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| Lazy Bones |
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Tea Party, Blue Rodeo join Stones show
TORONTO (CP) -- The blockbuster lineup for the Rolling Stones concert in Toronto on July 30 has been expanded.
The Tea Party and Blue Rodeo are confirmed to take part in the event that's expected to attract an audience of 500,000 people to an old Armed Forces base in Downsview, in the city's north end.
A new block of tickets was added Wednesday, available through Ticketmaster outlets, organizers said.
A&P, Dominion, The Barn and Ultra Food and Drug stores in Ontario have now sold out of their allotment.
Besides the Rolling Stones, the performers also include AC/DC, Rush, the Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, Sam Roberts, the Flaming Lips, Kathleen Edwards, the Isley Brothers, Sass Jordan and La Chicane.
But the star-studded lineup may not be enough to convince some people to attend. Fans continued Wednesday to speak out about restrictions being imposed on concertgoers, who are allowed to take in just two bottles of sealed water. As well, they will not permitted to take in blankets, umbrellas, lawn chairs, coolers, video or recording equipment or food onto the open field.
Food, beer and water will be sold at the site.
"Without a blanket or umbrella or tent or anything to provide some shade, there is a very likely probability that many of them will suffer heatstroke, heat exhaustion or dehydration in the July sun," Veronica Nuspl wrote in a letter to the editor published in the Toronto Star on Wednesday.
"On top of the lineups for water, food, bathrooms, souvenirs and eventually TTC, there will be lineups for the hospital tent."
The Toronto Transit Commission has warned that it can only move about 50,000 people an hour, and those who live within a two-hour walk of the venue might wish to make their way home on foot.
Nuspl, 22, wrote that although she and her boyfriend have tickets, they've decided not to attend the concert, which is intended to help the city recover from the stigma of SARS. |
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| Prodigal Son |
THERE's a reason to get worried. If there is any heat stroke problems, blame the tight-ass organizers who felt that it was more important to make money and boost sales than keep concert-goers in the best possible situation.
[Edited by Prodigal Son] |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
I guess I'm not the only one who is worried. |
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| marko |
To be honest,i never wanna go to show,wheres 500 000 people.
I would loose my nerves in a second.... |
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