Rage Against The Machine's Big Day Out Performance Ends In Violence
According to Australia's Herald Sun, the Melbourne Big Day Out event featured two casualties, a crowd surge, and thousands of angry and confused fans last Monday night. An unconscious man had to be crowd-surfed to an ambulance, while another man fell from a marquee as crowds pushed forward to get as close to the stage as possible for the Rage Against The Machine performance.
Organizers were forced to interrupt the American headliners near the end of their set to appeal to the 45,000 fans to calm down. Revellers said they feared for their safety as the crowd surged towards the main stage, fans climbing every available vantage point for a better view. The organizers then rushed the band off-stage, ordering people to get down from the structures and trees before the band would be allowed to resume.
One man who was on top of a marquee fell and was rushed to hospital by ambulance officers, who put him in neck brace. The condition of the two injured people was unknown late last night. Cameron Oliver, am attendee, said he saw a lot of violence in the crowd. "In nine Big Day Outs and numerous other festivals, this is the most violent and least-policed I have been to," he said. "We had to pull back from the stage — so far back we couldn't even see because we were afraid for our safety. And I'm a six-foot bloke."
Read the full article at Herald Sun.
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18 Comments on "RATM Big Day Out Performance Turns Violent "
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5. writes:
riolife writes:
no one died, one guy dislocated his shoulder and the other fell and suffered spinal shock..
still, it was an amazing concert.
A girl died when Limp (d***) Bizkit played at the BDO in the nineties.
Could have easily been prevented. The problem is idiots who think there so Extreme beacuse there moshing....
"OMG LOOK AT US WERE MOSHING OH WERE HARDCORRRRRE"
no one looks out for each other like real moshers should
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7. writes:
I Hate Australia!!!...........f*** rules 4 this and rules for that..........dont do this and dont do that!!
What a nation of closed minded f***s!!!
Australia is sh**.............i hate Triple jjj and their music and i hate the BDO what a soft c*** festival its a festival for p***ys......metal bands or any Hardcore Bands should just avoid playin the BDO to many f***ed up laws and rules that suck ass!
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Tomo writes:
Yeah. Imagine die'ing in a limp bizkit mosh pit. Thats really depressing..
True Bro!!
f*** Authority Writes :
i hate Triple jjj and their music and i hate the BDO what a soft c*** festival its a festival for p***ys......metal bands or any Hardcore Bands should just avoid playin the BDO to many f***ed up laws and rules that suck ass!
-f***ING OATH MAN! Big Day Out is a piece of sh**, when will we get our Wacken or Download Festival!
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11. writes:
Very sad news. I get worried too - when the crowd become aggressive. I use my head - and think first before entering the mosh pit. I WILL not go into a pit if the band has extremely heavy or aggressive riffs...such as Slayer or Lamb of God...forget about it. I am too damn old for that sh**. People seem to mosh to even melodic rock or metal....weird. I guess they mosh to release their frustration and anger with life.
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17. writes:
Mosh pits are aggresion release. Thats why they are fun. I am the kind of freak that loves a good ol aggressive pit. When I lived in Pa a club I went to played two hours of metal and had a pit. The first hour was supposed to be for the guys and second hour for the chicks. "FUUUCK THAT!" I said and went in with the guys! Specally cos the chicks were a bunch of whips and they did no Slayer or decent mosh music for the chicks! The guys loved it and gained respect when I mowed the biggest guy over. One chick came out with a wittle brusie and was whining when it was the girls turn and I laughed at her! If you are a chick going in to a f***ing pit go in like a woman and dont f***ing cry when you get hurt or your butt touched! Its not a god damned hug fest!!
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18. writes:
Woaha Skript, relax..
Skript writes:
"Australias got/had metal for the brain and metalstock. Just look in your own backyard we've got some f***ing awesome aus metal bands.
Judging by the way you type your probably 13/14 so my words of wisdom will fly straight over."
Ok.. We dont have metal brain anymore.. Metalstock is in sydney, cant make the trip up there. I love australian metal bands, i would like to go to metalstock. i want to see Kataklysm and a few of the aussie bands ie. Psycroptic, Dawn Of Azazel, f*** Im dead and captain clean off.
As for your "words of wisdom", you just called us "f***ing morons". Im sorry im not as tr00 as you skript..
Sucks that Kataklysms Melbourne show is that the corner hotel (over 18), also recently grindcore 08 and behemoth played there i wanted to see those.
And yes im 15..
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1. Tomo writes:
My home town! good ol' melbo :) Haha big day out sucks.