“Well, most of the concerts haven’t been bad at all. We did open for Dickie Betts once and that didn’t work out. We were facing an audience that’d paid $9.50 to hear him and when we came on a few glasses and ice cubes were tossed our way. We didn’t need that. We just said ‘thank you’ and split.” — Toronto Star, September 13, 1978
sweetpurplejune 
I don´t understand something….they split in 1979? Who split?
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‘Split’ is another way of saying they left the building. Ben is saying The Cars said ‘thank you’ and left. 🙂
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Split means they left the show. It’s a colloquialism.
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Wow that makes me feel old. LOL Split is no apparently longer commonly known slang for “leave”.
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No no… English is Claudia’s second language. ❤ 😉
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We did a gig one night at a well known local bar.A bunch of very young strippers came in w/ their mngr,& started changing to nothing on top,& dancing in front of stage.Guys pulled their chairs up ,& the gals were telling us what to play.We just kept playing reg.list,& our manager said keep playing,but no one was throwing tips at girls so they got heated & one guy yelled,”I want the tambourine player”& that was me,so those ladies stormed off the floor,& all the guys were laughing at them.They grabbed their clothes & left mad.Those girls looked 13-16 yrs old.Sad,but I had a great night!
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Hahaha! Oh my goodness, Fredda!
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Thank you dear Donna,
Love this, once again it shows Benjamin’s amazing attitude towards performances and how down to earth he was. ❤
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Tia
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