An artist that was due to perform on the main stage of Parklife 2024 has been dramatically pulled from the festival.
13.05.2024 - 17:31 / perezhilton.com
A young woman has been left with a “catastrophic” injury after a stage diving incident at a New York concert went horribly wrong.
Late last month, New Yorkers gathered at the Mohawk Place live music venue in Buffalo to see Australian punk-rock band Trophy Eyes perform. For Bird Piché, the night should have been unforgettable one, as the band is one of her favorites. But it ended up being unforgettable for a completely different and tragic reason.
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In footage uploaded to Reddit from the concert, Trophy Eyes lead singer John Floreani can be seen leaping off the stage into the crowd of people. And shockingly, Bird took the brunt of John’s landing. Family friend Leo Wolter Tejera told WGRZ, “there must just not have been enough people around there to catch him, or they weren’t aware that he was going to jump.” He added:
The Reddit user who captured the footage recalled in their upload:
Apparently, John landed directly on Bird’s head causing her to collapse. Leo told the outlet that concertgoers initially believed she fainted, so some went to get her a cold cloth. But after realizing she wasn’t getting back up, “they took her right to the hospital into emergency trauma surgery, and then she was admitted.” According to Leo, John rode with her in the ambulance.
According to a GoFundMe setup to help alleviate medical expenses, Bird suffered significant trauma to her spinal cord:
Leo explained that she’s now partially paralyzed and can only use her arms. OMG. How completely awful.
Trophy Eyes has since addressed the tragedy with a statement, too. They explained:
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An artist that was due to perform on the main stage of Parklife 2024 has been dramatically pulled from the festival.
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Trophy Eyes has been left partially paralysed after frontman John Floreani stage dived on top of her during a gig in New York last month.During a show at Mohawk Place in Buffalo on April 30, Floreani stagedived into the crowd and left fan Bird Piché with serious injuries which required emergency surgery.The band released a statement at the time sharing that they were “truly heartbroken”, along with sharing a GoFundMe campaign link to raise money for Piché.According to Buffalo TV station WKBW (via New York Post), the concertgoer suffered a “catastrophic spinal cord injury” and can currently only move her arms.https://t.co/mzqqCkgidR pic.twitter.com/vY9OPl6CcJ— Trophy Eyes (@trophyeyesmusic) May 3, 2024Footage from the event shows the moment Floreani leaps into the crowd and seemingly lands directly on top of Piché.“The video is wild because unless you knew that someone was hurt in the video, you’d never expect that,” Piché’s friend Leo Wolter Tejera, who was at the concert, told the outlet. “Like it’s just an average stage dive.”“She wasn’t getting up, and John, the singer, was like right there with her,” Tejera added.They continued: “To my understanding and the conversation we’ve heard so far from doctors is with catastrophic spinal injuries, you just can’t tell and they take a lot of time and patience to see what the outcome is really gonna be.”Bird’s GoFundMe has currently raised $64,741 (£51,715) of a $100,000 (£79,881) target.
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Trophy Eyes have spoken out about a “heartbreaking” stagediving incident involving frontman John Floreani that left a fan needing spinal surgery.During a show at Mohawk Place in Buffalo, New York last week (April 30), Floreani stagedived into the crowd, but one fan – Bird Piché – ended up with serious injuries, requiring emergency surgery.The Australian post-hardcore band have now shared an official statement on their social media channels, alongside a link to a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Piché.https://t.co/mzqqCkgidR pic.twitter.com/vY9OPl6CcJ— Trophy Eyes (@trophyeyesmusic) May 3, 2024“As the result of a tragic accident on the night of April 30th, a Trophy Eyes fan was injured at our Buffalo NY show,” they wrote. “We elected to immediately shut down the show as John accompanied them to the hospital with their family.”“Out of respect for the family, we have refrained from speaking about this publicly so far, but with the blessing of their family we are now able to say how truly heartbroken we are to be here now.
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