May 20 2008

Fergie is a terrible live performer

Fergie performed/butchered the Heart classic "Barracuda" this morning on The Today Show (video after the jump). Talk about insulting. It's a documented fact that I heart Heart. Anyway, during the song Fergie decided to pretend she was fellating her guitar player which, you know, hey, that's rock n' roll. But, for the record, her audience was stocked with parents and children, I shitteth thee not! I'm sure lots of questions were asked on the drive home particularly the always awkward, "Mommy, why did that man dress like a lady and make the baby Jesus cry?"

Photos: Splash News, Video: MSNBC

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fltc. oh, and first.

Ironically the kids' pants were completely dry.

Lotta kids sleeping with their lights on tonight.

I don't know what you guys are talking about, she looks great!!! Almost as hot as Britney in her adorable bikini!!!

Heh heh heh... what a pisser...

Fucking Fergie.

I used to say that any Fergie performance where she's not so strung out on drugs that she pisses her pants is welcome.

I was wrong. Good lord, this woman CANNOT sing.

Every woman who looks like her should be required to wear those pants.

Kids Incorporated

Susan in accounting just did the 'I fuck for change stripper crawl' over to the copy machine.. She's so silly..

I would lick her meth tainted cunt if I had the chance. I love this fucking whore!

If you are going to wear heels that high shouldn't your ass have at least an ounce of definition? Half an ounce

#9 - HAHAHAHAHA

This is disturbing on so many levels.... the horrendous voice, pathetic dancing, the freaked out kids, it's amazing that talentless clowns like this meth-addicted tranny otherwise known as Fergie can muster the nerve to perform live, where real musicians and talented producers aren't there to mask her grotesqueness

pants too tight, I can see her dick, not impressive.

I guess you would have to do cartwheels to try and distract from the fact that your voice is pitiful in comparision to Ann Wilson. What a tranny...

Well at least she threw in a few somersaults to take your mind off the music.

(Lauren and I are obviously part time gymnastic coaches)

at least she didn't pee her pants

Fergie’s destiny lies somewhere around pages 96 and 107 in the September issue of Hustler magazine.

Smokin'.......

At least she can still do her Kids Incorporated gymnastics, those poor kids in the front row are going to have nightmares for years.

I love the boots she has on in the pictures!

Sorry to bust your nuts, Lauren (#15), but Nancy Wilson sings lead in Heart, not Ann who played lead guitar. Also, if Fergie gets any heavier, she'll need to borrow clothes from Ann.

Would've been better if they had MORE COWBELL!!!

Ann WIlson must be puking up her 3 dozen doughnuts she ate this morning! And what about 'Herpie's" lame-ass drummer... could any ONE drummer ruin a song more than this idiot? Poor old Denni Carramassi (Heart's Original Drummer) has been dissed big time. I especially like the one-handed cartwheels!

Fergie's new name is HERPIES

Pass it on!

She's back on the crack!!!!

"Somebody brought tuna fish for lunch!"

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EMBARRASSING THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN.

#23 sorry dude, but you're wrong-o. Nancy is the red head who played guitar, Anne is the fat dark haired one with the kick ass voice.

Fergie blows dogs for quarters.......

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The switch from "Barracuda" to "Welcome to the Jungle" makes me think someone played a lil too much Guitar Hero 3 and decided they were rock 'n' roll.

I didn't know the Today Show had a karaoke machine. Huh.

What's with the fat pasty white-guy guitarist/bassist theme? I'm fairly certain the guy in the pink tie is my plumber.

#27. Your right on. Although back in the day, Ann was not that big of a fucking cow. Too bad she is now. Nancy is waaay hot back in the 80's.

Hey #23, #27 is right. It's your nuts that are busted.

When you sound so sure of yourself when you're just wrong, well, you're just PWNED!

She has on different boots while she's convulsing all over the stage - no way she could have cartwheeled in those 5 inch heels!

In the video she isn't wearing hells. in the picture she is.
I'm confused.

Relax, you judgmental motherfuckers. It was all part of a sexual abstinence program being taught in their schools. Research has shown that incorporating a live performance by Fergie increases abstinence rates by 75%, and some remain chaste for life.

i like how he is crawling around like a goddamn stripper at 2:50 with a bunch of 8 year olds about 2 feet away. seriously

she looks like Rene Russo...

With a giant dick

Well, at least she learned to stop pissing on herself. What? Too soon??

i just watched this in the privacy of my living room and i hope no one saw.

What the FUCK is wrong with that lady?!???

Sorry.... I'm still mad at her for ruining the Peas.....

