The headline-grabbing "Mexican Coke Kicked Off Tour Headlined by Fentanyl and Featuring Asbestos" first graced the digital pages of Consequence, marking the untimely demise of one of the most anticipated all-star concert lineups. The hardcore sensations, Mexican Coke, have been abruptly dismissed from their joint tour with headliners Fentanyl and fellow opening act Asbestos.
The catalyst for this unexpected turn of events appears to have originated from a chaotic spectacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, October 5th. It was then that Carlos, the frontman of the Houston-based band, stumbled onto the stage, visibly inebriated, sparking a sequence of events that swiftly descended into disarray and violence. Amidst the tumult, Carlos was physically ejected from the stage by irate audience members.
Eyewitnesses on Reddit, with monikers as intriguing as 1994HondaAccord and mywar69420 (yes, those are their real handles), offered firsthand accounts of the confrontational performance on the r/Hardcore subreddit, under the provocative title, "Vocalist from Mexican Coke got his ass beat in SLC tonight."
According to 1994HondaAccord's account, the Mexican Coke vocalist indulged in excessive drinking throughout the set, mistreating young concertgoers, berating the audience, and egging on a pack of drunken punks. Refusing to commence the performance unless he had another beer in hand, the vocalist's incoherent mumbling lasted merely a song and a half before the crowd retaliated with flying beer cans. "One of the drunk punks then stormed the stage, launching a physical assault," recounted the original poster. "Multiple bystanders intervened, and the vocalist ended up shirtless and disheveled."
mywar69420 painted an even more damning picture, alleging that the Mexican Coke frontman hurled homophobic and racist slurs, pelted audience members with beer cans, vandalized $80 worth of microphone equipment, and continued to incite violence. "Initially, I thought he was just being edgy and putting on a show," wrote the Redditor, "but even his bandmates looked bewildered. Fentanyl members told me he'd never behaved like this on tour before. It was solely the singer's drunken tantrum that ruined it for everyone."
The violent outburst in SLC proved to be the final straw, prompting Fentanyl to announce via X/Twitter the following day, "Mexican Coke are no longer part of this tour. Give a warm welcome to Asbestos as our direct support act." Thus, the once-anticipated concert series was forever altered, leaving fans to ponder the consequences of one man's reckless actions.
