the buzz log

Important safety tip: Do not do anything stupid or violent in the presence of Tim McGraw. If you do, there is an excellent chance he will pull you up on to the stage by your belt and shove you into the waiting arms of security.

Such an incident transpired at a recent concert. An audience member apparently struck a woman. Whether on purpose or accidental, we're not sure. What we do know is that Mr. McGraw did not like what he saw. After motioning for security, the leather-vested singer personally yanked the offending fan on to the stage and tossed him over to a collection of burly guards with a look of disdain normally reserved for stepped-in dog feces.

Video of the dustup soon hit the Web and searchers went wild. Lookups for "tim mcgraw" surged 181% and related terms like "tim mcgraw fight" and "tim mcgraw concert" spiked enormously. Newspapers, websites, and blogs picked up on the story and recapped it blow-by-blow. People magazine notes that "the man and McGraw seemed ready to get into a full-fledged fracas, with McGraw cocking his fist back as if to throw a punch." iVillage explains that after the ruckus, Tim "went right on singing." A consummate gentleman and a true professional—no wonder wife Faith Hill wants him all to herself.

Filed under: Concerts, Country Music

Last Saturday night, country singer Faith Hill made it clear to an arena of fans that her man's private parts were exactly that—private. Hill and her husband, fellow crooner Tim McGraw, were performing at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana when an overzealous admirer grabbed at McGraw's nether region.

As caught on cell phone camera by a blessedly quick witted spectator, Faith Hill wasn't going to let this one go. The Mississippi girl leaned over, pointed her finger at the culprit, and let loose with a tongue-lashing. Lecture over, she flounced off down the stage.

Within a country minute, the video was up on the Web and interested parties the world over were hot on its trail. Queries for the singers and the concert flooded the Search box. Demand surged for "tim mcgraw news," "faith hill video," and "youtube faith hill."

After then, the lookups got specific. Very, very specific. Among the terms parading in full view of the Search box were Tim McGraw groped, grabbed, gets grabbed, gets groped, crotch, crotch grab, and balls. Ahem.

However, it was Mrs. McGraw's tirade that kicked up the most response online. Searchers boosted "faith hill yells at fan," sought out "angry faith hill," tracked down "faith hill berates fan," and—our favorite—gave a huge boost to "faith hill balls." Lesson to the ladies: Hands off.

Filed under: Celebrity Couples, Country Music, Celebrity Meltdowns