Sleep Token Fans at Louder Than Life Facing Backlash for Throwing Crowd Surfer
What the hell has been going on at shows lately? So much chaos, but not really in the way we want. That’s especially the case for what apparently happened during Sleep Token‘s Louder Than Life set recently. Allegedly, fans in the crowd dropped surfers on purpose, causing one attendee to go to the hospital with very serious injuries.
Posts from those at the set circulated claiming that people were straight up refusing to carry surfers frontwards. Jasmine Vidrine, the fan who was sent to the hospital, described her terrible time, claiming that the crowd tossed her onto her head on purpose, causing a seizure, a concussion, and a mild brain bleed.
As if hearing this wasn’t enough already, members of a Louder Than Life Facebook group allege they heard some fans screaming “drop that bitch” during Sleep Token’s set. Like, seriously? Come the fuck on, y’all. We’re supposed to be better than that.
Vidrine made her own post, recounting what happened from her perspective:
“Hey everybody
“I just wanted to pop on here and leave something in hopes that the right people see it. Unfortunately, I didn’t 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. There’s not much I remember during those moments. BUT, although I couldn’t see her I could hear an angel of a woman’s voice whom I think was also holding my head off of the ground, telling me I’m okay and not leaving to side till I was carried away. I was in and out of consciousness and wasn’t unaware of most things but kept hearing her comforting words throughout it all. It kept me calm for most of it. So I wanted to send her a huge thank you and anyone else who was involved in helping to get me out of there. I have sustained a major concussion and minor brain bleed.
“Now, 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 [shit] for it. And if you don’t, I hope there’s a special place for ya
“I paid for a four day pass like many others and my time was cut extra short because of what you did and have sustained a very serious injury because of it. Also drove 16 hours from southern Louisiana just to be there.
“So… I hope you stub your toe on every single corner you find and I hope your next hangnail rips all the way to your knuckles..
“To everyone else I hope you all had an amazing time and I’m enjoying seeing all of the things I missed.”
Get well soon, Jasmine! What happened to the pit days where we’d help each other up, not throw each other down?
