Country music star boots fans mid-song: ‘Get these two (expletives) out of here’

EntertainmentPaul Cauthen performs at the Palomino Stage during the 2024 Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 26, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach)Getty Images for StagecoachBy Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.comWhen Paul Cauthen asks nicely, it is probably best to take advantage of it because we now know what it looks like when the guy gets fired up. That lesson was illustrated during a recent show in Grand Junction, Colorado. Video showed the singer stop his show to ask fans who were yelling at one another near the stage to pipe down.“Hey, do y’all want to be quiet?” Cauthen asked. “Some of you guys? We’re trying to sing something.“Come the (expletive) on.”Cauthen moved on to sing “Prayed for Rain,” but the fans quickly became an issue again.And that is when Cauthen got right to it.“Hey security, come get these two (expletives) out of here right now,” the singer said motioning toward the fans. “I’m not gonna play another (expletive) note until you all get the (expletive) out of my show. If y’all want to (expletive) at each other, go out front. People pay money to be here, and y’all’s asses are screaming at each other while I’m playing one of my favorite (expletive) songs. I’m sick of your (expletive).“I’ve got in ear monitors and I can hear y’all.”Fans were supportive in the comments of the video shared to TikTok.“Good for your Paul!!!” one person replied.“That’s awesome,” another wrote. “You tell em Paul!” another wrote. “I Can’t stand it when people talk during your shows! Pisses me the hell off. We come to hear you not dumbasses who are disrespectful and rude! Way to go!!!!”Brian Linder is the trending editor at PennLive.com. He has more than 20 years of experience working for newspapers first in South Carolina, then Daytona Beach, Florida and now in Pennsylvania. Linder spent...