{"id":180306,"date":"2025-09-30T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/180306\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:24:09","slug":"fans-at-recent-sleep-token-set-reportedly-dropped-crowd-surfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/180306\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans at recent Sleep Token set reportedly dropped crowd-surfers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claims that fans watching Sleep Token<\/a>\u2019s performance at Louder Than Life festival dropped and insulted crowd-surfers have kicked off debates regarding heavy metal<\/a> concert etiquette.<\/p>\n

Sleep Token played at the Louisville festival on September 19, as part of their ongoing, sold-out tour of North America<\/a>. In the days following the masked metal outfit\u2019s 12-song set, users in the Facebook group \u2018Louder Than Life Bound 2026\u2019 have said that attendees were throwing and dropping crowd-surfers, leading to multiple injuries.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s also been claimed that at one point during the show, a chant of \u201cdrop that bitch\u201d broke out, directed towards a female crowd-surfer.<\/p>\n

On September 23, one woman posted a lengthy recap of her experiences during the Sleep Token set<\/a>, saying that she was knocked out and had a seizure after a crowd-surfer was thrown on her by attendees. She derides \u201cdisrespectful people in that crowd that had not a single care for the well-being of innocent people\u201d.<\/p>\n

The user writes: \u201cUnfortunately, I didn\u2019t get to enjoy past Friday.. I had to be pulled out of the sleep token crowd due to people tossing a surfer out of anger and he landed directly on top of my head. It knocked me out and I had a seizure once unconscious.\u201d<\/p>\n

She later adds: \u201cNow, to the absolutely rude, ignorant, and disrespectful people in that crowd that had not a single care for the well-being of innocent people, the people that tossed that guy on top of me when I didn’t see him coming. When I wasnt prepared for that blow…. I hope you feel like absolute [poo emoji] for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post comes with photos of a woman lying on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace.<\/p>\n

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Later on September 23, another user reported of other, seemingly separate incidents<\/a>, claiming that more than 50 crowd members had to be taken to Louder Than Life\u2019s medical tent during Sleep Token\u2019s performance. They also say that one fan shouted \u201cdrop that bitch\u201d, leading to others chanting the phrase.<\/p>\n

They put in their post: \u201cI\u2019ve lost a lot of respect for some Sleep Token fans after this festival. Crowd surfing is a completely normal part of rock shows. When you see someone surfing, you\u2019re supposed to help them and be their wave to the shore.\u201d<\/p>\n

They add: \u201cNext time, instead of shouting \u2018drop the b,\u2019 shout \u2018be their wave\u2019 and help them land safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second post led to a divided comment section. While some commenters criticise the fans who allegedly dropped crowd-surfers, believing they put people\u2019s safety at risk, others argue that crowd-surfing is unsafe and disrespectful.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the only way you can get close to your favorite band is if you agree to miss half the performance lifting up other people?\u201d one user asks. \u201cY\u2019all are delusional\u201d<\/p>\n

Another writes: \u201cI hope all these people chanting to drop crowdsufers [sic] fucking die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Footage of the \u201cdrop that bitch\u201d chant which reportedly broke out during Sleep Token\u2019s set has been uploaded to Facebook by the account American Mosh Pits<\/a>. Comments on the video are similarly divided.<\/p>\n

Sleep Token\u2019s North American tour continues tonight (September 30) with a stop at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claims that fans watching Sleep Token\u2019s performance at Louder Than Life festival dropped and insulted crowd-surfers have kicked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-180306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}