Yngwie Malmsteen Splits Pants on Stage

Swedish Guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteen had an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in Barcelona.

Yngwie Malmsteen, currently on tour as part of “The Has Beens, & Never Were of Rock” concert tour, was in mid solo during the song “Unleash The Fury”, when he crouched down to emphasize his notes, and instead, unleashed his buttocks.

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In a scene right out of SpongeBob Squarepants, Malmsteen’s bare buttocks was flashed to the entire crowd for the duration of the song, which was over 20 minutes long. Yngwie thought the crowd was cheering him on, but were actually laughing at his naked derrière. Finally a roadie, informed Yngwie of the incident and covered him up with a cape. Yngwie left the stage during a 45 minute drum solo and returned wearing a pair of yoga pants.

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Concert goer Lupe Lleranos said “It was quite funny to see his flabby buttocks bouncing all around the stage. He was running around and had no idea his entire rear end was exposed. It was embarrassing but funny.” Alejandro Rey commented “Usually you don’t see 50 year old overweight men wearing Spandex, but on this tour it’s chock full of that. This was bound to happen, I am surprised it didn’t happen sooner. I may be emotionally scarred from this though. I can’t get that sight out of my mind.”

Malmsteen first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal playing style in heavy metal, and has released 20 studio albums in a career spanning almost 40 years. He has put on considerable weight in the ensuing years, but is still fond of wearing Spandex, yoga pants, skinny jeans and shirts open to the navel. “I thought I felt a bit of a breeze” replied Malmsteen. “But I never expected the dark side of the moon.”