
“I did get one like that and I told her to file a report and she did,” stated Bendayan. Bendayan then told the person to file a report, which they did. “The band will not be included in future programming at NASCAR venues,” read a company statement to media.Ī statement to media from Rockville producer Danny Wimmer also denounced the public urination: “We do not condone the inappropriate behavior that was displayed and have addressed this directly with the band, as well as other artists to ensure something like this doesn’t happen again.According to The Daytona Beach News-Journal, Daytona Beach Police spokesman Messod Bendayan confirmed that police received a message via their Facebook page about the incident. Brass Against won’t be playing at the Daytona International Speedway anytime soon. The Melbourne, Florida, native was sentenced to six months in jail, and died just two years later in Paris while the highly publicized case was under appeal. The rocker, then 25, was convicted of indecent exposure and open profanity, but cleared of a felony count of lewd and lascivious behavior and public drunkenness. Old-school fans of The Doors fans may recall Jim Morrison was arrested in 1969 after he was accused of exposing himself to fans at a concert in Coconut Grove’s old Dinner Key Auditorium. Two music stars who are known for their shock tactics come to mind: Ozzy Osbourne, who bit off the head of a dead bat at an Iowa concert in 1982, and Alice Cooper, whose head was “chopped off” for his audience more times than we can remember with a guillotine prop. Beyond that, we’re not giving any further comment on this matter.”Īlas, on-stage antics at rock ‘n’ roll shows aren’t exactly a rarity. We tried calling her back twice and received no response. “She spoke to a county dispatcher initially. “No incident report was created because we didn’t actually speak to the reporting party,” Bendayan said. It’s doubtful if any criminal charges will be filed because no incident report was made, Messod Bendayan, a spokesman for Daytona Beach police, told the Miami Herald on Monday.īendayan did say one person complained to police: a mother whose 16-year-old daughter was in the audience. If a police officer had witnessed the stunt, the Michigan-born performer could have been arrested and charged with lewdness and indecent exposure, a first-degree misdemeanor under Florida law. Regardless, what the former The Voice contestant, 36, did is technically against the law. Thanks for bringing it last night, Daytona.”Ī post shared by Brass Against what is the deal with this band?Īccording to Brass Against’s description, it’s a “collective group of musicians who share the goal of creating music to inspire social and personal change.” Was Urista making a statement with her actions? Maybe a lack of bathrooms backstage? That’s not something the rest of us expected, and it’s not something you’ll see again at our shows. “We had a great time last night at Welcome to Rockville,” the post said. The band later apologised on Twitter the following day. Video shared to social media shows Urista pulling down her pants and urinating on the guy, who had a can on his face, and didn’t seem to mind.Īfter finishing, Urista pulls up her trousers, walks away from the man and yells, “Security, get him the out of here!” So we might as well make a show out of it.”

“I gotta pee, and I can’t make it to the bathroom.

“I’mma p- in this *expletive* mouth,” she reportedly told the crowd. The lead singer with Brass Against, Sophia Urista, was singing a cover of Rage Against the Machine’s Wake Up, when she announced she had to relieve herself and called a fan up on stage. That’s what happened Thursday night during a shocking live performance at the Welcome to Rockville Festival at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach. But does it have to go down on stage during a concert. As the old saying goes, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