Can someone please tell me how these no-talent hacks continue to get famous? I recall when a performer had to have at least a tiny shred of talent.

yep. she's performing like a stripper in front of kids and she looks like a tranny. yep. just in case anybody needed a mid-thread recap.

I don't know what you all are looking at, but I'd plow that into August!

Jumpin J......you are incorrect......Ann Wilson is the lead singer.......Nancy is the guitarist........

#34 - she was wearing hells initially but I demanded that she take them off. That's my domain.


Fergie's face makes my penis sad.

Anyone else notice the rolls/folds of fat on her arm on the last picture, the one where's she's trying to blown her brains out with 2 of her fingers.

Also anyone notice all the pictures of her ass are from a 3/4 angle -- not directly from behind. Probably would've required a fucking fisheye lens to fit that girth into one frame.

She probably sucked off some tatoo'ed union greybeard after the performance under the stage.

Damn people, get it right! Carmassi was NOT the original drummer for Heart.....but he WAS the original drummer for Montrose.....FUCK!! Get your rock facts straight!!!!

#9 HAHAHAHAHA

Oh the humanity! But seriously, she sucks ass.

WOW..... that is going straight to the soup........Simply unbelievable ...in the jungle ? man is she stupid...at least she did not piss herself this time I guess thats why she uses leather pants now so she can just releave herslf whenever and nobody would know....

singing abilities aside, i didn't see anything inappropriate about her performance.

Ummm #23. Not that it really matters but Ann Wilson is the lead singer of Heart. The dark haired one. Duh. Get your facts straight.

Fergie sucks. And she looks like a tranny.

Man, those are some uncomfortable and not-into-the-whole-show looking people in the audience. You'd think they would stock the front rows with people who'll cheer for anything, but they got zombies instead.

You stupid slut whore tramp skank! YOU'RE gonna die if I have any say in the matter you wanna be hard core wish you were talented wish you were a rocker piece of scandalous pitiful trash!!! Disgracing classic rock like that!!!! Writhing around for all the moms and kids like a vile, worthless whorrrrrrrrre!

She looks like she gained weight which is good for her since she was a drug addict. It looks like she is wearing body shapers to make her stomach flat and improve her butt.

and yet...and yet...I'd pump that ass until she sprayed diarrhea on all the kids in the first row.

this video was not nearly as bad as i had been led to believe. the cartwheel/flips were an interesting touch - go mouscateers!

wow theres not even any words for that was it just me or did she resemble a drunken kareoke singer and the ass shaking at the end was priceless

Somebody should have told the Alabama Christian Superchurch tour bus that they'd each get their names in the ol' Book O' Life just for showing up. They might have cheered more.

I thought meth was supposed to kill people who abuse it

Way to let me down, meth.

WHY ARE THE BOOTS DIFFERENT?! How? I am confused.

at least she's wearing water-proof rubber pants, you know, in case she has to go onesies.

Holy mother of god. I saw her do this WITH HEART and for the little bit that she did, it wasn't that bad. Her band is terrible, and she has NO stage game at all. Wow. Just wow.

I don't know what you guys see, but I think she's hot....

The drummer sucks....... the performance was ok..... maybe not meant for little kids.... but the drummer really sucks. I have been playing since the 70's and heart(the orignal not the80's version) was one of my favorite bands.... but dude you need to do better with the feet and please keep a streight beat... and dont try and show off with the tripps........

She looks fine, but isn't dancing appropriately for her audience. Crawling... humping air.. kneeling in front of the guitarist.. shaking her ass at the end incase we missed it in those saran wrap pants... save that for an older crowd..

She looks fine, but isn't dancing appropriately for her audience. Crawling... humping air.. kneeling in front of the guitarist.. shaking her ass at the end incase we missed it in those saran wrap pants... save that for an older crowd..

She looks fine, but isn't dancing appropriately for her audience. Crawling... humping air.. kneeling in front of the guitarist.. shaking her ass at the end incase we missed it in those saran wrap pants... save that for an older crowd..

She sang well on some of it. At least it was live and not lip-synced. I'll give her that. But, she's no rocker. Toss off!

LMAO. i had to tell #9 they made me spit out water.

Wasn't she on the Seinfeld "two face" episode? If she wasn't, she should have been. Get to work Fish.

#34. i was just thinking the same thing. i am equally confused...

damn i would ass fuck that woman. sorry dad (god) , jesus out.

Damn, I haven't seen anyone do "the truffle shuffle" in years! Glad to see Chunk is still working!

wow. that was completely inappropriate.

i think the pictures of the heels were taken before her performance, and she changed into boots for the performance...

