Shaquille O’Neal hilariously steals the show at music festival as 7’1″ head-banging star towers over fans before getting swarmed by mosh pit
Standing at 7″1′, there really is no missing Shaquille O’Neal.
The basketball player stole the show at the music festival Tomorrowland in Belgium, where he hilariously towered over concert attendees while taking in the electronic show.
In video posted Friday by Kill The Noise, the athlete, 47, banged his head as the beat dropped, before he was swarmed by fans who created a mosh pit around him.
Kazaam! Shaquille O’Neal stole the show at Tomorrowland in Belgium on Friday, where he hilariously towered over concert attendees while taking in the electronic music
Grooving and smiling as the festival attendees danced circles around him, Shaq was loving the attention.
The video was posted by the Kill The Noise, as the show was documented backstage.
Shaq was having the time of his life, and even threw the water from his bottle into the crowd.
No one could quite believe Shaq aka DJ Diesel was among them, and elated fans took video and photo of him as he danced in the bustling crowd.
Standing tall: There was no missing the former Lakers player
Loving the music: The star banged his head alongside the crowd as the beat dropped
Just call him DJ Diesel: Shaq has traded in the basketball court for the DJ booth as DJ Diesel
Shaq really does seem to be making the most of his retirement from basketball, and has since traded in the court for the DJ booth.
The star now DJs as DJ Diesel, and he even had a set at Tomorrowland on Friday.
He shared a photo of himself from behind the booth, triumphantly raising his arms into the air as he faced the crowd.
There he is: The star kept it cool for the show in a white tank top
Stealing the show: Adoring fans swarmed him and created a mosh pit
Jet set: In between his job as a sports analyst, Shaq has been DJ-ing around the world
‘THANK TOMORROWLAND I LOVE YOU ALL,’ he wrote in the caption.
In between his job as a sports analyst, Shaq has been DJ-ing around the world.
‘DJing takes me back to my playing days,’ the athlete-turned-musician told the Los Angeles Daily News last year.
‘I have come to miss that game seven energy and when I am up in the booth on a massive main stage in front of 50,000 fans, it feels like I am back in the finals.’
Party time: The basketball player-turned-musician was having the time of his life as just an attendee
Making music: He shared a photo of himself from behind the booth, triumphantly raising his arms into the air as he faced the crowd