instead of being remembered for their
music these concerts were marred by
death danger or destruction I can’t do
any more than just ask you to beg you
just to keep it together you can do is
within your power everyone everyone
Hells Angels everybody welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down the top 10 most infamous
concert mishaps number 10 Guns N’Roses
Metallica stadium tour unfortunately
James is on his way to the hospital
right now and were we’re sorry but we
can’t continue the concert for you guys
tonight
after Metallica singer James Hetfield
was accidentally burned by an elaborate
stage effect involving pyrotechnics the
heavy metal group canceled the rest of
their Montreal show things deteriorated
further when co headliners Guns and
Roses were late and Axl Rose cut the
–set short citing sound and vocal
problems I go and light myself on fire
and he upstages me angered fans
expressed their displeasure with such
violent street rioting that the police
had to resort to tear gas number 9
Woodstock 1999
you got a problem with me
yeah unlike the more peaceful 1969
original Woodstock 99 was ruined by
violence rapes and vandalism limp Biskit
frontman Fred Durst made things worse by
telling the crowd not to mellow out as
fans broke stuff all around them the
next night after concert goers started
bonfires the Red Hot Chili Peppers
unwisely chose to cover Jimi Hendrix’s
fire no deaths were recorded but there
were plenty of injuries and even some
arrests okay let me slip it in your fire
number eight Puka pop only a few days
after the Indiana State Fair stage
collapse in the US Mother Nature struck
again at Belgium’s polka pop while the
Smith westerns were playing the high
winds and heavy rain of an unexpected
thunderstorm brought down the stage the
incident took the lives of five people
harmed over a hundred more and brought a
quick end to that year’s festival number
seven Altamont Speedway free festival
there’s so many of you just be cool down
the front net don’t push around due to
the festival’s high-profile acts an
unusually low stage and over 300,000
concert goers the Rolling Stones hired
the Hells Angels to keep them safe
unfortunately the intoxicated and
drugged up crowd proved too much after
Meredith hunter pulled out a gun the
teenager was stabbed and slain by the
motorcycle gang during the band set the
festival was also the site of three
accidental deaths and hundreds of
injuries why are we fighting why are we
fighting number six
Roskilde festival in an effort to get
closer to the been thousands made their
way to the front of the stage while
Pearl Jam was performing at Roskilde the
group’s attempts to calm the crowd came
too little too late the count of three
three steps back please one two three
one six two back to taste effects hey
please as a result many people including
crowd surfers were trampled under the
human stampede and the world lost nine
friends we’ll never know
number five damaged plant or due to the
actions of paranoid schizophrenic ex US
Marine Nathan Gale this heavy metal
bands career was short-lived
Gale shot former Pantera guitarist
Dimebag Darrell while he was on stage
with his new band damageplan he then
fired into the crowd and killed three
other people before police officer James
Nick Meyer ended Gail’s life at least
seven more people were wounded number
four the who tour 1979 a year after
Keith moons death the who experienced
more grief when eleven fans were crushed
while trying to attend one of their
shows did they know that they were
trampling on these people yes I know
they were just trampled right on over
like didn’t care mistaking soundcheck
for the real thing
thousands of ticket holders rushed the
unopened doors of the Riverfront
Coliseum the venue’s inadequate crowd
control methods and first-come
first-serve festival seating also caused
at least 26 other people to get hurt if
it happened inside the hawala that I
would ever play again
number three Love Parade the tragic
occurrences of 2010 ensured that this
annual electronic dance music festival
and parade would be no more that year
the festival’s popularity drew over a
million people despite a capacity of
only 250,000 unfortunately 500 concert
goers were injured and 21 people died
from being squashed or suffocated while
using the overcrowded tunnel under
passes to get to the Love Parade number
2 John Davidson
one of the deadliest nightclub fires in
American history
prevented singer John Davidson from
playing at the Beverly Hills supper club
in 1977 that night over a thousand
people were crammed into the main room
where two comics were performing and
hundreds more were enjoying other events
in the club’s various halls and
restaurants as the patrons scrambled to
escape the fire they ended up blocking
the exits with their bodies sadly over
160 perished number one great white this
hard rock bands headlining set was cut
short after foam insulation inside the
station caught fire because of
pyrotechnics gone wrong within seconds
the 250 person capacity nightclub was
engulfed in flames and over 400 people
were trapped inside in the mad dash to
the main entrance over 200 were injured
and a hundred were killed including
great whites guitarist Ty Longley
despite these mishaps and other
tragedies like the Republic acromial
nightclub fire in Argentina and the San
Tekka Club fire in Thailand concerts
continued to be popular around the world
as long as we are mindful of others and
improve safety conditions we can ensure
that concerts remain about the music
check out more top tens by subscribing
to watchmojo.com
