What exactley happended there, do you know?
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Well, it was mentioned before, but very vaguely, so I'm stepping in to tell what I saw. The band were playing Aphelion and at the beginning of the last intermezzo, a guy probably saw a breach in stage security, jumped the isolation fence and climbed the left side of the stage, where from he ran toward Vibeke, grabbed her, almost brought her down, and then turned to the pit and cheered. For me, the kissing story is bullsh*t. Only then did the security take care of him. Right there, I could not believe it had happened.
Vibeke was clearly distressed but her immediate reaction after having a drink of water near the drums was to return to the mic and keep singing. She couldn't, though, because of the shock and loss of concentration and thus left the stage. Kjetil then managed to calm the audience down and to keep the band going on. (He was great that night!) Near the end ("wan circling skies...") Vibeke
rushed back into stage and sang the rest of Aphelion with a flawless voice.
I was expecting the show to end right there, but Tristania played two other pieces before leaving. I don't think they skipped Equilibrium and Cure because of the incident: when Angellore finished, the show was some 10 minutes over the promised one hour (they were not headlining the night). Also, those songs are usually played in the middle of the act, not in the end.
When Kreator came on -- only then -- there was a huge man on each side of the stage. Their show was very nice and went without any problems. That is (how I saw) it.
I am utterly impressed by Tristania's live performance and now even more by their professionalism. I hope Vibeke and the others never have to face again such a disgusting display of underdevelopped emotions from a (so called) fan and that the rest of their south-american tour proceeds in peace.
To the band I cannot offer more than my apologies for the incident and my praise for their amazing act.