14 people were hospitalised during a Chainsmokers show last Friday in San Jos\u00e9, California.<\/p>\n
The San Jos\u00e9 Fire Department responded to “reports of multiple patients requiring medical attention” at the US EDM duo of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart’s open-air concert at Discovery Meadow<\/a> at 8 PM on 4th September, according to the SJFD’s X account<\/a>, via Billboard<\/a>. Upon arrival at the scene, they called for “advanced life support fire units” and the Ambulance Task Force for assistance. By 10:30 PM, 14 ambulances had transported 14 people to local hospitals.<\/p>\n Details of the injuries were not publicised, though local police told NBC Bay Area<\/a> they were the result of “suspected alcohol intoxication and drug-related issues”. The injuries have not been reported as severe, and no one has been arrested so far, according to SF Gate<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Chainsmokers<\/a> did not return Billboard’s request for comment, nor have they issued a formal statement on the hospitalisations. On Monday, 7th September, they shared a slideshow of set highlights to Instagram<\/a> with the caption: “Damn San Jose this show was chaos!!!!! Will bring a louder horn next time that\u2019s on us”.<\/p>\n A few commenters<\/a> pointed out the potential insensitivity<\/a>\u00a0of that caption in the face of the hospitalisations. The Chainsmokers replied<\/a> to one such comment, writing: “Some kids drank too much apparently. Everyone is fine. This happens at concerts as you can imagine. I\u2019m not sure why certain news articles are trying to make it a story. We saw the articles [the] day after and asked the event organizers if anything happened and they told us nothing out of the ordinary for a concert…. Seems like media succeeded in making a story but everyone is fine”.<\/p>\n This is the second Chainsmokers show in less than a month where multiple attendees were sent to hospital. At a 9th August set during Palm Springs’ Splash House Festival, a 35-year-old man threw glass bottles in the crowd after getting into a dispute, CBS News<\/a> reports. Nine people who were not involved in the fight were injured, with seven sent to local hospitals for treatment. The man turned himself into police days later and was arrested “on suspicion of several counts of assault with a deadly weapon”.\u00a0<\/p>\n Earlier this year, EsDeeKid called out The Chainsmokers for releasing an unauthorised remix<\/a> of his 2025 track ‘4 Raws’.\u00a0<\/p>\n