KITTIE Frontwoman 'Groped' At Baltimore Concert; Band Cuts Performance Short

August 21, 2007

According to Bob Suehs of the Rock N Roll Experience web site, KITTIE frontwoman Morgan Lander was groped by a member of the audience at the band's August 19, 2007 concert at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland, forcing the group to cut its show short.

"Morgan jumped off the stage with her mic in hand and stood against the rail on the inside of the barricade that separated the crowd from the band," writes Suehs. "I didn't even see a need for the barricade up until this point, because the crowd was small and it seemed to be a decent crowd with no problems, until some asshole decided to grab Morgan's boobs when she got up close to the crowd and when I saw it happen, in all honesty, I wasn’t even sure if I saw what I thought I saw. I had to ask others what happened and needless to say, this made Morgan erupt... She jumped back on the stage almost immediately and it was clear from the expression on her face that she was pissed off and upset. Morgan ran to the back of the stage where she grabbed her guitar and the first thing that struck me was the feedback that was coming from her guitar... it was loud and Morgan acted as if she didn't even notice it because she was pissed off and when her sister Mercedes [Lander, drums] got wind of what happened, all hell broke loose and Mercedes jumped from behind the drum kit and grabbed the mic and began yelling at the asshole that violated her sister. . . Morgan commented that it was sad that the show had to end like that, but she was too upset over the incident, and if that situation wasn’t bad enough, the next three minutes are when things got bad though...the crowd knew who groped Morgan and the crowd took it on themselves to rectify the situation, and there was a guy who was beat up pretty freakin' bad and I actually saw club security people going into the crowd with some sorta club/bat/baton in their hands to break up the situation and this is the first time I've ever witnessed a situation where someone in the crowd violated a performer who was trying to connect with the fans, and then the crowd turned into an angry mob and got revenge for their dissed idol."

Check out the full report at this location.

KITTIE recently announced that bassist Trish Doan would not perform on the band's "Sweet Revenge" tour with IT DIES TODAY, SILENT CIVILIAN, BRING ME THE HORIZON and BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART. Standing in for her is Jeff Phillips from THINE EYES BLEED.

KITTIE's video for the track "Funeral for Yesterday" has been posted online at YouTube. The clip was shot on February 5 on Long Island, New York.

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