--- title: "Furious Fred Durst Knocks Drone Out of Air During Live Concert" description: "In the middle of a show, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst provoked and then knocked out of the air a drone that dared to get too close." date: "2025-08-21" modified: "2025-08-21" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/fred-durst-drone-knockout" categories: - "Drones" - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "concerts" - "drones" - "fred durst" - "nu metal" --- # Furious Fred Durst Knocks Drone Out of Air During Live Concert ![In the middle of a show, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst provoked and then knocked out of the air a drone that dared to get too close.]() *\Image: Retroville! / Futurism\* Nu metal icon — and notorious rabble-rouser — Fred Durst has a [long history of weird beefs](), but this latest altercation is bizarre even for him. In [audience-shot]() [videos]() from a recent show in Istanbul, Turkey, the 55-year-old Limp Bizkit frontman laid the smackdown on a drone whose operator dared to fly it too close to the stage, likely [seeking to record]() unauthorized, up-close footage of the [boisterous bandleader](). The drone got owned, as [*Stereogum* notes](), during a "low-key breakdown" in the middle of the band's 2000 hit "[Take A Look Around]()." As soon as the diminutive machine caught Durst's eye, he began motioning with one finger for it to fly closer, like some kind of rap-metal anglerfish — and once it was within arm's reach, he knocked it out of the air with one clean hit from his microphone, drawing applause and cheers from his fans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlMEA5jst3o&t=2s As a longer video of the spectacle shows, Durst told a security guard to "throw \[the drone\] out into the crowd" before pacing around as if cooling down from a fight and then going to the back of the stage to speak to someone. Though the fight-seeking frontman looked mighty fed up throughout the drone dust-up, he seemed to even out when he returned, and asked the crowd if they were "ready to get down." With [cheap](), camera-equipped consumer drones being increasingly deployed into unsuspecting airspace, it's become commonplace to see them at concerts and sporting events — and reactions to them vary widely. In perhaps the most headline-grabbing recent incident, the 1990s punk rock band Green Day was whisked off stage by security last September after another [unauthorized drone]() was seen flying above their show at the Detroit Tigers' baseball stadium, causing the band to be whisked away by their production crew. https://youtu.be/YfYQig9JZzY?list=RDYfYQig9JZzY As [*Consequence of Sound* reported](), Mr. Bungle's Mike Patton also attempted to put the pain on a drone during Slipknot's Knotfest festival in Chile back in 2022. Like Durst did three years later, the funk metal vocalist beckoned the drone closer before swinging with his mic and blowing it an air kiss, but the drone was too fast for him, veering out of the path of his microphone and whizzing off. The remote control-wielding cowards behind these dumb drone incursions may achieve varying amounts of success when trying to film their faves — but whoever tried to fly up on Durst learned the hard way why Limp Bizkit's best-known song is called "[Break Stuff]()." **More on musicians:** [*Scientists Taught a Robot to Play the Drums and He Is Shockingly Horrible at It*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()