
An Indonesian band called Seventeen was performing on the beach in Tanjung Lesung, a popular resort in Banten province overlooking the Sunda Strait, when a tsunami surged into the back of the stage.
The band was entertaining some 260 staff and family members from a division of the state power company PLN.
“We were singing our second song when suddenly a big wave crashed from behind the stage,” Seventeen’s lead vocalist Riefian Fajarsyah, also known as Ifan, later told news broadcaster TV One.
A short video widely shared on social media showed the band playing at the moment the wave hit, causing it to instantly collapse. Screams can be heard as the clip abruptly ends.
NEW: Video shows a tsunami crashing into a venue in Indonesia where the band Seventeen was performing https://t.co/4P9zDCRkKC pic.twitter.com/q9RYOaPTt8
— BNO News (@BNONews) December 23, 2018