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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Two fans die at U.S. music festival
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- Two fans died during the weekend Bonnaroo music festival, which drew tens of thousands of people, and investigators said drugs appear to have been involved.
They were the first deaths in the festival's three-year history.
"When there is drug usage and the heat has been like it has, we have been expecting it every year. .n.. This year our luck ran out," Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves said.
Preliminary toxicology tests showed both victims had been using drugs, investigator Dale Brissey said.
Temperatures reached 32 degrees or higher Friday and Saturday. "The high humidity, high heat, alcohol and drugs -- it's not a good combination," Brissey said.
The festival, at a farm halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga, offered a diverse lineup that included Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews and The Dead.
Graves estimated more than 150,000 people attended the festival. Rick Farman, a festival spokesman, disagreed with the sheriff's figures, saying 90,000 tickets were sold and that the number of staff, artists and guests totalled 5,000.
The sheriff said the festival had a permit for 90,000 people.
Graves said there were hundreds of drug charges and some assault charges, but officers just handed out citations for possession of small quantities of illegal drugs.
"Our jail is too small to put that many in there at one time." he said.
Graves said there was less violence than last year, when there were stabbings in the crowd, which organizers estimated at 80,000
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| Martha |
Heads are gonna roll Ronnie. Ugh.... .crappy/sad news. |
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| jb |
Very sad....this is also very disturbing.......
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/londonnews/articles/11340794?source=Evening%20Standard
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| wisertime |
To note : a fantastic show of Bob Dylan, with a great set list. Two tracks to hear on bobdylan.com !!
Enjoy !!
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| mac_daddy |
quote:
wisertime wrote:
To note : a fantastic show of Bob Dylan, with a great set list. Two tracks to hear on bobdylan.com !!
Enjoy !!
the whole thing is available for download here...
in fact, as the sources become available, they will be posted here...
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| F505 |
Down Along the Cove, St. Louis, 3/2/04 { RealAudio }
on bobdylan.com
rocks like hell!!! |
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