Frank Carter had a man removed from a Sex Pistols show after he objected to the singer creating a women-only mosh pit.
The incident took place during the band’s show at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Friday night (October 9), as Carter prepared to introduce a women-only mosh pit ahead of ‘No Feelings’.
Carter has been setting aside part of the show for women to mosh during the band’s current North American run, and footage from Denver shows a man in the crowd interrupting him as he began explaining the idea.
“Every time, there’s always a fucking man that tells me, ‘[Women] can do this all the fucking time,’” Carter told him. “Like, they can’t. They fucking can’t. Do you know why? Because they walk in the mosh pit and they get a fucking elbow to the head by a fucking idiot!”
When the man appeared to shake his head in response, Carter continued: “You’re shaking your head like you’re a fucking woman? Are you fucking stupid? It’s not your lived experience, so just shut the fuck up!
“Do you know what, instead of crouching, just fucking leave, bro!”
He went on: “How is it so difficult for you to see space made for women at a Sex Pistols gig? Did you decide? No! They can’t fucking do this whenever. Ask any one of them if they feel safe in every mosh pit!
“Roll your fucking eyes at me – you fucking did this. You did this!”
The man then appeared to raise the fact that the venue had an all-gender bathroom, to which Carter replied: “That’s brilliant. I’m fucking super grateful that there’s an all-gender bathroom here. I love that.”
Growing increasingly exasperated, he hit his microphone against his head and added: “That’s what it’s like. Banging your fucking head off a brick wall.”
Carter initially attempted to move on and address the other men in the audience about their responsibility during the mosh pit, but after being interrupted again, called over security and asked them to remove the concertgoer.
“Oi, security, just get this fucking lump outta here,” he said, before telling the man: “And you know what? If you’ve got a fucking problem with me, you can see me outside after the gig.”
