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Popular Jam Band Crashes College House Party for Surprise Show—Until Police Shut It Down

The jam band boys from Goose hopped on a local house party gig in Colorado this week, but the cops stepped in and shut it all down.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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The fellas of Connecticut jam band Goose found themselves in a little bit of trouble with the law recently.

It all went down on Aug. 26, when the band played a surprise house party gig at the University of Colorado in Boulder. According to Consequence, the house show was a free event headlined by a local band, Sunkissd. The local act performed as planned, but then after their set, Goose hopped up on the stage. The party-goers got to watch a surprise seven-song set from Goose, but only because the cops showed up and shut it down.

Goose was gonna play more songs, but the Boulder Police Department stopped them

While playing the song “Animal”—from their 2025 album Everything Must Go—a police officer stepped onto the stage and stood near the band. Trying to........

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