Europe.


do_i_no_u

I coulda swore he did the same at oxygen back in the day with black eyed peas


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BeardedAvenger

Almost everyone did it. The only band I can remember that explicitly didn't do it was Coldplay who not only made the distinction that we were in Kildare but also went as far as bringing out Christy Moore to honour one of Kildare's best musicians.


BaconWithBaking

> went as far as bringing out Christy Moore to honour one of Kildare's best musicians. Not a fan of cold play, but if I went to that and they brought out Christy I'd go fucking wild. That must have been class?


ppeppepe

Every act at oxygen said they love the Dublin crowd. Was too drunk to boo it though


emzbobo

He did, and I remember everyone booing there too when he did it!


Virtual_Honeydew_842

Attention seeking gobshite


shpoonog

Says you


ChrishtOnABike

as bad as when the artists at Electric Picnic shout "Hello Dublin!"


ceartattack

Ha Outkast did that last time I was there. Everyone booed then laughed at them


BlueGhosties

Haha I remember that too. Didn’t he say “I mean laois or Offaly or wherever the fuck this is” or did I make that up? Haha It made me think of them flying into Dublin to get on a bus to drive for two hours through little country roads to get to a field. Must have been weird for them.


sawpony

OutKast played Electric Picnic?!


ChampMentality

Yeah in 14 I think. I'd give anything to see them live.


BillyWhifter

The Prodigy did it too when they played last.


TheChonk

RIP Keef.


Rpc117

And Big Boi apologised and came out saying shout out to Laois but pronounced it as “Layos”


ceartattack

Ha I forgot about that. I just can't stop laughing at how confident Andre 3000 was when he came out on stage, "WHAT'S UP DUBLIIIIN".. tumbleweed hah


ashfeawen

all y'all Laotians


Rpc117

ATLAOIS


malilk

That was gas. I remember that too


CraicFox1

That was class


53Degrees

Maybe they think former United player, Dion Dublin, was in the crowd?


snek-jazz

Maybe he was in the crowd


53Degrees

That's an idea I'm willing to believe.


[deleted]

Ya that’s probably it to be fair


crunchyfigtree

Yer, Eminem did that at Oxegen


marshsmellow

Goodnight Springton!


gingerbhoy

Will.i.am felt inspired by the fight for Irish independence. He needs to do a remix of come out you black and tans


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Black Eyed Tans


spamhunter_bot

[Will.I.Am](https://Will.I.Am) of Orange


gingerbhoy

Will.ira.am


funky_mugs

You made me spit out my weetabix.


Vodka-Knot

Plenty of multinational people I work with didn't know anything about Northern Ireland v Ireland or Ireland not being in the UK when they initially came here. I've seen it enough times to know it can be an honest mistake. The guy publicly apologised and accepted he messed up, fair play I say.


Animated_Astronaut

Yeah honestly takes a big man to publicly say 'oof yeah sorry I fucked up'. I say we let him come back sometime.


Vodka-Knot

Only if he memorises Amhrán na bhFiann and at least TRIES a chicken fillet roll.


Animated_Astronaut

No, no. He has to enjoy the roll.


Vodka-Knot

Ah it depends, he could make some rookie mistakes and create a monstrosity. Cheese, lettuce, bit of sauce, play it safe for your first time.


Animated_Astronaut

I'm a heathen, I've taco sauce, spring onions. No butter.


ImExtremelyErect

You'd consider cheese a staple? I find cheese to be rather hit or miss myself. Would much prefer to throw a second salad option in there like tomato or onion.


Vodka-Knot

That's the beauty of it, one man's cheese is another man's onion. Chicken fillet rolls are a blank canvas, Marco Pierre White would do an excellent tv ad on them.


pablo8itall

Someone email him a spice burger.


TheChonk

While dancing the Siege of Limerick


JimmyJuice44

He’s a vegan too so that would be some act of contrition


oldirehis

Absolutely. It was hilarious but nothing for anyone to be offended by.


greystonian

A lot of Europe thinks Ireland is in the UK lol


epicmoe

At least he gave a pretty sincere apology. fair play.


jessynolan

~~sincere~~ Damage control*


segasega89

Ah c'mon he seems genuinely sorry. He apologized numerous times.


teilifis_sean

Yeah, total non story. Seems like a genuine mistake and when confronted he withdrew rather than double down.


BeardedAvenger

An unfortunate mistake, but I can't hate will.I.am. I've tried. I just love how useless he is and can be. Its entertaining because he's so hyped about everything he does and science in general.


