Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello was accidentally tackled by venue security during the band’s concert Saturday in Toronto, with the show pausing briefly as the guitarist pulled himself out of the pit.
Midway through the incident as seen on video “Killing in the Name,”A fan wearing a red shirt sneaked up to the side of the stage and attempted to jump over the pit into the crowd.
However, as the stage-crasher was about to leap, a security guard intercepted him with a lunge that not only foiled the fan’s jump, it also inadvertently sent Morello tumbling partially into the pit as the guard made contact with the guitarist.
Zack de la Rocha — who remains confined to a chair after injuring his leg earlier in the reunion tour — and company continued playing their second-best song before the vocalist paused the show to make sure Morello was okay. The guitarist was then able to emerge from the pit victorious, and the band re-started. “Killing in the Name”Toronto gig over.
The Morello mishap wasn’t the only surpriseYou can find more information att Rage’s Saturday night show: Tour opener Run the Jewels appeared onstage with the band to perform their “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck),” a Run the Jewels 2.The track featured in de la Rocha