The Cult’s Ian Astbury breaks up fight at Washington D.C. show

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The Cult singer Ian Astbury recently broke up a fight at one of the band’s show’s in Washington D.C.Footage emerged on social media of frontman Astbury jumping into the crowd to intervene after a fight broke out between two fans, one of whom was held in a chokehold.“Brother, never ever put a chokehold on somebody,” Astbury said after getting back on stage, per Stereogum. “It’s not fucking cool… Stop crying.

It’s a fucking rock show.”Take a look at the footage here:Astbury then called out one of the fans, pointing out his height, saying: “You don’t like it?

Go stand at the back. You’re tall. You’re bigger than everybody. You’re standing at the front of a rock show. What do you think?”Earlier this month, The Cult announced their forthcoming eleventh studio album with new single ‘Give Me Mercy’.The eight-track LP, titled ‘Under the Midnight Sun’, is set to be released on October 7 via Black Hill Records.

Guitarist Billy Duffy said the lead single “has all the hallmarks of the new classic Cult to my ears”.Adding to the statement, Ian Astbury said: “I was absolutely enamoured with this piece of music Billy had written, and it perfectly fit these thoughts I’d been having about our culture’s need to move past assumptions of duality.