Phish Fan Who Went Viral Bragging About Bong Hits at Sphere Banned From All MSG Venues ‘Indefinitely’
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What happened in Vegas will have a certain Phish fan staying out of Las Vegas’ Sphere for a very long time to come.
A social media user who wanted to show off his bong usage to the world has been banned from the venue, and any of Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s other properties, after posting bragging footage of himself taking hits and blowing smoke out over the audience during Phish’s opening night there in April. “First ever bong rip in the Sphere,” wrote the user, posting video of himself standing in the aisle of the venue prior to Phish taking the stage, as he drew a very deep hit and then exhaled a thick plume over the crowd seated behind him.
Some, albeit not all, of the onlookers are seen laughing or applauding at being hit with a chimney stack’s worth of second-hand smoke.
Sphere reps were not pleased at the advertisement that seemingly anything goes inside the spiffy new venue. This week, the user — whose real name is still publicly unknown — posted a letter he had received from MSG’s counsel, saying he would be ejected if he tried to come back to Sphere or any of the buildings the company owns in New York and Chicago.
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