{"id":92445,"date":"2025-05-11T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92445\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T10:00:11","slug":"band-forced-to-interrupt-birmingham-gig-after-fan-seriously-injured-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92445\/","title":{"rendered":"Band forced to interrupt Birmingham gig after fan seriously injured in fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girl suffered injuries to her face during the Caliban gig<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_asylum.png\" alt=\"A general view of The Asylum in Hampton Street\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A general view of The Asylum in Hampton Street(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A band were forced to pause their set after a girl was injured in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She was in the mosh pit at the time of the incident at Caliban&#8217;s show at The Asylum in Hampton Street, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She fell and was unconscious and unresponsive for several minutes on Friday, May 9, a statement from the band said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/shopping\/nexts-35-excellent-jacket-fits-31612175?int_source=nba\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: Next&#8217;s \u00a335 &#8216;excellent&#8217; jacket &#8216;fits beautifully&#8217; and available in three colours<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They said on social media that she was cared for by venue staff before emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The &#8220;calm and respectful&#8221; nature of other fans was commended by the band who also thanked the staff and promoters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement shared on Instagram, the metal band said: &#8220;We had to interrupt our show last night after a serious incident in the mosh pit at our show at Asylum Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A girl was injured during our set &#8211; she fell and was unconscious and unresponsive for several minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;She suffered injuries to her face and was immediately attended to by venue staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Thanks to the fast response to the team on-site and the calm, respectful behaviour of the crowd, the situation was handled swiftly and professionally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Emergency services were called, and we&#8217;ve since been informed that, despite the nature of her injuries, she is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The safety of everyone at our shows is always our highest priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We want to thank the venue staff and promoter for their outstanding handling of the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;There is a merch care package waiting for you at the venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Please take care of each other out there. If someone falls, help them up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A Caliban show should always be a safe space for everyone. Take care, Caliban.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They added in a caption to the post: &#8220;Thank you @theasylumvenue and all your lovely staff+all you amazing fans for handling this situation so well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Please get in touch if you see this post.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One person responded in the comments: &#8220;Scary situation!! I hope she is OK! You guys are the best!!! Fans always come first!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another added: &#8220;This is why metalheads are the nicest people.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The girl suffered injuries to her face during the Caliban gigA general view of The Asylum in Hampton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[5108,855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-92445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-asylum","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114488621567399574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}