Audience Goes Wild for Charlie Sheen on Cleveland Stop

By The Editors at AOL News Posted Apr 6th 2011 10:30AM

"Charlie Sheen, you make our hearts sing" could probably be heard during his 'Violent Torpedo of Truth' stop in Cleveland.

The audience helped Charlie Sheen prove he is truly a "Rock Star From Mars." The sold-out crowd at Playhouse Square's 3,200-seat State Theatre greeted the former "Two and a Half Men" star with Jerry Springer-like chants of "Winning" and bid him farewell with a standing ovation, according to AOL News.

The third stop on Sheen's tour began with Sheen running down the aisle toward the stage amid a screaming crowd as a guitar rendition of "Wild Thing" blasted out of the sound system.

"People, that was better than coming out of the bullpen in 'Major League.' Thank you," Sheen said, referring to his starring role in the 1989 comedy film about a fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians baseball team.

Several of Sheen's recent catchphrases, including "Winning" and "Tiger blood," were fan favorites, with each of them shouted dozens of times throughout the 90-minute show.

"Winning: You just feel better when you say it," Sheen explained. "Where did that come from? I just got tired of -- well, I shouldn't say losing -- being told that I was losing. They basically took everything away, and I said, 'F--- you! I'm still winning.'"

Sheen asked, "Is your tiger blood boiling tonight? Is your Adonis DNA pulsating?"

The performance was a far cry from Saturday's kickoff show in Detroit, where Sheen was heckled and booed off the stage. Adding salt to his wounds were headlines proclaiming his failure: TMZ declared "Charlie Sheen -- Bombed in Detroit"; The Hollywood Reporter decreed "Charlie Sheen Show Opens to Boos, Walk-Outs in Detroit"; and countless other front-page headlines referred to the show as a disastrous and possibly a career-ending affair.

After the Detroit fiasco, the 45-year-old actor averted a similar disaster the following night in Chicago, when he revamped the entire show and opted for a format that involved the introduction of an on-stage Q&A with his tour co-producer.

As the show rolled into Cleveland, Sheen called the show a learning process. He is, after all, an actor more than a standup comedian or stage performer.

"Without Detroit we don't have the show that we have right now," Sheen said, adding, "Because of Detroit, we've now got gold."

Sheen touched on the Chicago show and said there were some things he wanted to "clear up" about former wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller.

"I said a couple of things, I stated some facts, and the media got it wrong," he said. "Shocker. It's a shocker. I didn't call Denise a kidnapper. Brooke is the f------ kidnapper. I called Denise a dognapper."

The media, Sheen said, also misreported his involvement with former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss and falsely quoted him as saying he owed her $2 million. "That's absurd," he said. "I said I paid her $2 million. Get it right, people."

Sheen, who chain-smoked during much of the show, briefly introduced his "goddesses," live-in girlfriends Natalie Kenley and Rachel Oberlin, and got a welcome reaction to a marriage quip tailored for the Cleveland crowd.

"Yeah, [I've been] married three times," Sheen said. "The thing that bothered me the most about it is every time -- all three times -- there was this hope for richer or poorer, in sickness and in heath ... and it all went to s---. It's got to be how you people feel about LeBron James."

Sheen also joked that he is being stalked by Miley Cyrus. The 18-year-old Disney star recently rejoined Twitter and tweeted: "I came back to twitter for 2 reasons. My fans and to follow @charliesheen."

"Apparently Miley got back on Twitter and now she's following me," Sheen said. "What the f--- does that mean? Did she follow me to Cleveland? Is Miley Cyrus in the house? Stand up, Miley," Sheen said as he looked out into the audience.

Following a brief intermission, Sheen's tour co-producer asked the audience, "How many 'Two and a Half Men' fans are here?" The audience roared, and Sheen took over at the microphone.

"Do I want to be back on it? Well, f--- yeah I do. I'm not a complete idiot," Sheen said. "I think what everybody needs to understand is ... all they've got to do is hire me back. ... I made them $5 billion, and I got fired. Imagine if I had made them $10 billion -- they would have murdered me."