music these concerts were marred by
death danger or destruction I can’t do
any more than just ask you to beg you
just to keep it together you can do is
within your power everyone everyone
Hells Angels everybody welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down the top 10 most infamous
concert mishaps number 10 Guns N’Roses
Metallica stadium tour unfortunately
James is on his way to the hospital
right now and were we’re sorry but we
can’t continue the concert for you guys
tonight
after Metallica singer James Hetfield
was accidentally burned by an elaborate
stage effect involving pyrotechnics the
heavy metal group canceled the rest of
their Montreal show things deteriorated
further when co headliners Guns and
Roses were late and Axl Rose cut the
–set short citing sound and vocal
problems I go and light myself on fire
and he upstages me angered fans
expressed their displeasure with such
violent street rioting that the police
had to resort to tear gas number 9
Woodstock 1999
you got a problem with me
yeah unlike the more peaceful 1969
original Woodstock 99 was ruined by
violence rapes and vandalism limp Biskit
frontman Fred Durst made things worse by
telling the crowd not to mellow out as
fans broke stuff all around them the
next night after concert goers started
bonfires the Red Hot Chili Peppers
unwisely chose to cover Jimi Hendrix’s
fire no deaths were recorded but there
were plenty of injuries and even some
arrests okay let me slip it in your fire
number eight Puka pop only a few days
after the Indiana State Fair stage
collapse in the US Mother Nature struck
again at Belgium’s polka pop while the
Smith westerns were playing the high
winds and heavy rain of an unexpected
thunderstorm brought down the stage the
incident took the lives of five people
harmed over a hundred more and brought a
quick end to that year’s festival number
seven Altamont Speedway free festival
there’s so many of you just be cool down
the front net don’t push around due to
the festival’s high-profile acts an
unusually low stage and over 300,000
concert goers the Rolling Stones hired
the Hells Angels to keep them safe
unfortunately the intoxicated and
drugged up crowd proved too much after
Meredith hunter pulled out a gun the
teenager was stabbed and slain by the
motorcycle gang during the band set the
festival was also the site of three
accidental deaths and hundreds of
injuries why are we fighting why are we
fighting number six
Roskilde festival in an effort to get
closer to the been thousands made their
way to the front of the stage while
Pearl Jam was performing at Roskilde the
group’s attempts to calm the crowd came
too little too late the count of three
three steps back please one two three
one six two back to taste effects hey
please as a result many people including
crowd surfers were trampled under the
human stampede and the world lost nine
friends we’ll never know
number five damaged plant or due to the
actions of paranoid schizophrenic ex US
Marine Nathan Gale this heavy metal
bands career was short-lived
Gale shot former Pantera guitarist
Dimebag Darrell while he was on stage
with his new band damageplan he then
fired into the crowd and killed three
other people before police officer James
Nick Meyer ended Gail’s life at least
seven more people were wounded number
four the who tour 1979 a year after
Keith moons death the who experienced
more grief when eleven fans were crushed
while trying to attend one of their
shows did they know that they were
trampling on these people yes I know
they were just trampled right on over
like didn’t care mistaking soundcheck
for the real thing
thousands of ticket holders rushed the
unopened doors of the Riverfront
Coliseum the venue’s inadequate crowd
control methods and first-come
first-serve festival seating also caused
at least 26 other people to get hurt if
it happened inside the hawala that I
would ever play again
number three Love Parade the tragic
occurrences of 2010 ensured that this
annual electronic dance music festival
and parade would be no more that year
the festival’s popularity drew over a
million people despite a capacity of
only 250,000 unfortunately 500 concert
goers were injured and 21 people died
from being squashed or suffocated while
using the overcrowded tunnel under
passes to get to the Love Parade number
2 John Davidson
one of the deadliest nightclub fires in
American history
prevented singer John Davidson from
playing at the Beverly Hills supper club
in 1977 that night over a thousand
people were crammed into the main room
where two comics were performing and
hundreds more were enjoying other events
in the club’s various halls and
restaurants as the patrons scrambled to
escape the fire they ended up blocking
the exits with their bodies sadly over
160 perished number one great white this
hard rock bands headlining set was cut
short after foam insulation inside the
station caught fire because of
pyrotechnics gone wrong within seconds
the 250 person capacity nightclub was
engulfed in flames and over 400 people
were trapped inside in the mad dash to
the main entrance over 200 were injured
and a hundred were killed including
great whites guitarist Ty Longley
despite these mishaps and other
tragedies like the Republic acromial
nightclub fire in Argentina and the San
Tekka Club fire in Thailand concerts
continued to be popular around the world
as long as we are mindful of others and
improve safety conditions we can ensure
that concerts remain about the music
check out more top tens by subscribing
to watchmojo.com
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