(BroBible)
Treaty Oak Revival fans have a tradition of throwing beers and moshing during the band’s song ‘Boomtown.’ That tradition followed them to the Ryman Auditorium, which did not appreciate it.
The Ryman Auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music. Treaty Oak Revival fans threw beers in it during a mosh pit. These things happened in the same building.
I am not even mad. I’m just doing the math here. You take a fanbase that has a documented, established tradition of throwing beers at concerts, book them into a 130-year-old historic venue with church pews, and then act surprised when beer gets thrown. That’s not a security failure. That’s a booking decision that answered its own question before anyone asked it.
The Ryman has hosted Johnny Cash. Hank Williams. Patsy Cline. It has literal stained glass windows.
And now Boomtown.
*To be clear, I don’t know if Boomtown is a good song. I’m not the target market. But I do know that any song with a documented history of making people throw beverages should come with a venue rider.
The band isn’t the villain here. The fans aren’t even really the villain. Whoever signed off on this pairing without thinking it through for thirty consecutive seconds is the villain.
Shockingly, nobody saw this coming.
