Fans of Treaty Oak Revival aren’t known for being demure. Whenever the Texas country-rock band plays their song “Boomtown” live in concert, audience members shower the band and one another with beer. But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand,
culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital.
Singer Sam Canty and the group apparently had enough. In a video message posted on Thursday, Treaty Oak Revival implored their fans to refrain from throwing objects.
“We’ve seen the videos and we’re not happy with what we’re seeing,” Canty said. “We will say it from us directly: Please stop throwing shit into the crowd or at the stage during ‘Boomtown.’ We’re all for beer showers, we’re all for crowd surfing, we’re all for raging and having a good time, but please do not throw hard objects into the fucking crowd. It’s hurting people and we don’t fucking condone it.”
At least three incidents of thrown chairs have been reported at recent Treaty Oak Revival concerts. There’s also been video circulating of a tossed trash can. Last September, Canty himself was struck in the face by a beer can during a performance.
“Please take care of each other. We’re a family. Let’s have fucking fun,” Canty said in the group’s social media post. “Don’t throw shit.”
Fans throwing objects, especially beer, has become a hot-button issue, and increasingly common, at some country music concerts over the last two years. In April 2025, Braxton Keith stopped a show to admonish fans for tossing beer and elaborated on the issue during an appearance on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast. “It’s unacceptable,” Keith said. “You name one place you can throw anything at somebody and it’s ok.”
Treaty Oak Revival are set to perform at Darien Lake Amphitheater, in Darien Center, New York, on Friday, before heading to Cincinnati for a Saturday night gig. In an interview last year with Rolling Stone, Canty addressed criticism of the band and their music.
“Now we’re getting haters — quite a bit of haters, actually,” he said. “I feel it adds fuel to the fire, gives you something to work towards. You just take it with a grain of salt. Most of the time, a few people say it’s shit, but millions of people say it’s badass. Who cares? It’s your music. If people like it, cool. If not, there’s a bajillion other artists you could go listen to.”
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