{"id":336527,"date":"2025-12-08T07:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/336527\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:31:08","slug":"metallica-fans-banned-for-life-after-perth-speaker-tower-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/336527\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica Fans Banned for Life After Perth Speaker Tower Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTwo Australian Metallica<\/a> fans have been hit with lifetime bans from Perth\u2019s Optus Stadium after climbing a speaker tower during the band\u2019s Nov. 1 show on the M72 World Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to local outlet PerthNow<\/a>, 20-year-old Beau William Loch Rollings and 23-year-old Rory Hugh Culbert jumped a safety barrier and scaled the central tower inside the stadium bowl, clinging to the structure at heights reportedly between 10 and 50 meters for around 20 minutes while the concert continued.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe stunt triggered a major security response as venue staff and police moved in, with thousands of fans watching the incident unfold mid-show. Police later seized the pair\u2019s phones, which contained footage of the climb, as part of the trespass investigation.<\/p>\n

\n\tMagistrate Ruth Dineen was blunt in her assessment, describing the tower climb as \u201can incredibly stupid thing to do and a good way to ruin your night out,\u201d noting that what \u201cseemed funny at the time\u201d had escalated into a serious safety issue. <\/p>\n

\n\tDefence lawyer Rachael Gemmell characterized it as \u201cjust stupid behavior,\u201d arguing the experience had been sobering for the young fans.<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth Rollings and Culbert entered guilty pleas to trespassing charges, acknowledging the gravity of the situation without offering a motive. Rollings was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $308.80 in court costs. Culbert received a similar penalty.<\/p>\n

\n\tThroughout their Aussie tour, Metallica have delighted fans with surprise covers of local hits, such as \u201cZebra\u201d<\/a> by John Butler Trio during their signature \u201cdoodle\u201d segment. <\/p>\n

\n\tButler, who is currently touring across Europe and the U.K., shared his bluesy interpretation via Instagram, using a custom-made Indian slide guitar known as a Chaturangui. \u201c@metallica \u2018Enter Sandman,\u2019 but make it John Butlery,\u201d he captioned the clip.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s taken me a minute to pull my sh*t together after Metallica covered my song \u2018Zebra\u2019 last weekend in Perth\/Boorloo\u2026 I thought I\u2019d tackle one of their lesser-known tracks. I hope you like it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn Adelaide on Nov. 5, Hammett and Trujillo mashed up INXS\u2019 \u201cNeed You Tonight\u201d with the Angels\u2019 \u201cAm I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again,\u201d blending two Australian staples into a blistering live medley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Australian Metallica fans have been hit with lifetime bans from Perth\u2019s Optus Stadium after climbing a speaker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1246,6547,88,9262,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-336527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-concerts","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-genre-rock","12":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}