OH MY GOD!!!!!! What the hell was that crap!???!!! And that Axel Rose Impression at the end! LOL!!! That was so stupid!!! This woman needs to go away and stop making millions for her worthless talents. Even American singers sing better then her! GOD HELP US!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOD!!!!!! What the hell was that crap!???!!! And that Axel Rose Impression at the end! LOL!!! That was so stupid!!! This woman needs to go away and stop making millions for her worthless talents. Even American singers sing better then her! GOD HELP US!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOD!!!!!! What the hell was that crap!???!!! And that Axel Rose Impression at the end! LOL!!! That was so stupid!!! This woman needs to go away and stop making millions for her worthless talents. Even American singers sing better then her! GOD HELP US!!!!!!!!!

American Idol Singers that is!

Poor children. Why did she do the stripper crawl right at those 8 yr-old little boys. Didn't she see them??
Anyway, I'm mesmerized by her ass, though.

I would tear her up. But I I would rather have Robin Meade from CNN Headline News. I rape myself every morning watching her. Probably why I didn't have Today on.

By the way, Fergie's vocal in "Big Girls Don't Cry" is one of the best. Too many haters here. I would let Fergie shit in my mouth.

She hit the notes. Let's see somebody like Avril Lavigne try to hit even one of them. She can't even hit her own. The one-hand flips were were impressive also.

Huh. I came away pretty impressed. I am surprised.

It's even more amusing with the sound off

watch it muted, its so much better

dammit!

Just two words need to be said-latex angel

this was a TERRIBLE somg to cover for this event. just because u CAN, doesn't mean that u SHOULD. it was so inappropriate. i hope she watches this and is as embarassed as i was.

As a musician I would have been super pissed at her for fucking that vocal jerking off during my guitar solo. Talentless cunt.

That was painful to watch. Especially the white-girl bootie shaking (attempt).

Since she never uses the "handgun to the head" finger pose in "Barracuda," I'm guessing the photos of her in heels are not contemporaneous with the video. Would you really fly your entire band to NYC and set up just to cover "Barracuda" or perhaps would you give a mini-concert to promote your re-release?

And for those who don't think she does a decent cover, you have to remember she's being mixed for a live crowd and that NEVER translates to the mix needed for live TV. Has there EVER been a recording of a live concert that didn't sound like the band was killing the lead singer when you watched it uncut on TV? Concert footage is heavily remixed for television. I'm simply astounded at her breath control as she does her one-hand walk-overs.

I'm amazed at the number of people without a shred of talent who feel qualified to deride her performance. She was damned good, people. You don't like her, don't watch, dipshits.

I can't believe someone would actually pay money to see/download the music of this no talent hack.


This isn't bad at all. The sound suck, as it usually does on these morning shows, but this really isn't a bad performance. You people haven't heard someone actually suck on stage. Fergie's voice is fantastic.

This isn't bad at all. The sound suck, as it usually does on these morning shows, but this really isn't a bad performance. You people haven't heard someone actually suck on stage. Fergie's voice is fantastic.

For all you uninformed souls arguing about Heart: Nancy is the hot blonde who married the Rolling Stone guy and Ann is the fat brunette who was actually pretty hot back in the 70’s and early 80’s. ANN IS THE LEAD SINGER OF Heart. Nancy did lead vocals on a few of their hits including “These Dreams” and “Stranded”.

that was great!!

Who said she's a bad performer? She does one-handed Flic-Flac gymnastics stunts while singing and did a great Axl Rose impersonation.
Poor kids looked pretty confused though and she should rely on lip-sync.

Oh shit, she acts like a stripper and sings like a... well... stripper?!

My entire body hurts from what I have just witnessed. I thought that trannies were good at singing and performing. Apparently, not so much. How does one do flips and keep it tucked back? For who so ever approved this idea of her/him doing THAT WHICH I HAVE JUST WITNESSED, I am disgusted by your judgment and may God have mercy on your soul. Just awful.

Sockittomesockittomesockittome????

What the HELL???

Well... I've seen her sing worse. And it didn't really look like she was fellating the guitar player. But the whole dragging herself on the ground in front of the 10 year olds was CLASSY.

I watched about 10 seconds on NBC this morning and man it sucked!! Ended up watching Elizabeth Hasselbeck regurgitate some of Limbaugh's hate.

Fucking HILARIOUS
are you kidding me? gymnastics??
and axel rose?/

oh my...

i can die now
i've seen the end
go ahead
send in the clowns...

Wow. That was embarassing AND I thought I saw VPL (visible panty line). She should fire her publicist.

