Controversial country singer Gavin Adcock nearly attacked onstage by 'drunk' concertgoer
By LAURA PARNABY, and JACQUES PETERSON,
Country singer Gavin Adcock was almost attacked mid-performance when a crazed concert-goer charged the stage and was tackled to the ground by a security guard.
The apparently drunk spectator lunged at the 26-year-old singer during his gig in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday night.
Adcock shared a video of the drama via his Instagram with the caption: 'What happens when you jump the barricade at a country concert'.
He was engaging with the crowd between songs when the unnamed man leapt onto the stage, knocking over a mic stand and landing just inches from the musician.
The spectator was taken down by a quick-thinking security guard, while Adcock shouted: 'Get his drunk a-- outta here!'
Adcock fans replied to his Instagram video, joking in the comments section that the man who lunged at him was a Beyoncé fan seeking revenge.
The singer hit the headlines in late June after he launched a foul-mouthed tirade against the Single Ladies star and questioned her credentials as a country artist.
His rant seemed to be spurred on by her album Cowboy Carter ranking higher than his debut, titled My Own Worst Enemy, on Apple Music's Country chart.
Country singer Gavin Adcock was almost attacked mid-performance when a crazed concert-goer charged the stage before a security guard tackled him to the ground
The apparently drunk spectator lunged at the 26-year-old up-and-coming star during his gig in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday night. Adcock shared a video of the drama via his Instagram with the caption: 'What happens when you jump the barricade at a country concert'
Cowboy Carter was ranking at No. 3 on the chart, while Adcock's record was one spot behind at No. 4.
Discussing the albums that were beating his on the chart, Adcock said, 'One of them’s Beyoncé — you can tell her we’re coming for her f***ing a**!'
'That s**t ain’t country music and it ain’t ever been country music, and it ain’t gonna be country music,' he continued while raising a bottle of booze to the crowd.
In a follow-up video on Instagram, Adcock complimented Beyoncé by calling her 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show 'pretty kicka** back in the day', before doubling down and stating that her album 'shouldn't be labeled as country music'.
'It doesn't sound country, it doesn't feel country,' he continued.
'I just don't think that people who have dedicated their whole lives to this genre and this lifestyle should have to compete or just watch that album stay at the top just because she's Beyoncé.'
The video was flooded with comments from enraged Beyoncé fans, with some accusing Adcock of benefiting from white privilege.
'Sounds about [white], when y’all can’t compete, y’all try to exclude, that’s the MO,' wrote one.
'Post Malone did the same thing she did, what’s the difference?' asked another.
Adcock hit the headlines in late June after he launched a foul-mouthed tirade against Beyoncé
'That s**t ain’t country music and it ain’t ever been country music,' Adcock ranted after Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter beat his own country music album in the charts
'Black folks didn’t say things like this about Sam Smith, Adele, Pink, Eminem, Paul Wall, Bubba Sparks, Post Malone and all the ones before them when they hit the R&B and rap charts. Why all the hate?' a third commented.
A fourth wrote, 'Is she not an artist? Can she not make the music? What's the difference between white artists making “hip hop” that is nothing but pop music with 808s in it? They get to take over the charts but the moment a black person crosses over and does it it’s an issue.'
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album has divided music fans since its release last year.
The critically-acclaimed project won Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards, but was completely snubbed at country-centric awards shows like the CMAs and ACMAs.
Meanwhile, Adcock previously spent the night in the Oconee County Jail after being put in handcuffs on Interstate 40 for violating the open container of alcohol law and reckless driving.
The 26-year-old country crooner - who's famed for shotgunning beers - was arrested in May 11:15pm by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
After five hours, Gavin posted $1K bond upon his release Thursday at 4:34am.
Just one month prior, the Back to this Bar singer shared a video of himself responding to criticism that he drinks too much, saying 'God forbid I have hobbies.'
Adcock doubled down in a follow up video on Instagram where he insisted that Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album doesn't belong on the country charts alongside his album
On Gavin's new single On One, he sings: 'I didn't grab the bottle, yeah, the bottle grabbed me / I'll be riding this train till the sun starts to creep / Gotta woman of the night hanging onto my hip / Gotta Miller in her hand and a smoke on her lip.'
On his 2024 track Sober, he repeatedly sings the line in the chorus: 'Whoa, I don't wanna be sober.'
'Take a left right over the tracks, we're gettin' drunk tonight,' Adcock's lyrics read.
'The horses left stables, there's bloodshot in my eyes / Woman gone, I need Patron and the spirit under the neon light / So take a left right over the tracks, we're gettin' drunk tonight.'
And it wasn't the Georgia native's first brush with the law as he tweeted about a prior arrest in 2023: 'Went to jail one time because of a suspended license, sat in there for 10 hours and made friends with my cell mates.'
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