This may seem like a dumb question. I played my first gig last night, in a small folk club. As I was part of the way through my first song, a guy in the back shouted out, "You suck". Although taken aback, I decided that he was just one ignoramus, and I should keep playing for the rest of the audience. Before long, however, someone else yelled the same thing, and it eventually became a chant "you SUCK you SUCK you SUCK".

As I tried to slink off the stage, the crowd advanced and cornered me. Before I knew what had happened, my guitar had been wrenched from my hand, I was covered in hot tar, someone threw feathers at me, and my guitar had been Crazy-glued to my forehead.

Needless to say, I am quite hurt and humiliated by the whole event. If this is how things are normally done, I don't know why everyone enjoys playing so much. Maybe in a couple of months I'll buy a new guitar, or get the old one removed from my forehead, then never play it outside my home again. Is this standard behavior for these gatherings?