An investigation has been launched after a sheriff’s deputy appeared to pepper spray a Turnstile fan throughout a present in Richmond.
The Baltimore band performed on the Virginia metropolis’s Brown’s Island venue on Wednesday (September 24), and as is customary at their exhibits, they inspired followers onto the stage to affix them throughout their efficiency of ‘Birds’.
In a fan video, a member of safety located on the entrance of the stage is seen trying to intercept members of the viewers on the similar time that the band are inviting them on stage. In a single occasion, the official seems to brandish a can of pepper spray and fireplace it straight into the face of 1 fan. Bassist Franz Lyons, who’s stood close by, is seen to recoil and canopy his eyes.
Watch the video right here:
Richmond Sheriff Antoinette Irving instructed CBS 6 Information that the incident is now below investigation.
One fan who was in attendance instructed the identical outlet: “I smelled the air getting slightly spicy, after which my eyes are watering. I used to be like, ‘Oh crap, it’s pepper spray’. Individuals have been pouring water in individuals’s eyes to rinse the eyes out. I simply form of took a second to breathe it out. Coughed a bit.”
Turnstile’s US tour kicked off on September 15 in Nashville, the place they introduced out Paramore’s Hayley Williams for a duet of ‘Seein’ Stars’. They may play across the nation for the remainder of the autumn, with assist to return from SPEED, Jane Remover, Model Pussy, Blood Orange, and Amyl & The Sniffers. See extra details about the tour right here and discover any remaining tickets right here.
The band’s newest album is ‘By no means Sufficient’, which acquired a glowing five-star assessment from NME, and was additionally named as considered one of our greatest albums of 2025 to this point.
Talking to NME in June, drummer Daniel Fang says the success of 2021’s ‘Glow On’ didn’t create any stress when making its follow-up. “I don’t understand how anybody would have time or the bandwidth to handle exterior expectations,” he mentioned. “I don’t suppose any of us may even fathom that, as a result of there’s an infinite properly inside everybody [in the band]… I don’t perceive how anybody might be guided by that when there’s a lot else to work off of.”
They performed an acclaimed, moshpit-heavy Glastonbury 2025 set, and can embark on a UK and European tour, which kicks off in Dublin on October 31. See the complete listing of dates right here and discover tickets right here.
In a five-star assessment of the Glastonbury set, NME wrote: “This set is what Turnstile are all about – there’s no unnecessary chatter and no projections behind them illustrating what their songs are supposed to symbolise. As a substitute, it merely boils right down to the sheer depth and precision with which they ship every of their 15 tracks, and the unwavering loyalty they get in return. Prepare for Turnstile to dominate this summer season – and past.”
