Nineties pop group Chumbawamba kicked off its first North American tour in years, playing to a not-so-full house at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Lacking a repertoire of songs, the British group concentrated on its sole hit from 1997, “Tubthumping.” So much so that they performed it 11 times consecutively before the befuddled crowd of 600.

In an attempt to vary the performance, the band, now with only two original members, played each version of the song differently, changing tempo and style each time, and even went into a different key for the 11th incarnation. Nevertheless, the plan didn’t work.

As the group segued from one installment of the tune to the next, audience members became restless, booing, throwing things on stage and gradually filing out of the stands. The venue, which seats nearly 20,000, looked quite sparse with the paltry attendance of 600 fans at the start of the show. It was completely empty when the band awkwardly returned to the stage for an encore 12th version of its hit. The band played the first couple bars of the song, then the lead singer, realizing that no one remained in the seats and spotting the arena’s custodial staff sweeping up, said “fuck it!” into the microphone, and the group left the stage.

It didn’t help that the concert’s opening act, Los del Rio, played its one hit, “Macarena,” nine times in a row, which put the audience in a particularly bad mood before Chumbawamba took the stage.

No word if the group will continue its U.S. tour, though ticket sales are reportedly weak.