GloRilla Forced To Shut Down Show As Fights Erupt In The Pit

GloRilla’s performance at The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri came to an abrupt end Monday night after repeated fights erupted among fans in the general-admission section.

The 25-year-old rapper, currently on her “Glorious Tour” in support of her debut studio album, was seen in fan-recorded footage performing with her backup dancers when she noticed chaos breaking out in the crowd.

GloRilla immediately stepped in to try to calm things down.

“Hey, hey, hey! They out there fighting. Come on man. Y’all better than that,” she addressed the audience. “Come on, St. Louis. Come on, y’all ain’t that mad. Ain’t nobody do nothing that bad for y’all to be out there fighting. Y’all supposed to have a good time. Be glorious for the Glorious Tour. What’s wrong? What the problem?”

Despite efforts to de-escalate the situation, GloRilla was forced to pause the concert multiple times. Watching the continued fighting from the stage, she expressed disbelief. “They still going! Calm down! Be calm, be calm, be calm. Sh-t.”

As tensions failed to settle, she took a firmer tone with the crowd. “Calm the f-ck down, sh-t. What the f-ck is the problem? I think y’all came to the wrong show. Y’all supposed to be at WWE. Y’all wasn’t supposed to be at the Glorious Tour if y’all going to be doing this fighting.”

Ultimately, safety concerns prompted GloRilla to end the show early. “We gotta end the show, St. Louis. There’s another motherf-cking fight. I love y’all. I don’t want to do this. But we gotta make sure safety first. I love y’all, St. Louis.”

She made a heart shape with her hands toward the crowd before exiting the stage.

Following GloRilla’s cut-short concert at The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri, one concertgoer has shared firsthand insight into the chaotic night, calling the performance “real fun up until the fighting.”

In an interview with a local Fox station, the attendee, who said he was seated in the front row of the balcony, described a stark contrast between the upper and lower levels of the venue.

“The people that were up top in the seats, they had a lot more fun, were up there vibing with each other and having a good old time, and then we’re overlooking all the stuff on the bottom where it’s more rowdy,” he said.

Drawing comparisons to professional wrestling, the fan admitted the brawls were “really fun” to watch from a distance. “You’d see a little scramble” in the crowd, he added, as “people would start running to it,” likening the energy to a WWE match.

While the scene may have provided some unexpected entertainment for those seated higher up, the concertgoer emphasized that GloRilla made a visible effort to control the situation.

“GloRilla was very involved in trying to stop the fights,” he said. “And they didn’t listen, you know? And every time she’d have to interrupt, she’d turn the lights on, the song would stop and have to restart. They did it three times, which I thought was disrespectful.”

Police later confirmed that multiple people were escorted out, but no arrests were made.

Chesterfield Police confirmed to First Alert 4 that the situation was managed by both venue security and officers on site.

“Security from The Factory and police officers working secondary handled the matter, and it’s believed several people were escorted out of the venue, but there were no arrests,” the statement read.

The Factory’s official venue rules explicitly prohibit “fighting, taunting, threatening remarks, gestures, or harassment of any kind.”

GloRilla, who boasts 22.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and is a cousin of Cardi B, is scheduled to continue her 22-date tour with a stop at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee on Wednesday. She will also be featured alongside Karrahbooo on Anycia’s upcoming single “Never Need,” which will be dropping this Friday.