Sometimes Success is in a Catchy Headline
A Crafty Headline Catches Your Eye and You Have to Look
The concert had to be abandoned after just three songs, when the bass player, Jared Followill got hit in the face with pigeon droppings, and some went into his mouth.
The band's drummer, Nathan Followill apologized to the audience, saying that it was "too unsanitary" to continue playing, much to the dismay of the crowd who had eagerly awaited this gig.
I have seen birds at concerts before, but usually the loud music and lights are enough to drive them away before the concert starts. These pigeons seem to not want to be disturbed, and furthermore, they have been doing some target practice by the look of it.
The opening acts, The Postelles and The Stills, apparently also got bombed while they were performing. You would have thought that the organizers might have been aware of the potential problem and had some means to deal with it. Apparently not...
Well back to the reason for the article, which was one of witty headlines.
The BBC News, straight shooters as usual, came up with "Pigeons Force Kings Of Leon To Abandon Concert" which is straight to the point and not particularly clever.
The Daily Mirror in the UK is a little more down to earth in it's headline, "Kings Of Leon Storm Out Of Gig Because Pigeons Kept Pooing On Them". Well very much more down to earth I guess, and more geared towards their working class audience.
Sky News were fairly clever with their "Pigeon Poo Ruins Kings Of Leon Gig".
News24 also had a cleverly worded "Pigeons Scuttle Kings Of Leon".
My favorite headline by far though, came from the Cape Times in South Africa. Their headline read "Party Pooper Pigeons Give Kings Of Leon The Bird".
This is one great headline don't you think? It has several plays on words, firstly "Party Pooper", and the 3-P's "Party Pooper Pigeons" on it's own is really catchy. Then giving "The Bird" to the Kings Of Leon, well that clinches it for me.
Whoever came up with that headline, you are a headline God...
Do catchy headlines make you read an article or not? Do they attract your attention and spark your curiosity?
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Tony Payne is a freelance writer who lives on the South Coast of England with his wife Debbie. He has worked in the IT Industry all his life, and has been writing on various sites for the last 10 years. T... View profile
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18 Comments
Post a CommentCatchy headlines draw me in. Nice work.
Good read Tony. Sometimes headlines make or break an article!
First time I heard this - great article!
Yes, that "party pooper" headline was the best by far!
I think headlines play a big part in whether or not an article is read.
I heard about this on the radio, thanks for covering it... :o)
Great article, good write.
Oh, those catchy headlines catch my attention too. Great story you have here.
Performing outdoors is always somewhat hazardous. I am a veteran of many an outdoor (opera) performance myself. We never had to deal with pooping pigeons, though. Our biggest worry was rain. Our second biggest annoyance was bugs.
A good headline is like a good menu entree. People will read it, order it up and even pay for it! But, remember, if the headline is all you have to offer, you'll leave them craving for more! cheers, Tony (I loved that headline too!)