Watch: A fan let off an almighty fart during a Sleep Token gig and totally killed the vibe

Sleep Token's Vessel on stage
(Image credit: Getty)

Sometimes, you just gotta let it out. A Sleep Token fan has become an unwitting internet celebrity after accidentally, er, letting rip during one of the quieter, more emotionally intense moments of a recent show in Sydney, Australia. 

The show took place at the Metro Theatre over the weekend (Saturday, April 29), with the much-hyped masked metallers just over midway through a typically intense and emotionally powerful set as they played through their song Atlantic, taken from critically acclaimed 2021 sophomore album This Place Will Become Your Tomb. During one of the track's quieter, more delicate moments, however, one fan decided to risk it all - and it didn't pay off.

As heard on a now inevitably viral video posted online, a huge, blaring fart can be heard ringing out across the venue right in front of the band, with sections of the crowd immediately breaking out in laughter. 

Ever the pros, Sleep Token didn't bat an eyelid (at least we assume they didn't - they're under masks, after all), and continued to play through a scintillating, 13-track set that ended with The Offering, taken from 2019 debut album Sundowning

Watch the hilarious moment below, and pray for the souls of the poor concertgoers that were caught in the crossfire.

Sleep Token are set to have a busy second half to the year, with new album Take Me Back To Eden coming on May 19 via Spinefarm, and a host of European summer dates following their current Australia run. After that, they'll be heading out to the US for their very first Stateside headline tour.

Sleep Token Take Me Back To Eden tracklist

1. Chokehold 
2. The Summoning 
3. Granite 
4. Aqua Regia 
5. Vore 
6. Ascensionism 
7. Are You Really Okay? 
8. The Apparition 
9. DYWTYLM 
10. Rain 
11. Take Me Back To Eden 
12. Euclid 

Sleep Token tour dates 2023

May 04: Perth Magnet House, Australia

Jun 08: Interlaken Greenfield Festival, Switzerland
Jun 09: Hradec Králové Rock For People, Czech Republic
Jun 10: Gdansk Mystic Festival, Poland
Jun 23: Ysselsteyn Jera On Air, Netherlands
Jun 24: Gräfenhainichen Full Force Festival, Germany
Jun 30: Viveiro Resurrection Fest, Spain
Jul 28: Manchester Radar Festival, UK

Sep 08: Alton Blue Ridge Rock Fest, VA
Sep 09: Philadelphia Union Transfer, PA
Sep 10: New York Webster Hall, NY
Sep 12: Worcester The Palladium. MA
Sep 13: Baltimore Rams Head Live!, MD
Sep 15: Detroit Masonic Cathedral Theatre, MI
Sep 17: St Paul Myth Live, MN
Sep 19: Dallas The Studio At The Factory, TX
Sep 20: Oklahoma City Tower Theatre, OK
Sep 22: St. Louis The Hawthorn, MO
Sep 23: Louisville Louder Than Life, KY
Sep 25: Denver The Ogden Theatre, CO
Sep 26: Salt Lake City The Complex, UT
Sep 28: Spokane Knitting Factory, WA
Sep 29: Boise Knitting Factory, ID
Sep 30: Seattle The Showbox, WA
Oct 01: Portland Roseland Theater, OR
Oct 03: San Diego The Observatory, CA
Oct 04: Los Angeles The El Rey Theatre, CA
Oct 05: Anaheim House Of Blues, CA
Oct 07: Sacramento Aftershock, CA

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