Swell Season Concert Suicide (Mountain Winery Aug 19 2010)

This is a short clip from the aftermath of a man who jumped off the roof in the middle of an amazing Swell Season concert. We can see the firetruck and police cars drive up to the venue and hear an announcement to the crowd while they gave the guy CPR.

Hey Glen and Marketa, my first thoughts after this happened were with you, to give you strength to overcome this man's action and keep on creating beautiful, inspirational music.

UPDATE (Aug 20, 2010): Seems like the 32-year-old guy has a troubled past and was out on bail.

S.F. Weekly article: http://bit.ly/9mEUJf
Mercury News article: http://bit.ly/dA1G0g

Category:

Music

Tags:

• swell season
• mountain winery
• suicide
• concert
• glen hansard

[sparqi]

@Yayayiz: Mike (the person who committed suicide) was a friend. A person takes his own life, interrupts your "amazing" evening, and so you brand *him* a selfish jerk? I have no words for that.

Mike's story is tragic. A few years ago he had it made; his business was booming, he competed (and did well) in Ironman races, in short he had a great life. His fall from grace was as dramatic as his fall onto that stage. You should try showing a bit of respect and lot more compassion.

[yayayiz]

@sparqi I'm sorry for your loss, but the method and manner of this suicide in front of so many unwilling observers at a vulnerable moment (just read the comments at the SFWeekly article) is what makes this a selfish act. He traumatized so many innocent bystanders and children!

[sparqi]

@yayayiz Get some perspective. Who had the worse evening; the audience or Mike? What a world we live in, where someone's suicide results in people claiming victimhood.

If you have any respect for anything you'll delete your post and all comments associated with it.

[yayayiz]

@sparqi sorry, but people want to see what happened and heal from this. I'm not saying Mike didn't have a terrible night, but he made a deliberate decision to force it upon thousands of people and could have injured someone onstage (he landed exactly where the violinist would have been standing).

[eshelmen]

@eshelmen

When I meant Lady and a coat.

it was about meeting someone I believe in NYC and found the lady was dead years later or something.

It was quite odd and then this happened.

[eshelmen]

I was at this show.

Brought my mother for a nice night out.

Everything was going so so well.

I was sitting in the way top row.

The weirdest thing is the singer was JUST saying something morbid about this lady and a coat.

If anyone remembers this. Like this. Cause I do.

And the next thing you know, half way through the song. BOOM . You are like "Wtf was that? "

Singer jumps out of the way and the biggest thud ever. Like a gun shot. Fastest silence I have ever witnessed. Everyone was sad.

[kikomiko1]

more like falling quickly, amirite?

[concertconfess2010]

@sparqi When you kill yourself, you are a selfish jerk. He has robbed his family and friends of time with him AND he fucked up this show for a lot of people. Sorry for your loss, but the fact is that this dude is a selfish jerk.

[lehman]

@smitty010493 too soon?

[smitty010493]

@lehman dude, not cool...

[lehman]

The set list:

Fallen From the Sky

All the Way Down

When Your Mind's Made Up

Falling Slowly.

[ItsDeeWire]

My heart goes out to the victim and his friends and family, as well as The Swell season and anyone there who may have been affected by this tragedy.

[helleuw]

@johnnyfoxy depression is an illness that not many people understand, despite so many struggling with it. suicide may garner sympathy from some but it's not the answer. please get help... you will never regret it.

[ammospy]

My fiance and I were planning on having our wedding and reception at the Mountain Winery until this suicide happened. Now we're not sure... it seems there will be a dark cloud over this place after this happened. This guy was a real selfish bastard to do this at such a wonderful place in front of innocent people. Not only that but he risked the lives of others in the process (the band). I don't feel sorry for him at all, just for the people in attendance who had to witness this despicable act.