Late Of The Pier SXSW Fight

• 23rd Mar 2009

The members of Late Of The Pier reportedly got into a fight with bouncers at Austin's Cedar Street Courtyard on Friday. The band were performing a SxSW gig at the outdoor venue when staff switched off the power because they thought that the set had overrun its time slot, and a physical tussle broke out between security and band/sound staff. Late Of The Pier apparently won, though, because they went on to finish their set.

The band's Sam Eastgate explained what happened: “The bouncers went behind the sound desk and grabbed Steve, our sound guy, right off the desk. They turned off the power but I found a guitar microphone that was on, used that for a bit, then all of a sudden the bouncer had one of us by the throat. I saw red. It was quite a big jump, because he's such a big bouncer. Someone grabbed me and threw me down the stairs”.

He added that he feels confident that fans won't judge them over the incident. “The crowd saw everything so they were really sympathetic”, he said. “That's a good thing, I suppose, that they could see my frustrations translated into simple terms – as in the venue are fighting us, literally”.