Bird Gang: Music Stars Flipping the Bird

Musicians with itchy middle fingers.

Bird Gang: Music Stars Flipping the Bird - This is dedicated to the Bird Gang. No, not Jim Jones' crew, but all the folks out who love flipping the bird. And these birds don't fly south for the winter. Music stars seem to be enthusiastic members of the not-so-exclusive club, which probably has the best, simplest gang sign in the world. This past Tuesday (Feb. 21), Adele flashed the finger onstage at the Brit Awards when her acceptance speech for British Album of the Year—her sixth award of the night—was cut off by the host. The acclaimed chanteuse says the gesture was directed at TV execs, explaining that she was about to thank the British public for all its support. But Adele is a newcomer to the crew—click on to see other musicians with itchy middle fingers.(Photo: PA PHOTOS /LANDOV)

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Bird Gang: Music Stars Flipping the Bird - This is dedicated to the Bird Gang. No, not Jim Jones' crew, but all the folks out who love flipping the bird. And these birds don't fly south for the winter. Music stars seem to be enthusiastic members of the not-so-exclusive club, which probably has the best, simplest gang sign in the world. This past Tuesday (Feb. 21), Adele flashed the finger onstage at the Brit Awards when her acceptance speech for British Album of the Year—her sixth award of the night—was cut off by the host. The acclaimed chanteuse says the gesture was directed at TV execs, explaining that she was about to thank the British public for all its support. But Adele is a newcomer to the crew—click on to see other musicians with itchy middle fingers.(Photo: PA PHOTOS /LANDOV)

Did M.I.A. Really Do That? - Singer M.I.A. seem to have had a middle-finger malfunction during her portion of the halftime show.(Photo:  Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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M.I.A. - Pop singer, M.I.A., struck an offensive pose with Madonna and Nicki Minaj during their performance at the Super Bowl halftime show. While performing her verse on Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” M.I.A. extended her middle finger in the air as she rapped a barely disguised expletive, “I don’t give a (expletive).” NBC Network was late on its attempt to blur the obscene gesture during the live performance. NBC and NFL later apologized, but she is not the first celebrity to stir trouble with a middle finger.(Photo:  Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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Lady Gaga - New York native Lady Gaga had reached her limit of cold ones while attending a 2010 New York Mets baseball game in Queens, NY. Well the pop star was either letting the paparazzi know that it was the seventh inning stretch or that she didn’t agree with that last strike call. (Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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Lady Gaga - New York native Lady Gaga had reached her limit of cold ones while attending a 2010 New York Mets baseball game in Queens, NY. Well the pop star was either letting the paparazzi know that it was the seventh inning stretch or that she didn’t agree with that last strike call. (Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

Eminem - Slim Shady was being his old troublesome self back in 1999 while attending the MTV Video Music Awards. (Photo:   Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

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Eminem - Slim Shady was being his old troublesome self back in 1999 while attending the MTV Video Music Awards. (Photo:   Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

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Tupac - With all eyez on him, Tupac took this now iconic photo alongside his friend-turned-rival Notorious B.I.G. It was just Pac being Pac.(Photo by: Mary Evans/FILMFOUR / LAFAYETTE FILMS/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection)

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Tupac - With all eyez on him, Tupac took this now iconic photo alongside his friend-turned-rival Notorious B.I.G. It was just Pac being Pac.(Photo by: Mary Evans/FILMFOUR / LAFAYETTE FILMS/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection)

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Justin Bieber - The Biebs and his baby Selena Gomez got caught by the press after leaving an event. A little annoyed, the pop star fended off the star-crazed paparazzi who swarmed his car by giving them the business.  (Photo: © Dome /  Monterotti, PacificCoastNews.com)

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Justin Bieber - The Biebs and his baby Selena Gomez got caught by the press after leaving an event. A little annoyed, the pop star fended off the star-crazed paparazzi who swarmed his car by giving them the business.  (Photo: © Dome /  Monterotti, PacificCoastNews.com)

Adam Lambert - Adam Lambert flips the middle finger at the 2009 American Music Awards. He has a good reason for it, too. The American Idol standout said it was directed towards the people who doubted his success.  (Photo:  K Winter/American Idol 2008/Getty Images for DCP)

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Adam Lambert - Adam Lambert flips the middle finger at the 2009 American Music Awards. He has a good reason for it, too. The American Idol standout said it was directed towards the people who doubted his success.  (Photo:  K Winter/American Idol 2008/Getty Images for DCP)