Watch: Near Riot at Death From Above 1979 SXSW Secret Show
Death From Above 1979 played a secret show at SXSW over the weekend, one of their first in five years, which had to be temporarily shut down as frenzied fans unable to get in threatened to storm the venue.
Videos are springing up all over the web - here's a few goodins:
Outside the venue, shot by a cameraman for SPIN who couldn't get into the venue due to the crowds - check out those tazers...
DFA 1979 Play secret SXSW show, riot breaks out. | Beauty Bar (Austin, TX) from Ian Witlen on Vimeo.
Inside the venue, band and stage crew react to situation - police get up on stage mid song and stop the show....
Outside the venue, police on horseback try to disperse the crowd...
There are reports that people were maced.
Looked like fun...wish, even more, that we had been able to go to SXSW.
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