Video: Meteor filmed falling to earth as band Modest Mouse play at Texas music festival

The fireball was filmed as the band played the aptly named song Dark Centre of the Universe

The fireball was caught while the band played at the Fun Fun Fun Fest music festival in Austin on Saturday (Youtube/Jamey Maki)

Rock concerts are often known for their pyrotechnics and extravagant light shows but crowd members at a Modest Mouse gig in Austin, Texas were treated to a more natural firework display on Saturday night, when a meteor was caught falling to earth near to where the band were playing.

In footage captured by one of the attendees at this weekend’s Fun Fun Fun Fest music festival, a trail of light was filmed descending towards the earth, exploding and then disappearing as the Indie Rock band played their aptly titled single Dark Centre of the Universe.

Despite the size and brightness of the meteor, most of the fans at the concert did not see the fireball during the show and it was not until later that night that reveller Jamey Maki spotted the fireball and decided to upload his video onto Youtube.

Video: Watch the fireball below

In just a couple of hours the video had been viewed thousands of times, and even the band who have also recorded intergalactic themed songs such as Space Travel Is Boring, 3rd Planet and Space Cadet X-9, decided to post it onto their Twitter page.

The Modest Mouse show was not the only place in Central Texas where the fireball was spotted. A number of Austin residents reported sightings of a bright light in the sky, while others said that that they had heard explosions caused by a sonic boom from the meteor.

On Saturday night, Nasa later confirmed that a fireball measuring 4 ft long and weighing in at 4,000 had landed in Central Texas while travelling at 55,000 Mph.

Dr. Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, told CNN: “This was definitely what we call a fireball, which by definition is a meteor brighter than the planet Venus

“This event was so bright that it was picked up on a NASA meteor camera in the mountains of New Mexico over 500 miles away, which makes it extremely unusual.”

He added: “This was a very bright event.”