A person who stripped bare through the duo’s Weekend Two efficiency allegedly broken a sound sales space earlier than charging towards the stage.
A person stripped bare and allegedly broken sound tools throughout The Chainsmokers’ efficiency on the Austin Metropolis Limits Music Competition, in accordance with eyewitness accounts shared on social media.
The incident unfolded Friday at Zilker Park through the chart-topping dance music duo’s set on the competition’s Snapchat stage, their second after a muddy debut weekend. A slew of attendees in the end aired their grievances in a Reddit dialogue, describing a “violent” disruption that concerned confrontations with sound crew members.
One ACL attendee wrote that the person had fully undressed, smeared mud on himself and thrown punches at individuals who urged him to place his garments again on. One other one who mentioned they have been contained in the soundstage with the person mentioned he “began destroying the soundbooth and stormed the barricade to the primary stage.”
The commenter additionally shared a video that seems to point out the person nude within the space. The video isn’t included right here as a result of its graphic content material could disturb some readers.
Drew Taggart, one half of The Chainsmokers, acknowledged the commotion in a touch upon a TikTok video. “bare man is sending me,” he wrote earlier than the clip was deleted.
As of Monday morning, ACL organizers had not publicly addressed the incident. It was not instantly clear whether or not anybody was injured, whether or not tools was broken or whether or not the person was arrested.
The person was in the end faraway from the group, in accordance with footage shared by one other attendee, and it was not instantly clear whether or not he was arrested or brought about any accidents. That footage will be seen under.
