Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has made his feelings known on fans who weren't supportive of the band's new direction - and it seems that the fans have responded in kind.
In remarks that he later apologised for, Bennington said in response to fans who called them sellouts that he would 'punch them in the f**king mouth' - but while playing new song 'Heavy' at the recent HELLFEST festival in France, a member of the crowd threw a plastic jug on stage which narrowly missed the singer.
He is later seen pointing and gesturing to the culprit, and took to Twitter to acknowledge the incident:
Hell fest was fun. Had a blast watching people mosh to In the End and then flip me off when we played Heavy. I blew them kisses😘
— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) June 19, 2017
After I blew kisses to the guys flipping me off. They smiled and gave me heart hands back.
— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) June 19, 2017
I welcomed the huge crowd of condemned souls to HELLFEST in my metal voice then we played Invisible. The look of shock on people's faces😮🤣
— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) June 19, 2017
All kidding aside.... the crowd was great and handled our set pretty well. Our French fans are awesome.
— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) June 19, 2017
Does anyone else find it funny that the same people calling us sellouts are suggesting that we change our set to conform to HELLFEST 😂
— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) June 19, 2017
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