Footage has shown the moment a man who appeared to threaten a Sydney busker retreat after the pianist stood his ground.
A now-viral video posted by musician Nick Pollock showed him performing JVKE’s Golden Hour beside the light-rail tracks on George Street in Sydney’s CBD.
A man wearing a puffer jacket then approaches Pollock, before leaning over his keyboard to interrupt the performance.
“Bro, what the f**k? What are you doing?” Pollock repeatedly asks.
The man mumbles something about punching him.
The pianist then responds: “You’re gonna punch me? Are you f**king kidding me?”
Pollock rose from his seat and pointed out the cameras surrounding his keyboard.
“Okay, this is all recorded,” he says.
“Go for it, and then you can go to prison.”
The man then sheepishly turns and walks away without any physical confrontation.
Pollock wrote over the footage that the stranger had “interrupted my performance and threatened to attack me”.
“This happens to me all the time, but usually I just keep it private,” he added in the caption.
The clip has attracted almost 90,000 likes and more than 23,000 comments, with viewers firmly backing the pianist.
“What an unpleasant audience!!” one wrote.
“Jealous of another man’s skill, pure and simple,” another said.
“It’s sad that some people want to be disrespectful for attention,” a third commented.
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