The Bunny And The Bear‘s set at last night’s (October 26th) ‘Hell Over Midway‘ festival in Bedford Park, IL ended in violence. The Buffalo, NY post-hardcore group were among the headliners for that event alongside 9 Dead and The Convalescence.
Vocalist Matthew Tybor has since commented via social media on the situation that unfolded during the set, while also initially sharing a picture of his busted lip and bloodied hand and face. While that post appears to have since been pulled, you can still read Tybor‘s statement on the matter below.
In it, he recalls an altercation in which he alleges the audio engineer working the event, which was held at the venue Magoos, not only berated and ‘attacked’ Tybor‘s wife, but also assaulted a female promoter in the head with a mic stand. Tybor himself suffered minor injuries in the ensuing scuffle.
According to Tybor, said individual was arrested on assault charges and outstanding warrants. Tybor‘s statement reads:
“Alright. I’m sorry we didn’t finish the last two songs of our set tonight Chicago.
Ya’ll know I’m a changed man. RETIRED FROM DRAMA and just trying to enjoy my family, music, and LIFE.BUT. The fact that the sound guy tonight… in Chicago… came to stage … during our set… and berated/attacked MY WIFE…
That’s never going to fly.
I immediately stopped the set . Would 10x over.
Will always stand up for my family. I handled the situation the way I needed to. And it is what it is.
The same sound guy proceeded to hit the female promoter in the head with a mic stand and then was arrested on assault and outstanding warrants.
I just want to clarify that we came here to enjoy a fun night with you guys. This wasn’t planned. I’m sorry we abruptly ended the set. But I had to handle shit.
I’m NEVER going to allow bs like that to slide.
Huge thanks to The Convalescence, Casket Robbery, 9 Dead, Fight From Within and all the bands who played tonight. Yall were amazing.
And I appreciate Magoos standing by our decision to handle things the way we needed to.
And massive thanks to Mel for taking a mic stand for the head. Standing up for us
Chicago, we’ll be back soon.As you can see… we still had fun.”
As for Tybor‘s mention of retiring from drama, back in 2015, he found himself arrested for domestic violence and resisting a responding police officer. However, as Tybor explained it, the incident stemmed from a drunken physical altercation between himself and his brother.
[via Lambgoat]