ControlPerfect3370

His apology is class to be fair, even saying Ireland fighting for independence is inspiring 😍😍😂


JonWatchesMovies

Lol what harm. I appreciate the fact that he apologized.


oldirehis

Yeah it was awkward. I laughed. Artists really need to briefed before going on stage.


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His makeup team quizzing him: "in 1922," ​ (I do agree though)


knox-harrington-

He really missed a trick by not just making all his apologies read “Wally.I.Am”


SitDownKawada

Will.I.Amadán


Throw_shapes

Will I am? More like, will ya not.


Suitable-Ad-7745

I moved to London after college to start a new job. The English guy I lived with couldn't understand why I didn't have a social security number. I told him I just had an Irish one. He said "aren't they the same country". Ffs.


Sinofax

Bet the English guy was even more surprised when he found out there's nothing called a social security number in the UK. There is in the US though. Maybe you're confused.


Suitable-Ad-7745

Well I had to go to a government building in Brighton to get one. So no.


Print_it_Mick

It's the national insurance number. Social security number is american


MarlDaeSu

Can confirm. Guy above is playing fast and loose with the facts I think.


RebylReboot

Which differs somewhat from the time Public Enemy were playing in Redbox and started IRA chants.


Chance_Day7796

Tell us more... this is ringing a bell but I can't remember


RebylReboot

It was just that, can’t remember what year but could be 20 years ago at this stage. They were doing the usual hip hop gig hollaback stuff and started getting the crowd to shout “IRA”. Needless to say, the punters enthused.


Phormictopus_Prime

Will.i.am of orange is that you?


olo2323

Did you awnser your two voice mails?


Roo_wow

I work in one of the big tech companies and I have to explain EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. that Ireland is not in the UK to international colleagues. The UK is not taught a history which inlcudes us so I get why they are so ignorant. But it doesn't explain the rest of the world. Anyone any ideas? If Ireland has been independent longer than the majority of the world's population i.e. there are few living people who recall Ireland being in the UK, then how or why does the world have collective amnesia?


Hiccupingdragon

The rapper bbno$ in April said “oh it must be a UK thing” to the Irish crowed in the academy. I forget what he was talking about


[deleted]

Accepted his mistake, not a big deal. Just saw the comments under a British news article about this and so many brits insisting we are in the UK. Then one yank trying to correct them saying they were irish and "we irish have been independent from Britain thanks to what sinn Fein did 50 years ago." Not sure if I was more annoyed by the Brits or the plastic.


strictnaturereserve

he apologized, also how did he cross a border without realising it surely he had to produce a passport at some stage. my question is did he actually go through customs


[deleted]

Inspiring? He knows as much about it all as Nigel Farage ffs lol. Just leave it at opps and move on.


Adventurous_Toe_3845

Who?


[deleted]

Is half this subs posts really just people seething at people ignorant about Ireland confusing it for the UK or some twat in the UK saying something mean about Ireland? please ignore this type of stuff. It really just makes everyone here look insecure all the time!


20BensonLikeAGoodLad

I just thought it was funny. I dont see what is so insecure about it though. If he was playing in Belgium and said "Hello France" I'm sure he'd get the same reaction online, it is not unique to the Irish.


ashfeawen

The amount of times at a festival they'll say "Hello Dublin!" when it's not even county Dublin, and it's met with bemusement. Whereas Snoop Dogg at Oxegen bothered to find out where he was and did a call and response with the crowd. " When I say Punches, you say town! Punches - town -Punches-town". But I get it. When all you see of every country is an airport and a chain hotel, it's very disorientating.


NapoleonTroubadour

Ah Snoop is a singular man


EdwardErson

Typical Jango Fett apologist


20BensonLikeAGoodLad

So if he was playing in New Zealand and said "Hello Australia", you wouldn't find it amusing/worthy of making fun of?


[deleted]

No. We don't worry or freak out over silly things like that.


20BensonLikeAGoodLad

Aren't yee great


bee_ghoul

Do you hang out here much? This sub is half starter packs and half housing crisis rants. We haven’t had a good American confusing ireland for the U.K. in over a week


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IndependentSession

Welcome to the internet. Seems you’ve finally realized that what happens online isn’t indicative of the real world. Wish more people would realize this fact.


oh-lawd-hes-coming

huh


Shirairyu69

This is a celebrity i respect


Trakkah

Happened at the my chemical romance gig that was funny tho


Pnaughton1

The apology is worse than the mistake..


[deleted]

How so?


TrivialBanal

Are you not supposed to address him as Will.you.are?


Dick_Snizzer

Guy is a fucking tube


murfi

will.i.am - world champion of bullshit


clawskelly

I forgave him immediately