As we reported yesterday, Violent Soho had a big night at the ARIA Awards. In addition to their absolutely blistering performance of ‘Like Soda’, the lead single from their now ARIA Award-winning album WACO, they almost missed out on picking up their Best Group ARIA because they were busy sinking tinnies.

After they were announced as the winners of the Best Group ARIA, Johann Ponniah, founder of the band’s label I OH YOU, and the band members’ lovely wives had to take the winner’s podium, pick up the award, and stall until the boys made their way back to the stage. We now have footage of that legendary moment.

“When you win an ARIA Award but happen to be sinking some beers with ya mates backstage,” Soho write on their official Facebook page, along with a video of them backstage at the ARIA Awards ceremony, antsy and desperately trying to get back to the stage because they’ve just won a bloody ARIA.

“We were just downstairs having beers, we thought we were finished,” the band eventually told the audience gathered inside The Star in Sydney (of all places) when they finally made it to the stage. Check out the hilarious footage below.

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