{"id":157994,"date":"2025-08-19T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/157994\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:03:09","slug":"man-brutally-attacks-woman-at-rufus-du-sol-show-at-rose-bowl-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/157994\/","title":{"rendered":"Man brutally attacks woman at R\u00fcf\u00fcs Du Sol show at Rose Bowl Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chaotic footage was captured Saturday night at Rose Bowl Stadium of a man brutally beating a woman in the stands during a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2025-08-15\/rufus-du-sol-rosebowl-pasadena-tyrone-lindqvist-inhal-exhale-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R\u00fcf\u00fcs Du Sol concert<\/a>. Other concertgoers expressed shock over the incident, and some attendees said they were concerned about crowd control and safety measures at the sold-out show.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNeuH0FMK2S\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>, shared by festival news platform Festive Owl, shows a man knocking a woman to the ground and repeatedly throwing punches at her while other attendees try to pull him back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man punched me in the face, knocking me out and causing significant bleeding, while he continued attacking our group,\u201d the woman wrote in a message shared by Festive Owl. She is asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying the man after the attack, which took place in Section 12-H, Row 20 at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The victim said the man became agitated after a drink was accidentally spilled on him. According to the woman, he then yelled that the spill was intentional and stormed off before returning 30 minutes later screaming and threatening violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to calm the situation and apologized again \u2014 and the next thing I remember I woke up in a medical tent an hour later and missed the entire show,\u201d the woman wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The Australian electronic music trio said in a statement shared on social media Monday night that they were heartbroken to hear about the act of violence that took place during the opening act of their show. They encouraged anyone with information on the incident to contact the Pasadena Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis type of behavior is completely unacceptable anywhere and the fact that this happened at one of our shows was devastating to hear about,\u201d the group wrote. \u201cLocal law enforcement is actively investigating the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concert organizers were criticized on social media, with fans complaining about long lines, the packed venue and poor crowd control, with some citing fears that it could have turned into a tragedy similar to the fatal crowd crush at <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2021-11-10\/travis-scott-astroworld-everything-we-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Astroworld<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was honestly out of control. It was a circus. It was not safe, and I\u2019m very angry,\u201d a concertgoer identified as Derek told <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/video\/on-air\/rufus-du-sols-rose-bowl-show-prompts-safety-complaints\/3766114\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC4 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Molina told <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/arizona-woman-beaten-unconscious-by-man-during-concert-at-rose-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA News<\/a> that the venue was so packed people were watching the show from the walkway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally had people pressed up against my back, all of them blocking that entire walkway,\u201d she told the station. \u201cCrowd control was nonexistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaotic footage was captured Saturday night at Rose Bowl Stadium of a man brutally beating a woman in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":157995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[4746,1582,276,91785,91782,8141,2961,224,5337,2089,91786,91789,6566,91784,91783,91787,91788,6191,989,11459],"class_list":{"0":"post-157994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-act","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-crowd-control","12":"tag-entire-show","13":"tag-incident","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-man","18":"tag-other-concertgoer","19":"tag-packed-people","20":"tag-place","21":"tag-rose-bowl-stadium","22":"tag-rufus-du-sol-show","23":"tag-social-medium-monday-night","24":"tag-threatening-violence","25":"tag-venue","26":"tag-video","27":"tag-woman"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115054628309143572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}