I dont think anyone has said a thing about the band sucking. Shes not bad even tho i would say her performance was totally inapropriate for the situation with so many kids and grand mothers in the audiance. and for thoes who think they know more about sound mixing than the professionals..... you can mix for both a live performance and tv at the same time. However it requires to entirely different systems and sound engineers. however any time you see one of these morning shows you know they are not going to do that. it wansnt bad but it wasnt that good...... and i still say the drummer sucked!!!!

lmao. is all i can say.
the kids faces read 'oh the horror' & to drag hersself in front of them like that? Come on. Dont then do a rehersal before she came on?

well.....I'm not really a hater but...this was just bad....and for everyone who defends her ; name one other female (or male) "artist" under 50 who has pee'd their pants noticably on stage? A true talent she is....stay off the drugs girl

Well, wasn't that entire debacle embarrassing?

I love the one handed cartwheels WHILE she was singing ... it's smooth moves like that, that make her an awesome performer. Really awesome ...

I cringed through that entire video, that was just so awkward to watch... What the hell was she thinking??

What a freaking whore! I mean honestly,t here are kids present!! O yeah...the um... singing cartwheel flips were so fucking LAME!!

WOW

She needs to get of the drugs and get her fat ass to the gym

ummm WTF was that???
also what ass really thinks shes a great performer really?

this woman is a fucking retard. i have never seen something so embarrassing.

still a million times better than LONDON BRIDGES.....


I was there at the pissy-pants concert... fucking smelled like carpet cleaner....

#26...Yes, that was the most EMBARRASING thing I've ever seen also!!

At least she didn't piss herself.

Those pants are a crime...and Jonathan Rhys Myers did the guitar player fellatio thing 1000 x better in 'Velvet Goldmine' :p

She looks like my 60 year old neighbor who has had too much plastic work done to her face ....

Her stage act is nothing more then a typical bar band.

Her moves were so douchie and forced ... you can be sexy without doing all that.

Oh well, give it a few years, she'll be gone.

She looks like my 60 year old neighbor who has had too much plastic work done to her face ....

Her stage act is nothing more then a typical bar band.

Her moves were so douchie and forced ... you can be sexy without doing all that.

Oh well, give it a few years, she'll be gone.

Fuck those parents for letting their kids attend a Fergie performance and fuck Fergie for dancing like that in front of children.

oh
bad
my ears hurt
as do my eyes

oh
bad
my ears hurt
as do my eyes

oh
bad
my ears hurt
as do my eyes

LOL how much is she trying to be like Juliette Lewis. Except for the fact that Juliette Lewis is fucking awsome and Fergie is.... well..... Fergie!
What a fucking try-hard. Fuck off Fergie, stay with your shitty pop music.

Honestly, the first thing I thought when she got on her knees beside the guitarist, is that she has horrible anal itch and is desperately trying to get relief with discretion by pretending to 'sexify' the dude. My cat does the same thing.

Honestly, the first thing I thought when she got on her knees beside the guitarist, is that she has horrible anal itch and is desperately trying to get relief with discretion by pretending to 'sexify' the dude. My cat does the same thing.

She should stick to studio recording only, and lip syncing her own songs on stage. As I played the video I think I heard an angel's wings fall off.

Jumpin_J is WRONG.

ANN WILSON is the lead singer of Heart. Ann is the brunette and Nancy is the blond (guitarist).

Fergie does not have the vocals that Ann Wilson does. Actually, very few singers do.

Ron
Heartmonger.blogpsot.com

what a sh_tty performance biatch looks like a good-looking woman of 50 so pathetic one question morals?

"Cuz, I'm the B- to the O- to the R - I -N-G"
"My voice makes you wince and my pants I can pee."
"I'm Supercilious!"

Dear Rock Gods, Please punish her.

Not exactly the most appropriate setting for a stage crawling rendition of Barracuda, other than the appropriateness factor I didn't have a problem with her performance. I do take issue with the fact that her mike wasn't loud enough and the rest of what the sound engineer was doing was pretty shakey bakey. The TODAY show has a reall sh***y sound system for live outdoor performance, and they really need to fix that. I have yet to hear a live outdoor perfomance where they just don't completely miss the mark on the sound. Live instruments outside need a completely different sound adjustment compared to being in an enclosed space or with people simply speaking words. If you ask me, the TODAY show dropped the ball more than the performing artist did (as usual). still nice to at least be able to check out the clip, though. thanks for the upload.

There isn't much to say except that she massacred the song. And that was painful to watch.

Not only did she massacre Heart, she murdered Guns n' Roses. Seriously, w.t.f.?

DON'T LET HER LIVE-PERFORM THEN!!
It's as simple as that.

#29 you stole my thoughts.

The reason you cant TELL she peed herself is because shes wearing industrial strength rubber/latex pants

1) SOMEONE is getting fired for putting that shit on.

