Architects frontman Sam Carter has been praised for publicly acknowledging and putting an end to the groping of a female fan at a show this weekend.
The British metal band was performing at the Lowlands Festival in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands on Friday night when Carter called a halt to the show and addressed something he did not like in the crowd.
A woman who was crowd-surfing close to the stage had her breasts groped, according to Carter, and he went on a laudable tirade against the act.
“I’ve been going over in my fucking mind about whether I should say something or not about what I saw in that last song. And do you know what, I’m gonna fucking say it,” he said, stopping short of identifying the guilty party.
“I saw a girl, a woman, crowd-surfing over here and I’m not going to fucking point the piece of shit out that did it, but I saw you fucking grab at her boob. I saw it. It is fucking disgusting and there is no fucking place for that shit.
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“It is not your fucking body! It is not your fucking body and you do not fucking grab at someone. Not at my fucking show. So if you feel like doing that again, walk out there and fuck off and don’t come back.
“Let’s keep this going, let’s keep this a fucking safe place for everybody and let’s have a fucking good time.”
The clip went viral and Carter has been praised for his decision to speak out and use his voice to deter such behaviour at his shows.
@samarchitects thank you for saying something, it makes me so happy to see that people are talking about this issue instead of ignoring it
— cait? (@disasteroIIogy) August 19, 2017
I have no idea who you are but I can tell you that I love you and you have a new ‘Mom Fan’ in Portland, Oregon. ❤️
— MelMed? (@mel_med_larson) August 19, 2017
I have never heard this bands songs before but I’m gonna fukken check it out now. Respect ?
— Aimee K (@AimeeK13) August 19, 2017
I started sneaking into shows in high school and have seen countless bands.This is the FIRST I’ve heard a band call out this obvious problem pic.twitter.com/yrioyY7veA
— ? (@TehSoundTehFury) August 19, 2017
good on u for calling it out, so tired of some men thinking they’re entitled to grope women simply for daring to enjoy their time at a show
— rei (@sadcrisis) August 19, 2017
Thank you so much, watching this made me want to cry. Knowing there are musicians who see this bullshit and call it out gives me such hope ?
— aimee Ω (@aimeemthompson) August 19, 2017
