Sorry.
Back in the year 2000 my housemate got free tickets to see a band in Southampton university, near where we lived. I think it might have been Mansun. The tickets were part of a deal where he interviewed the support band (My Vitriol) for the student magazine, so he turned up early to do this, then met us at the entrance. We had 15 minutes free before My Vitriol were due on stage, so we went to have a crafty ciggy in the toilets downstairs. The university is a no-smoking zone, which seemed funny for a place hosting such a large gig. One of my housemates wondered out loud whether they'd turned off the smoke detectors, decided they must have, and demonstrated his theory to us by blowing smoke on the nearest one.
Five minutes later the whole university had been evacuated and a fleet of fire engines were pulling up to the entrance. After the best part of an hour or so the building was deemed safe and we were allowed in again. My Vitriol's set was cancelled. Haven't heard anything about them since.
( Zuowan, Sat 1 Jul 2006, 4:37, Reply)