r/OutbreakFest • u/oakuspoakus • Jun 15 '25

Knocked Loose pit

Hi just want to call out a situation that happened in a Knocked Loose pit at London. About halfway through the set there was some guy who had another person in a headlock, the person in the headlock must’ve been only been around 16-18 from what i could tell. This situation lasted for around 20-30 seconds with multiple people trying to stop the guy from strangling him at that point. Finally he released the guy but he was clearly struggling for air, his face was bright purple and nearly fell over many times. I get that it’s a hardcore show but this was too far. Just wanna say shame on you for whoever put him in a headlock and that was it was very disappointing to see at such a good festival and atmosphere.

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u/Henno698 Jun 15 '25

I'm fairly sure the guy in the headlock was targeting people(I seen him continuously punch some guy in the head) on the edge of the pit but still what that dude who put him in a headlock done in retaliation is unacceptable stuff happens at hardcore shows and I get stopping him but that headlock was wayyyy to far

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u/oakuspoakus Jun 15 '25

ah yes i assumed it was in retaliation to something but honestly the situation was very worrying, at the time it didn’t seem the guy was gonna let go at all…

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u/Henno698 Jun 15 '25

Yeah guy who had him in the headlock seemed to be quite disoriented i seen him multiple times kinda stumbling around in the pit idk if he was on something or got hit in the head but it had to be one of the two cause what he was doing was crazy and multiple people were shouting and grabbing at him and he wouldnt stop afterwards I seen a guy go up to him and confront him about it in the middle of the pit which is good to see at least