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Posted on 05/25/2002 7:03:51 PM PDT by mhking
30 hurt in stampede at RFK concert
Incident in mosh pit; reports of structural collapse inaccurate
BREAKING NEWS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thirty people were injured Saturday night in a stampede in the mosh pit of a rock concert at RFK Memorial Stadium. D.C. Fire Department spokesman Alan Etter said one of the injured went into cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital. Paramedics were treating other concertgoers for bruises and broken bones.
THE INCIDENT occurred at about 8 p.m. ET at the WHFS music festival, an event sponsored by a local radio station. Etter said earlier reports that the stadium’s bleachers had collapsed were inaccurate.
Ambulances from Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties responded to the scene and were assisting fire crews from the D.C. department, but have since been called back.
The controversial rapper Eminem was on stage at the time of the incident, The Associated Press reported.
The stadium, which seats 56,454 people, first opened in October 1961, and is located in southeast Washington.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
NBC affiliate WRC in Washington, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
With his new album set to be released any day now. You don't think a record company would pay some goons to incite this sort of thing, do you?
Nothing a record company does would surprise me...
I see noe Eminem was on stage. I am not surprised. Who was next up Marilyn Manson?
I may be old to some but sorry todays music is sorry.
Scary, considering he has the talent of a wet mop.
The two are mututally exclusive. Let's just talk about Eminem, and leave music out of this.
he dosent need a brawl in a mosh pit in order to get attention. Besides, most were predicting that his new album will be the biggest of the summer
It has nothing to do with need. Coca Cola doesn't need a 30 million dollar TV ad during the super bowl to be known as the biggest cola maker in the world, but they still do it. Why? Return on investment. I wouldn't put it past a record company to do the math. Hell, they already have the insurance policy on this type of incident. I am sure they could pay someone to figure out how many extra units an incident like this might sell. Because you see, it isn't about need. Alex Rodriguez didn't need $250 million dollars, but he sure as hell paid an agent to go get it for him. It's bidness. Now, why don't you tell me what you know about the "music" business?
My best guess is some software development and consulting company out of Massachusetts. Evidently they bought naming rights to this stadium.
At any rate, this kind of thing at concerts is nothing new. I remember a stampede at a Who concert way back in the late 1970s that killed a few people. Stadium seating was the cause - an insane method of ticketing that issues the same ticket to everybody and then allows them to grab whatever seat they can find.
Whens the last time you heard a rock singer make fun of homosexuals?
What? I thought the music industry conquered Napster?
Maybe so, but there are dozens of other file swapping services out there such as Aimster and Bearshare. Not to mention FTP trading that is virtually undetectable by the recording industry. MP3s and file sharing is far more prevalent than in the days of Napster and it is here to stay.
Speaking of massive bootlegging, in NYC there are bootleggers selling DVDs on the street. Two weeks ago they had Spiderman on DVD. I kidded the guy, saying "Spiderman" was so last week. Where's Star Wars? They haven't got that one yet, but they get this stuff real fast, and it's not the camcorder in the theater stuff. My boss buys this stuff, and it's real.
Your attempt to justify your lack of knowledge is quite funny.
Your argument either assumes A) Enemim's fans are too stupid to realize when his new album is coming out. Lemme guess, they dont watch Mtv, BET, VH1, MuchMusic, or listen to radio stations and they will only find out that his new album is coming out after wtching a fight in a mosh pit on CNN or FOX? Thats idiotic.
Or maybe B) some old fart like yourself will be watching the news and be somehow tempted to go out and buy his CD after reading on FreeRepublic about the incident.
You truly dont have a clue
ITYM festival seating.
And I dont feel bad about it whatsoever. I read (in Billboard magazine I believe) that it costs somewhere in the range of $2-$5 bucks to make a CD yet they charge you anywhere between $12-18 bucks to buy it. Thats insane and until they stop charging outrageous prices Ill continue to get my music online off of Morpheus
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