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Turnstile Opens Coachella With Singer’s Father on Screen After Ex-Guitarist’s Arrest

The video underscored the band’s public support for the recovering 79-year-old during the pending case.

Overview

  • Turnstile, which played Coachella on Friday, opened with a prerecorded message from Brendan Yates’s father, Bill, a week after he had surgery following the attack.
  • Police and court records say former guitarist Brady Ebert was arrested on attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault charges for allegedly striking the 79-year-old with a car outside the Yates home in Silver Spring, Maryland.
  • Ebert remains held without bond as he told a district court commissioner he acted in “pure self-defense” and claimed CCTV footage would contradict police accounts.
  • Turnstile said they cut ties with Ebert in 2022 over a pattern of harmful behavior and escalating threats, and the band performed without directly addressing the case beyond the video.
  • Since the charges, Ebert has been removed from newer projects including The S.E.T. and Experience, which said it will still release an EP featuring his recordings.