Sleep Token Fans Called Out For Dropping Crowd Surfers At Louder Than Life

Sleep Token fans at Louder Than Life have come under fire for their pit etiquette after a fan was seriously injured by a dropped crowd surfer. 

Sleep Token fans at Louder Than Life have been called out for dropping crowd surfers on purpose during the band’s set after an attendee was seriously injured when a crowd surfer was dropped on top of them. 

In the week since Sleep Token’s Louder Than Life performance, which drew massive crowds, attendees have been taking to social media to decry their fans’ behaviour in the mosh pit. Fans were allegedly refusing to help crowd surfers along, even going so far as to purposely drop them in the name of staying focused on the band’s set (or just not wanting to hold people up).

One attendee named Jasmine posted to a Louder Than Life fan group on Facebook this week to share their experience in the crowd, saying people tossed a crowd surfer “out of anger” and he landed directly on top of her head. Jasmine said the surfer landing on her head knocked her out and caused her to have a seizure – causing a major concussion and a minor brain bleed.

“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 wasn’t prepared for that blow…. I hope you feel like absolute [sh*t] for it,” the post reads.

Other attendees commented on the situation, alleging that some Sleep Token fans were caught on video chanting “drop that b***h.” Another user said: “People don’t realize how dangerous crowd surfing can be especially when the crowd doesn’t work together as a team like they are supposed to.”

Previous discussions in the same Louder Than Life-focused Facebook group earlier in the week on the same issue saw other attendees suggest that crowd surfing wasn’t always appropriate in the pit – with those who waited at festival and concert barriers for hours not wanting to constantly look behind them to avoid getting hit in the head themselves – instead being able to watch the bands they came to see.

Crowd surfing has always been a part of pit culture and it’s pretty standard crowd etiquette to help hold up whoever’s surfing along – but should that change? Or should those who don’t want to partake simply stand a bit further back? Either way, being a dick in the pit and causing injuries isn’t in the spirit of the metal and heavy music community – whether you want to pay full attention to Sleep Token’s set or not.