The Bunny the Bear End Set Early After Scrap Between Vocalist’s Wife and Sound Engineer
Well, this wasn’t something I was expecting to write about today. New York post-hardcore band The Bunny the Bear were performing at Hell Over Midway fest on Saturday, October 26 when they suddenly had to shut down their set a few songs early. Apparently, the sound engineer for the night got a bit hyphy with vocalist Matthew Tybor’s wife, and it only escalated from there. Why can’t anyone get along nowadays?
Tybor clarified more of the night’s occurrences in a social media post following the dust up. Since it was his wife in the midst of the shit, of course he pulled the cord early on everything to fuck up said ol’ ornery bastard, who then shifted his efforts to the festival’s event promoter Mel by attacking them with a mic stand. Shortly after, the sound engineer was arrested for assault charges and outstanding warrants. Come on now, man. Get it together!
Tybor’s post read as follows:
“Alright. I’m sorry we didn’t finish the last two songs of our set tonight Chicago.
“Ya’ll know I’m a changed man. RETIRED FROM DRAMA and just trying to enjoy my family, music, and LIFE.
“BUT. The fact that the sound guy tonight… in Chicago… came to stage … during our set… and berated/attacked MY WIFE…
“That’s never going to fly.
“I immediately stopped the set . Would 10x over.
“Will always stand up for my family. I handled the situation the way I needed to. And it is what it is.
“The same sound guy proceeded to hit the female promoter in the head with a mic stand and then was arrested on assault and outstanding warrants.
“I just want to clarify that we came here to enjoy a fun night with you guys. This wasn’t planned. I’m sorry we abruptly ended the set. But I had to handle shit.
“I’m NEVER going to allow bs like that to slide.
“Huge thanks to The Convalescence, Casket Robbery, 9 Dead, Fight From Within and all the bands who played tonight. Yall were amazing.
“And I appreciate Magoos standing by our decision to handle things the way we needed to.
“And massive thanks to Mel for taking a mic stand for the head. Standing up for us.
“Chicago, we’ll be back soon.
“As you can see… we still had fun.”
