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19 dead @ The Love Parade Festival in Germany [Future LP Cancelled!] (pg. 3)
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| Rukes |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigperf
"A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with TECHNO music fans left 15 people dead and dozens injured at the famed Love Parade festival in western Germany on Saturday."
edc didnt have any techno(that i recall)
HeckNO on the Techno! |
"Techno" is the new mainstream term for electronic music, it replaced "Electronica". Which really sucks since that is an actual genre of music and not a generic blanket word. Rolling Stone calls any DJ in their mag as playing "techno".
Now you get people asking "Hey can anyone recommend some good techno like Daft Punk and David Guetta??" |
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| element-y |
| have always wanted to go to this event. really hope someone revives this. |
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| chlola |
| Pretty soon electro will be outlawed.:( :( :( |
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| chlola |
| quote: | Originally posted by element-y
Already saw posts in the news about how people were on drugs at this 'massive rave' and that might have helped cause the situation. s Sake. |
Source? |
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| R!CH |
| at least they died doing what they loved |
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| theSEAN |
| what exactly cause the stampede? people just trying to get in? |
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| in2muzikk |
Ironically, from what I have read (I was not there, just trying to bring the facts together from many news reports), the organizers had added a second area for additional people since the crowd was much larger than anticipated. This tunnel connected the main area and the second "expansion" area.
Around 5 p.m., the police believed the main area was going over capacity and becoming unsafe, so they barricaded the side of the tunnel that went into the main area and were telling everyone to go back using megaphones. It looked like a long tunnel to me, so people coming in most likely had no idea what was going on, and people on the other side were turning around to go back out. The "crush" supposedly happened in the middle, but I read one report that the majority of the victims died on the ramp to the tunnel, not in the middle.
I'm sure that more information will come over time, but this is how I understand it so far. It's not just like people were trying to get in and rushed the main entrance. When people were trampled on the ground, I'm guessing it was due to a flight instinct to stay alive in a dark, overly packed and oxygen starved area.
I really want to know more about what happened as well. Having been among the crowd in the last Love Parade held in Berlin, 1.2 million people organized peacefully together...it was tight around the Victory Column, but never seemed dangerous to me. If anyone got stuck trying to get around, others would help them out.
How this story comes across in the media may well determine the fate of massives, parades and festivals for years to come. I cannot believe it was simply a stampede of drugged out electronic music addicts just trying to enter the festival grounds. I think there's much bigger story and people were literally fighting for their survival in that tunnel... |
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| blakh0rse |
| Whatever happened, its a simple concept. Closer confinement adds stress. People and animals alike will do what they can to get out of a close confinement situation. Of course that gets phased with the aid of a substance. |
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| gypsygirl |
my friend living in germany right now was there and she said it was so deeply disturbing and really affected her in such a sad way. so sad for the people and their families and my thoughts and prayers go out to them.
i remember hearing stories about big rock festivals in europe back in the late 80's/early 90's and there seemed to always be fatalities due to the massive crowds (always 100,000 +)
it's an overcrowding issue, not a music issue :( |
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| christinam |
| quote: | Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
The era of the massive is over. |
| quote: | Originally posted by in2muzikk
Ironically, from what I have read (I was not there, just trying to bring the facts together from many news reports), the organizers had added a second area for additional people since the crowd was much larger than anticipated. This tunnel connected the main area and the second "expansion" area.
Around 5 p.m., the police believed the main area was going over capacity and becoming unsafe, so they barricaded the side of the tunnel that went into the main area and were telling everyone to go back using megaphones. It looked like a long tunnel to me, so people coming in most likely had no idea what was going on, and people on the other side were turning around to go back out. The "crush" supposedly happened in the middle, but I read one report that the majority of the victims died on the ramp to the tunnel, not in the middle.
I'm sure that more information will come over time, but this is how I understand it so far. It's not just like people were trying to get in and rushed the main entrance. When people were trampled on the ground, I'm guessing it was due to a flight instinct to stay alive in a dark, overly packed and oxygen starved area.
I really want to know more about what happened as well. Having been among the crowd in the last Love Parade held in Berlin, 1.2 million people organized peacefully together...it was tight around the Victory Column, but never seemed dangerous to me. If anyone got stuck trying to get around, others would help them out.
How this story comes across in the media may well determine the fate of massives, parades and festivals for years to come. I cannot believe it was simply a stampede of drugged out electronic music addicts just trying to enter the festival grounds. I think there's much bigger story and people were literally fighting for their survival in that tunnel... |
:(
I wanna know more too.
It's just so sad
I'm still really surprised |
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