Video footage has been shared on-line of a live performance venue safety guard dragging Alpha Wolf singer Lochie Keogh off the stage throughout a current present. The venue’s promoter has since responded to the incident in an announcement.
The live performance came about Oct. 30 on the San Francisco venue The Warfield. Alpha Wolf had been considered one of a number of openers who performed earlier than headliners Dayseeker, together with Catch Your Breath and Kingdom of Big.
In line with a assessment of the present by Riff Journal, throughout Alpha Wolf’s set, Keogh accused the venue workers of mistreating the entire bands on the invoice all through the day. The publication additional identified that the vocalist’s frustration could have additionally been prompted by some crowd surfers who had been injured throughout their efficiency.
Alpha Wolf and the Warfield Safety
The aforementioned assessment famous that Keogh grabbed a knit hat off of one of many safety guards and tossed it onto the stage, main the guard to then seize the singer by his ankle and pull him off the stage riser. A chunk of stage lighting was broken on account of the influence.
After witnessing what had occurred, guitarist Sabian Lynch reportedly launched his instrument on the guard, and a confrontation came about between the musicians and the safety. The music was abruptly lower, and the venue lights had been turned on.
See fan-filmed footage of Keogh being pulled off the stage beneath.
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The Warfield Promoter Responds to Incident
A spokesperson named Danny Bell on behalf of AEG presents, who manages The Warfield, shared an announcement concerning what occurred and including that the safety guard concerned has been positioned on investigative depart.
“We’re conscious of this incident and are investigating the occasions that led as much as the unlucky interplay,” Bell mentioned [via Riff Magazine]. “For now, the contracted safety firm has positioned the person on investigative depart. The protection and well-being of the viewers, artists and workers are all the time prime precedence.”
Crowd Surfer Speaks Out
A fan named Andrew Trin, who attended the present, shared a video on social media of Alpha Wolf arguing with the safety guards from over the barricade. He had apparently crowd surfed throughout the music “Akudama,” and was dropped on his head by the safety guards.
Usually, safety guards assist escort crowd surfers safely over the barricade, and in accordance with Trin, that was not his expertise.
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“Safety did not even attempt to catch me. I hit my head on the barricade and sprained my ankle, Lochie bought upset at safety and the guard determined to drag him down from the stage together with some stage lights, ensuing ultimately of their set and this altercation,” Trin wrote within the submit.
One other present attendee commented on the submit claiming that safety had been unable to catch Trin due to different crowd surfers.
“You bought pushed over the fence and so they weren’t quick sufficient to seize you nicely. On prime of that, there was a singer continually attacking the safety man in query and calling out in pity in regards to the attractive large venue (with workers) that they bought to play in opening for one more band. Very, very distasteful and unprofessional,” they wrote.
See the submit beneath.
Different attendees have shared footage from the incident and voiced their frustrations as nicely.
