Oh poor babies. How dare a fan go up on stage. That's never happened before. His attitude about the whole thing and Rogan's stink. They are tools.

Dimebag, man... lol

You obviously have never performed and have some moron jump on stage where stumbling in the wrong pile of amps will cause thousands of euros worth of damage and possibly even dangering peoples lives. You come up on stage uninvited, be prepared to get slammed to the ground and thrown off the venue. The people on stage are there doing their job, you don't let people wonder in behind cash registers in a bank and expected a friendly treatment. You stumble on my stage and you will be flying back to the pit and i don't give a flying fuck if you hurt yourself. I've done it and will do it again and i'm the most docile person you can meet, i have never hit anyone in my life and i've worked as a bouncer...

This is totally different from situations where a fan is invited on stage or that part of performance is to get few people dancing there, then it's MY responsibility so you or others wont get hurt. Come uninvited and you are trespassing and a serious security threat and will be dealt with ASAP..

Remember that video of James Hetfield catching on fire due to a misfiring pyrotechnic...?

It's not just about the safety of the band, or the price of the gear, it's also about the safety of the fan. Some bands are cool with it, that's their business, but as the other poster noted, it's their place of work and quite a few of us wouldn't allow randoms to just wander in to our place of work unchallenged.

That being said, the security should have been on top of that before it happened. While it makes a cool anecdote and video clip, the star of the show shouldn't have to arrest a loose fan on the stage...