Metallica Tower Climbers Fined, Given Lifetime Bans From Perth’s Optus Stadium

Overview

• Beau William Loch Rollings, 20, and Rory Hugh Culbert, 23, pleaded guilty to trespass for scaling a central speaker tower during Metallica’s Nov. 1 show at Optus Stadium.
• Rollings was fined $1,000 plus $308.80 in court costs, and Culbert received a similar sentence, with both men barred for life from the venue.
• Police seized the pair’s phones as evidence after finding footage of the climb recorded during the incident.
• Security and police mounted a major response as thousands of attendees watched, with officers directing the men to climb down after roughly 20 minutes at height.
• Magistrate Ruth Dineen called the stunt “incredibly stupid,” defense lawyer Rachael Gemmell described it as “just stupid behavior,” and Rollings told the court he had been drinking beforehand.