Benji Webbe Interrupted&flipped; BABYMETAL Atthe Kerrang Awards TheyWon The Award for Best Live Band

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At the Kerrang! Awards 2016, BABYMETAL won the award for Best Live Band. It was a moment for them to remember as they have worked over five years, since establishing back in 2010, to get to where they are now. Sadly, their moment was ruined when Benji Webbe, the presenter of the award, took a page out of Kanye West’s playbook at awards shows and interrupted BABYMETAL several times during their acceptance speech. While all three members of BABYMETAL were standing on stage, holding their K-shaped award with bright smiles on their faces, Su-Metal — the oldest member of the trio — did her best during her acceptance speech. It was apparent that English was a second language for Su-Metal as it was broken, yet people could still understand what she was saying (as proven during their interview with the Fine Bros.). Despite this, Benji Webbe interrupted Su-Metal a number of times during her speech. In the beginning, it could have come off as Webbe trying to “assist” Su-Metal, but that was no longer a valid scenario as he continued to cut a number times which includes him asking Su-Metal if “they were f*****g around.” Many rock fans found Benji Webbe’s multiple interruptions of Su-Metal’s acceptance speech on behalf of BABYMETAL winning also as disrespectful. Ergo, Webbe took to his official Twitter account to apologize for his actions. If we are to take Benji Webbe’s apology as is, then it was just a lapse of judgment on his behalf for what he did to BABYMETAL at the Kerrang! Awards 2016. Yet, it is saddening such an incident would involve a well-known prominent figure who was part of the rock explosion during the mid 90s. He is the lead vocalist and synthesizer for Skindred, a reggae/nu metal band, known for their hits “Nobody” and “Pressure.” He is also the lead singer for Dub War and Mass Mental. At this moment, BABYMETAL seems to be ignoring the situation surrounding Benji Webbe. Either that or they are too busy meeting other rock and metal acts, such as Rammstein and Bring Me The Horizon. Also, their hit song “Karate” was one of the featured songs for NXT TakeOver: The End, specifically for Asuka (better known as Kana in Japan), an extremely popular Japanese female wrestler.