Gig halted after The View band members clash on stage

A band's gig came to an abrupt halt aft the pb vocalist seemingly threw a punch astatine the bassist.

Fans were near shocked erstwhile the disturbance broke retired during a performance by indie set The View astatine The Deaf Institute successful Manchester.

The acceptable ended with the musicians walking disconnected signifier aft the clash was captured successful footage shared connected Twitter.

Fan Saffie Yates, who had waited six years to spot the band, said she archetypal thought it was immoderate benignant of stunt.

She said: "It was precise scary to spot idiosyncratic you respect behave similar this.

"The bass subordinate usually plays a mates of songs and it was his day yesterday. He wanted to play a 3rd opus and the pb vocalist went for him.

"He punched the bassist. I didn't cognize if it was portion of the act.

"The set near the signifier and the fans were hanging astir waiting to spot what would happen.

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A connection from the band's absorption apologised to fans who attended the Wednesday nighttime show.

A spokesperson said the group's adjacent appearance, booked successful London for Thursday night, had been postponed.

A spokesperson said: "Unfortunately we are having to postpone tonight's London show.

"Our promoter is moving to resoluteness the situation.

"Please support clasp of your tickets for present & we volition marque a further announcement successful a fewer days. Massive apologies to each our fans."

The set from Dundee is besides owed to play astatine the Neighbourhood Weekender festival successful Warrington astatine the extremity of the period earlier respective different festival dates implicit summer.

Formed successful 2005 The View is champion known for its deed Same Jeans, which charted astatine fig 3 successful 2007, and their platinum-selling debut medium Hats Off to the Buskers which topped the medium charts.

The set divided successful 2017 and has since played a assortment of comeback gigs.

Described connected its Twitter provender arsenic "three pals successful a set from Dryburgh", the radical is readying to merchandise a caller medium called Exorcism of Youth successful August.

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