The Black Crowes Fend Invader Off The Stage With A Guitar

The Black Crowes' return to Australia for the first time since 2008 hasn't been so triumphant.

On the weekend, the She Talks To Angels band performed at The Palais Theatre in Melbourne alongside You Am I and Full Flower Moon Band. Things started fine, but the vibe changed when an audience member ran on stage during Stare It Cold. 

As seen in fan-shot footage, the stage invader runs from stage left, with vocalist Chris Robinson attempting to slow him down by swinging his microphone stand in the fan's direction. The audience member is then chased by security towards Rich Robinson's side of the stage. The guitarist whirled the guitar into the fan's chest as he jumped to the ground.

Security escorted the man out of the venue, with Rich Robinson yelling, "Hey, you throw that motherfucker out, right? You get the fuck out of here." The band then restarted Stare It Cold, and the rest of the show continued without further incidents.

The Black Crowes are celebrating their 1990 debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, and played the record front-to-back at their Australian shows.

In a recent interview with The Music, Rich Robinson detailed the exciting endeavour that is playing the album each night. "We've never played one record or the same set every night. We went from recording Shake Your Money Maker to The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, and then we'd pepper in some Money Maker songs on tour," he shared from a night off in Frankfurt. "From day one, we were changing our sets; we were doing all these different things. We were always trying to move forward and expand our horizons. And so, it's cool to see how the songs evolve and change."

Rich Robinson has been busy writing songs for a new Black Crowes album with Chris, which they will likely begin recording in February 2023. The band released their first ever EP, 1972 – a collection of covers – in May this year. "How many artists released amazing records in 1972 is phenomenal. That year shows how broad and big the umbrella for rock and roll was," Robinson says about their motivation behind releasing the EP.

"Joni Mitchell was rock and roll. Bob Marley was rock and roll. I know he was rocking later, but Neil Young was rock and roll from his earliest days. Black Sabbath was rock and roll. All these things encompassed rock and roll and the greatness of 1972."

On 1972, The Black Crowes covered The Rolling Stones, T. Rex, Rod Stewart, Little Feat, David Bowie, and The Temptations. "The guitar is such an expressive instrument. There's something amazing about hearing Pete Townshend ring out a chord and hear the vibrations.

Learning how different people write songs, like T. Rex, for example, allows me to get into Marc Bolan's head about how he wrote these songs, and that's enlightening. It gives you some more knowledge for your repertoire; your stained-glass window filled with the light of life experiences that you see the world through."

Check out the footage of Stare It Cold below.