Fans attending a Gavin Adcock concert in Orange Beach, Alabama, turned on each other over the weekend, with cellphone footage of the brawl racking up views online and reviving concerns about crowd behavior at live country music shows.
The country singer was performing at The Wharf Amphitheater as part of his “The Day I Hang It Up Tour” when multiple fights involving at least six to eight concertgoers broke out simultaneously in the venue’s upper seating section, according to footage that shows fans throwing punches and brawling in the stands.
The video, first captured by an Instagram user and reported on by Fox News’ OutKick, shows a group of men trading blows in what one witness described as resembling a mixed martial arts bout. In the most alarming portion of the clip, one man is seen pinned against bleacher seating while another repeatedly strikes him.
Other fans stepped in to separate those involved, and no arrests or serious injuries had been publicly reported as of Wednesday.
It is not the first time chaos has erupted at one of Mr. Adcock’s shows. Numerous videos circulating on social media have shown fights breaking out at several of the Georgia native’s concerts, with the singer himself at times caught in the middle — including once when a fan attempted to rush the stage and another when he personally stepped in to break up a fight among concertgoers.
Some social media users tied the latest incident to Mr. Adcock’s ongoing public feud with fellow country star Zach Bryan. The two came close to a physical confrontation at last September’s Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, when Mr. Bryan scaled a chain-link fence separating the performers and was restrained by security before he could reach Mr. Adcock.
Mr. Adcock, known for hits including “Last One To Know,” has drawn attention in recent years for both his music and his outspoken public persona, which has frequently made him the subject of viral moments online.
The full video of the Orange Beach brawl can be viewed via Fox News’ OutKick, while additional details on the singer’s history of rowdy shows were reported by Country 103.7.
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