Slipknot paused each of their units at Knotfest Australia this week, because of wild followers scaling up large speaker towers to get a greater view.
One fan sat on high of the speaker tower for a number of songs throughout their competition set in Melbourne final Friday (March 24). It wasn’t till ‘The Heretic Anthem’, the ninth tune on the setlist, that the competition organisers lastly directed the daredevil fan to return down.
“Hello Knotfest, we’ve stopped the present as a result of there’s individuals up within the air,” they stated over a PA announcement. “Anyone that’s up in a tower must get down or the present is not going to start till you’re down.”
Two days later, one other fan adopted within the daredevil’s footsteps, scaling the identical speaker tower for Slipknot’s second set at Knotfest.
Frontman Corey Taylor commented on the state of affairs praising the Australian followers: “I can’t take you loopy motherfuckers anyplace man, Jesus Christ!”
He continued: “Bought you climbing on shit, leaping off shit, rolling on shit — what the fuck? That’s advantageous, I can’t keep mad at you. That is by far considered one of my favorite fucking nations in your entire fucking world. I imply that. You guys helped put us the place we’re and we’ve got by no means forgotten that, god rattling it, so thanks so fucking a lot.”
Final 12 months NME spoke to percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan about Knotfest Australia, with the bandleader explaining that his final aim is for the band’s units at their very own competition was to turn out to be “a full-on religious and immersive expertise [that goes] nicely previous the definition of a live performance” – the place hordes of adoring Maggots find yourself “drowning within the dream.”
