During MEGADETH‘s recent concert in Bloomington, Illinois, frontman Dave Mustaine halted the performance to defend a fan who was being harassed by security personnel.
The incident occurred right before the conclusion of “Symphony of Destruction,” the second-to-last song of their set at Grossinger Motors Arena. Mustaine took a moment amidst the song to reprimand a group of security guards for their behavior towards a member of the audience.
“I’m not gonna play anymore until those guys are escorted out of the building, so just hang on a second,” Mustaine told the audience.
Addressing the security guards directly, he continued: “That was so f**kin’ unnecessary. That was so f**kin’ unnecessary, you guys. You’re supposed to make… What’s on the back of your shirt? Safety? It should say, ‘No F**kin Safety’, because you guys are punks, and you shouldn’t have f**kin hit that guy. Four of you on one guy. What a bunch of p**sies… Get ’em out of here or I’m leaving. I don’t wanna f**king hear that they’re in the back. I want them out of here.”
Following the removal of the security guards involved in the incident, Mustaine retook the stage, picked up the microphone and said: “These motherf**kers wrecked my song,” before adding, “Sorry, that stuff just makes me so mad. I hate bullies. I f**king hate bullies.”
