Turnstile Eject Security Guard In OKC, Bring Out Slayyyter In Lawrence

If you haven't been to a Turnstile show anytime recently, it's truly a thing to witness. Turnstile have always put on hugely energetic shows, and while their pits aren't as crazy as they were back in the no-barrier days, but the way they get vast crowds to go off is downright astonishing. To most of us, the Turnstile pit looks like a joyous spectacle. To certain security guards, it must look like something else. Right now, Turnstile are on an absolutely huge North American tour with a rotating cast of opening acts, and the videos from their sets have been breathtaking. (Last weekend, they interrupted their tour long enough to make their SNL debut, which has led to a great deal of annoying internet genre discourse that doesn't really have anything to do with the band.) On Monday night, Turnstile played the Criterion in Oklahoma City, with Die Spitz and End It opening. During Turnstile's set, frontman Brendan Yates apparently saw a security guard manhandling a fan who jumped over the barricade, and he stopped the show mid-song, refusing to restart it until that guard was gone from the venue. Man, he was heated, too. Unlike a lot of hardcore frontmen, Brendan Yates rarely gets publicl...