No, you are not reading an article from The Onion. A huge music festival actually did lock a DJ in a cage, but the story gets only more absurd. At Leeds Festival in England, festival organizers held British producer and Kanye West collaborator Evian Christ in a holding cage, mistaking him for a trespasser. The kicker? Christ played a set at the festival shortly before security placed him in the cage. Christ announced his imprisonment on Twitter, joking that his set at the Leeds’ sister event Reading Festival was cancelled and that the festival staff did not believe he was actually a performer. The incident has since generated a viral hashtag: #FREEEVIAN.
It appears that Christ is really in it this time; maybe he should phone Yeezus? In the meantime, check out Evian Christ’s tweets below:
reading fest cancelled (sorry) cuz leeds put me in a cage #freeevian pic.twitter.com/sArsBnR8fg
— evian (@evian_christ) August 28, 2015
really tho actually got put in a cage at a festival headlined by mumford and sons because the festival staff didnt believe i was a dj
— evian (@evian_christ) August 28, 2015
and thought i was 'trying to break into the festival' after my set
— evian (@evian_christ) August 28, 2015
[H/T: Gawker]
