Anthrax's Joey Belladonna Tackled by Security During the Bands Set in Los Angeles!

Last night (Saturday, October 22), the hottest tour of the fall featuring Anthrax, Testament and Death Angel, arrived to Los Angeles' Club Nokia. Everything was rocking until a fan jumped on stage while Anthrax was performing "Metal Thrashing Mad" (one of the bands last songs). The fan was obviously excited and just wanted to pay homage to the Anthrax boys, so Joey grabbed the fan by the arm to lead him off stage in a calm manner, but all of a sudden a gorilla security guard jumped on stage and tackled Belladonna and the fan!

Right after the incident happened, Anthrax's bassist Frank Bello (who was standing close) confronted the security guy and made it clear that you don't mess with Anthrax! This is what guitarist Scott Ian had to say about this.

"Joey is banged up but OK. You'd think security would know he's in the band. He'd only been on stage for 90 minutes."

Since Joey is a pro he made sure the show continued without a hitch. In a sign of anger, the band broke into a cover of Sepultura's "Refuse/Resist", followed by the last song of the band's set, "I Am The Law".

Here is what Joey had to say about the incident.

"Thanks for all your concern and caring about our well-being. I was trying to be cool to the fan and things turned to shit. We just don't like to see anybody get hurt. Frankie and I are OK, my ass is pretty sore. Thanks to Frankie for jumping in to help me, and to everyone for a great show.".



Testament with Anthrax & Death Angel:

- 10/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
- 10/24 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
- 10/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
- 10/28 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall
- 10/29 Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
- 10/30 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
- 11/1 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
- 11/2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
- 11/4 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
- 11/5 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
- 11/6 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
- 11/8 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
- 11/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
- 11/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
- 11/12 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom * NEW
- 11/13 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount * NEW
- 11/15 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
- 11/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
- 11/18 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues * NEW
- 11/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom





Related links:
Joey Belladonna at the Big Four
Anthrax Official Site
Anthrax on MySpace
Anthrax on Twitter