Bad Religion guitarist Brian Baker has slammed Bring Me The Horizon over a ‘deluded’ backstage poster warning staff not to hinder the Sheffield band during Spain’s Resurrection Fest.

Both bands were on the bill for the opening day of the three-day event, and the veteran punk rocker was not impressed with a warning notice he saw backstage. It features a picture of BMTH and the words: “These people are not to be stopped ever. They may not have a pass. They can escort who they want where they want with or without a pass.”

Baker took a picture of the flyer and posted it to Instagram, along with the caption: “I’m going to stop these people every time I see them today and tell them how much their band sucks.”

BMTH drummer Matt Nicholls replied: “I can’t imagine being as old as you are and still acting like a 14-year-old girl. Saw you at least 10 times and you didn’t bat an eye lid. You got bigger things to worry about nowadays anyway, like ya pension, or cold weather. Dickhead.”

Frontman Oli Sykes added: “Yeah we are not your enemy, winter is your enemy.”

The English group’s response led Baker to write another Instagram post, in which he says BMTH’s apparent air of “entitlement” is what pissed him off.

He writes: “It seems you’ve missed the point entirely. The issue here is entitlement. My post was a comment on your collective delusion that working local crew at a thirty band festival should be required to memorise your faces to spare you the indignity of breaking stride on the way to your backstage oasis or even worse, the humiliation of carrying credentials.

“Your literal display of arrogance (and the hilariously unrecognised irony within it) was what I was sharing with my followers. I honestly don’t know if your music is bad or good – it’s not for old people.

“I meant that you suck as humans. Sorry for the confusion.”

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Oct 31: London O2 Arena

Nov 01: Bournemouth International Centre

Nov 02: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Nov 04: Birmingham Barclaycard Arena

Nov 05: London O2 Arena

Nov 06: Sheffield Motopoint Arena

Nov 08: Manchester Arena

Nov 09: Glasgow SEE Hydro

Jul 08: Badajoz Granirock, Spain

Jul 09: Barcelona Poble Espanyol, Spain

Jul 11: Pratteln Z7, Switzerland

Jul: Dunaujvaros Rock Maraton, Hungary

Jul 13: Vienna Arena, Austria

Jul 15: Wiesbaden Schlacthof, Germany

Jul 16: Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen, Germany

Jul 17: - Munich Tonhalle, Germany

Jul 19: Frankfurt Batschkapp, Germany

Jul 20: Amsterdam Melkweg, Netherlands

Jul 22: Wiesbaden Schlachthof, Germany

Jul 23: Cuschnaus Open Air Lumnzia, Switzerland

Aug 20: Konstanz Rock Am See 30 Years, Germany

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