HOLMDEL, N.J. - One hour into their sold-out, 90-minute set at the Garden State Arts Center Friday, the band members of Incubus complied with the fan in seat 134, row T's request to play their 1999 hit, "Stellar."
Ron Howard of Princeton shouted the title of his song request for "nearly an hour", according to concert-goers, before the band broke into the song.
"As soon as I heard the first chord [of 'Stellar'], I knew they were playing it for me," Howard said, describing how he stood on his seat among the 10,000-plus crowd to communicate with band members.
"To be honest, we weren't planning on playing the song," Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd said. "But we just couldn't ignore the obvious from the fan in seat 134, row T. So we decided to play ['Stellar'] for him."
"Everyone in attendance should thank me. Without me, the band might not have played that song, and it just wouldn't be as, well, 'stellar' a show without it," Howard said with a wink at his clever pun.
Other fans trying to enjoy the concert were not pleased with Howard's persistence, however.
"I was trying to enjoy the show, and this asshole behind me kept yelling, 'Stellar! Do Stellar!' like a fucking moron," concert-goer Carissa Hart said. "Who even likes that song anymore? I bought these forty dollar tickets so I could see if Brandon [Boyd] was still hot, not to hear that guy yell."
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