Last night, the band Muse was jamming though the song “The Globalist”, when a concert drone known affectionately by fans as “dildrone” crashed into the crowd. Clearly, this drone isn’t taking any of your shit.
Muse has recently shown a particular interest in drones, despite the dangers the aircraft often present. Although the spectacle of this airship careening into fans below isn’t quite the explosive spectacle of some new age Hindenburg, it’s a visual anecdote for why the US FAA isn’t too thrilled about flying big drones over people. Hell, we even thought this was a bad idea a year ago. Luckily, no one was injured by the descending drone, just scrambling to escape its makeshift landing pad.
Amazing show from Muse at The O2 last night – despite nearly being flattened by a crashing drone! #MuseDrones #Muse360
— Samuel Sweek (@SamuelSweek) April 15, 2016
my favourite part of the muse show is when the inflatable drone fell into the crowd
— charlotte (@emosmut) April 15, 2016
Oh my god the flying drone at muse crashed again ? I say again because it crashed when I went too ?
— C H L O E (@illustratedchlo) April 15, 2016
NME mentions that this isn’t Muse’s first drone mishap either — a smaller drone crashed on stage earlier this year at a show in Detroit.
Muse, I appreciate the energy to innovate, but maybe leave the drones at home next tour.
[NME]
Top image: Flickr / Phil Guest