2) What was she thinking during that guitar "thing" - which wasn't even a discernible "solo" thus not warranting any type of squat or kneeling posture as to "worship" that fat studio guy's lame attempt at solo.

3) She doesn't have the range for that song.

4) The cartwheels (which I had hoped she busted ass at least in one of them) reminded me of that movie, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" - seriously - stop everything you are doing and go get that movie now if you haven't seen it already.

5) I personally loved the Tawny Kitane-esque writhing in front of the two scared boy scouts on the front row.

6) Finally, at the beginning, right before she started singing, they flashed to this fat white teenage girl from the Midwest with an ugly purple I heart NYC... sweatshirt on... I just want to say, that was the highlight of this clip for me, personally.

That is all. carry on...

I'd rip into her like poppin a virgins cherry. By the way whats grosser then gross? Fergie doing a split and sticking to the floor HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

was that ashlee simpson??

was that ashlee simpson??

hands up who wanted her to fall on her arse during the "look at me" flips?

....and also for music fans... we have another useless whore repackaging her shite record 2 YEARS after it's release, DEARY ME the music bizness if FUBAR...

OMG. I'm blushing.

I especially appreciate the part where she's crawling across the floor in front of the babies that THE TODAY SHOW placed at the front.

Those gymnastics are really Rock n Roll, Fergie.

(P.S. I'm so late to this party :( )

#23
#36
#39
LOL!!!!! (Thank you!!)

#107 > I saw them too!

(I told you I was late to the party...sorry...)

Meredith Viera obviously has no idea who Fergie is.
And thanks for murdering a classic Fergs.

Ok, let me add that her voice is almost decent in this, though she struggles with some of the higher notes.
It would have been better if she wasn't trying to imitate Nancy Wilson, if she didn't make a Guns 'n Roses reference, and if she didn't say Sock-it-to-me!

But, seriously, "sock-it-to-me" indeed. Nixon would be proud.

Ok, let me add that her voice is almost decent in this, though she struggles with some of the higher notes.
It would have been better if she wasn't trying to imitate Nancy Wilson, if she didn't make a Guns 'n Roses reference, and if she didn't say Sock-it-to-me!

But, seriously, "sock-it-to-me" indeed. Nixon would be proud.

Oh, and obviously if she remembered she was doing a damn MORNING show, which doesn't have an age limit (afaik), there are kids in the audience, there are old people in the audience, there are living beings in the audience, and didn't act like a total douche.

Ok, first of all, if any parent brings their kid to watch Fergie and DOESN'T expect them to be corrupted, they are idiots. I was a bit dissapointed, expecting some awesome head-bobbing action from Fergie, only to be rewarded with a half-assed humping motion, and cartwheels(wtf?). Still the ass shaking fest near the end was a bonus.....

That was truly bizarre, but please, that was not her pretending to FELLATE.
Also, she pulls off those pants incredibly well.
Her face, however, is pretty scary, and the entire performance made me cringe.

OH-MY-GOD! You people are sick as hell and fu¢king hiLARious. I have not been able to breathe, wipe the tears away fast enough, or get the image of "the horrified boy scouts" out of my head for 12 solid minutes!

i couldnt even watch the whol thing. my ears hurt.

This is atrocious...

This bitch aint no Ann Wilson!

zengoth sayz > fergie rulezz _ pataphysique a.k.a. subatomaric paraloadin vz brainpeeelin ___-:)

man ill fuk that sweet milf sideways anyday

Fergie is raw so if they dont like her dancen and dont think it good 4 kids then dont let kids see it but fergie is got a beautful voice and she is really not that bad so lay off and she is prretty

-SAVANNAH

Fergie is raw so if they dont like her dancen and dont think it good 4 kids then dont let kids see it but fergie is got a beautful voice and she is really not that bad so lay off and she is prretty

-SAVANNAH

Aaargh, i hate that woman. Why does everybody think she is so hot? Her flippin face is full of plastic, it looks terrible.
Thanks for ruining a great group manwhore!

FUCKING LOL!!! Cartwheels and Welcome to the Jungle.....how awful and so damn funny. Fergie....what happened to you girl, this sucked!

FERGIE IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWEET! Check it out, http://www.lasvegasnightlifenetwork.com/events/new-years-eve-lavo-nightclub Fergie is hosting an event at LAVO Nightclub in Las Vegas for New Year's Eve. I know I'll be there.

wow. that was awkward.
my favorite part is at 2:50, when she starts writhing on the floor in front of those little kids...
there's a whole bunch of little boys that became men on that day.

I saw here with the stones recently and thought she was pretty good.

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