American rock band Brian Jonestown Bloodbath have abruptly cancelled the rest of their Australian tour, following a weird onstage biffo throughout their Melbourne present.
The band’s Tuesday evening’s gig at The Discussion board in Melbourne’s CBD got here to a sudden finish simply six songs in when a fist struggle broke out between the San Francisco band’s founder Anton Newcombe, and guitarist Ryan Van Kriedt.
Wild clips of the mid-show brawl quickly circulated on social media, exhibiting the band members chasing one another across the stage and violently wrestling one another, as different members of the band and crew wrestle to separate them.
The venue’s security curtain was then lowered, ending the live performance after only a handful of songs had been carried out.
Brian Jonestown Bloodbath have been attributable to carry out one other offered out present on Wednesday evening, on the Theatre Royal within the regional city of Castlemaine, however an announcement on that venue’s web site yesterday said that the present had been cancelled “on medical grounds.”
Two extra deliberate exhibits – at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre tonight, and the College of Wollongong’s UniBar tomorrow evening – have additionally been cancelled for a similar cause, ending the band’s Australian tour.
The band themselves are but to publicly talk about the occasions of Tuesday’s present; the latest publish on their official Instagram account is a clip of their Sunday Canberra present, the seventh of this largely sold-out Australian tour, teasing their soon-to-be notorious gig with the teaser: “Melbourne tonight!”
Followers who attended the present on the Discussion board have since flooded the publish with savage critiques of what they witnessed on Monday evening.
“Presumably the worst prepare wreck of a band I’ve ever seen. I really feel musically abused,” one fan wrote.
“Payed massive cash to see music, bought a WWE act as an alternative,” quipped one other concertgoer.
“It is best to refund everybody. What an terrible present and to throw issues into the viewers. Harmful and out of line,” wrote one other.
“Pathetic behaviour from Anton in Melbourne. I felt unhealthy for his bandmates. By no means once more I’ll put myself on this state of affairs. This behaviour will not be accepted anymore! Go get some assist,” one concertgoer suggested.
“I want trauma counselling after that Discussion board gig! Disturbing behaviour on stage. Nonetheless shaking my head in disbelief,” wrote one other one who attended the gig.
Followers with tickets to the remaining exhibits of the band’s tour will obtain a full refund.
