Lollapalooza fans scale fence in effort to get in for free
Lollapalooza kicks off this weekend in Chicago, and some fans got creative about the way they decided to get into the festival.
A video has been circulating of dozens of people rushing the gates of the event to force their way in for free.
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Photographer Jeremy Cohen, who’s shooting the event, caught the phenomenon on video.
In a Twitter DM to Mashable, he said he saw the mob “casually walk down the street.”
“When they saw a spot with not many cops around, they stormed the gate all at once,” Cohen said. “It was def planned … [It] was very strategic.”
Only one person was caught who had a prosthetic leg.
Watch the fans bumrush the festival gates in the video below.
Over a hundred kids hop the fence in a matter of seconds to sneak into @lollapalooza. #Lollapalooza #Lollapalooza2019
and only one kid caught caught. ? pic.twitter.com/Xg0TFEqvxS
— BoxingManiaTV (@BoxingManiaTV1) August 2, 2019
Numerous people have spoken out in support of the sole person to not make it over the fence. Take a look below for some of their reactions.
Man how do you not let the kid with a prosthetic leg go see the show
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) August 2, 2019
I woulda gotten him over that fence. No man gets left behind. https://t.co/h2k4u7UIiS
— Casey Neistat (@Casey) August 2, 2019
The kid technically didn’t commit a crime at that point.
— Cleveland Sports (@Oh__Cleveland) August 2, 2019
Some are joking that this is simply a test run for the ridiculous push for people to rush the gates of Area 51.
Whatever way these people decided to organize to make something like this happen, it clearly worked.
What do you think of the video of people rushing the Lollapalooza gates to get in for free? Let us know in the comments below.