Sheen said the show's creator, Chuck Lorre, "still hasn't returned my call." He encouraged fans of the show to "write to these people. Tell them they must have me back."

And what of the self-professed warlock's alleged magical powers?

"I have been able to spin magic the past couple of weeks," Sheen said. "You guys all bought tickets without knowing a damn thing about this show."

While actual magic is debatable, Sheen's media blitz has resulted in not only sold-out shows but also a merchandising blitz. Everything from $15 coffee mugs to $120 "Charlie Sheen Winning" jerseys were for sale at the Cleveland event, and the items were flying off the shelves.

At the end of Tuesday's show, Sheen made a triumphant exit as a packed house gave him a standing ovation.

"Cleveland do you feel like you are winning?" Sheen said. "I love you all. Good night!"

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Wednesday 06 April

By tony

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he will have the last laugh.

By ofalaska

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So you're all in the court of this this coke-crazed hoemonger? Proof that the wretched refuse of the teeming shores bred and multiplied is all CharlieClown and you represent!!!

By JohnRL

Dear Charlie,

Many, many thanks for taking us out of the glare of the media spotlight with your unbelievable narcissism, your trainwreck of a life, as well as your inane and incoherant ramblings.

Please keep it up for as long as possible.

Sincerely,

Mel Gibson and Tiger Woods

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sad thing is most on here dumping on charlie,were defending piggy ally.

By stu

Detroit,Ohio,Chicago=loser cities. We ain't play'n this crap in Boston! Stay away Chuckles!!!

By D Wayne

it's cleveland, what else do the have to cheer for

By Seattlewkr

I SECOND THAT!

Thursday 07 April

By stud daddy

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I lived in Cleveland for 12 years. It doesn't surprise me that 3200 Clevelanders filled this theatre! I bet the majority of the audience was from the west side! What a shame. Cleveland is such an economically starved city with boarded up houses on many streets and heavy crime, yet people there do know how to throw there money away. You should take a drive through some of the poorest neighborhoods on the 4th of July. It will amaze you.

By jeff

that your not living here, D Wayne.

Exactly jeff, thanks for proving my point.

By carsko66

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I was there last night and he is definately WINNING!! as he pointed out to all the idiot drunks that were heckling him, he already has their money, it doesn't matter what you think of the show, he got paid! I think he was great, funny, and he is a freaking genius. PLAN BETTER!!!

By doing far smarter things with my time than you

Dude, he got paid by idiots just like you! Don't you get it, that's the big joke. IF you want to hear a crack head rant off, I can just introduce you to a few in our downtown core.
What morons!!! The only reason you worked those hours to spend on this mentally ill guy is because he's "famous". You people who are so easily impressed and what notoriety can do to your brains is insane itself.
Bloody doo doos!!!

By JoMc

Drove past the State on my way to the Flats last night and thought it looked more like a homeless area than Playhouse Square. Low-lifes everywhere heading to the theater. Was like something you'd see at a Monster Truck Jam or WWE event. Not so hard to believe this crowd would be entertained by someone whose only means of entertaining is spouting the same senseless crap they're used to hearing on any local street corner. Sad that Sheen KNOWS these people are suckers, but they don't.

By renee

well that fool wont be getting mine..... if people want to shell out their hard earned money to see one more fool thats headed for boot hill then i feel sorry for them

By usmcqtco

If the audience went wild for Charlie Sheen, then there's no accounting for lack of taste or discernment.

By Louis

You couldn't pay me to go see Sheen in a live show. We're all different.

By Jason

Anybody who paid money for this show deserves what Charlie will get: an untimely death due to drugs and alcohol.

By Susan Morris

I'm jealous of these people who must have so much money they can waste it on this crap. If I did have their money I sure wouldn't be spending it. It's sad to think the world is getting dumber by the day.

when does your tour start?thats what i thought.

By acemakr9

When all you bleeding heart liberals worry about the big bad Republicans taking food out of the mouth of the poor and unemployed, It wasn't the conservative rich people who paid to see this moron!!!

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