crowd surfing

In defense of stage diving and why it shouldn’t be banned from venues

[Photo by: Joe Banker]  Even people who don’t listen to hardcore and metal know what happens at those kinds of shows. Moshing, stage diving, head walking: These are staples of the heavy rock genres’ live performances. Hardcore, especially, has a reputation for being physically taxing. Riots have even been known to break out at such […]

Fans support Twenty One Pilots' Tyler Joseph following crowd surfing incident

Twenty One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph had his shirt ripped apart by attendees while crowd surfing during the band’s Reading And Leads Festival performance.  Towards the end of “Car Radio,” he left the stage and began crowd surfing towards a platform in the pit area. Nearly two-and-a-half minutes passed until he reached the stand, but […]