The vocalist for nu-metal group Silly Goose was arrested after playing an impromptu show at a gas station in the Loop, two days after the band performed at Lollapalooza.
Vocalist Jackson Foster, 23, was arrested Saturday and charged with criminal trespass to property, police said.
In a post shared on Instagram, Foster said the group got permission from the BP gas station manager to play for an hour in exchange for $100, but police still showed up.
“Nobody got hurt, we were just playing music, and when the cops got there, we stopped playing,” Foster wrote. “I got off the van and was immediately put in handcuffs and brought to jail with little to no explanation.”
Gas station performances are nothing new for the Atlanta-based group. Last year, the band played four pop-up shows in a row during Lollapalooza, drawing hundreds of people.
The band played at the BP gas station, at 50 W. Ida B. Wells Drive, for the first two nights, but after BP corporate caught wind of the shows, it had to move to an empty parking lot down the street for the next two nights.
The group had its first Lollapalooza performance Thursday. And on Saturday, the band gathered at the same BP gas station for another impromptu show.
However, Chicago police were quick to arrive to break up the crowd after receiving a complaint about 10:50 p.m.
BP corporate did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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