I once saw Howe go ballistic on a venue's employees when an outdoor show got cut short due to the possibility of an electric storm.
Apparently, the band had been promised they could blast through a quickie "Roundabout" after Jon Davison made the announcement from the stage about the show being cut short, then the venue's management reneged and made them vacate the stage immediately after the announcement, and Howe went postal on them.
One does have to be careful at an outdoor show and all, but there was really no sign of a storm coming (and it never ended up happening) and Howe must have felt it made the band look bad that they announced "Roundabout" and then weren't allowed to play it.
The fans were all cheering Howe on as he yelled and gestured. We even got up a "Let Them Play" chant. Steve gave us a thumb's up and went back to yelling.
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