He will be performing at The North Atlanta Trade center Saturday October 10 https://venuedriver.com/buy/tickets/event/4231 In case you havn't heard him before check out his Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/officialtiesto?blend=1&ob=4#play/uploads/1/HLq931lOMR4
SO glad I didn't go!! http://www.last.fm/user/theempathog..._event_planning,_october_10,_2009_=_epic_fail
wow, sounds like a clusterfuck of epic proportions. stuff like that seems to happen often at drug related concerts. sucks bad for fans who don't involve themselves with the drugs
the way i read it is they either oversold or sold out and didn't notify all the people standing outside. so, said people got pissed started a fucking riot!! (lol, dane cook) and some innocent lady got her head smashed by a beer bottle in the process. swat and police came and forced the rioting mass of druggie idiots to disperse and arrested a few.
I was going to go, but couldn't afford a ticket for $55. I wonder if my friend even made it in the door the other night. What the fuck does this story have to do with drugs Jake? If you paid $55 legitimately for a ticket and then were not allowed to enter because they screwed up, would you just happily stand in line all night. What about if you drove hours to see the show and were blocked at the door. It has nothing to do with drugs. It has to do with poor management.
this^^ its common knowledge. regardless of whether or not i paid to get in and didn't, i wouldn't start a riot and start beating up people....
All it takes is people to start getting upset having to wait outside. It starts with someone yelling something, then that escalates to people banging on the door or gate, which escalates to violence. If you were in the line and got caught up in the moment, you too might have been involved in the riot without wanting to be intentionally. I am not doubting in any way that Tiesto/Rave concerts are typically synonymous with drugs, but this story had nothing to do with drugs. The story does not say that Johnny Whatever was tripping balls on Acid, thought he could fly and leapt off a porch into the crowd of people, which in turn caused a riot. Actually, from what I am reading, it seems that the riot did not start until after the police showed up. If that is the case, how about blaming the rioting on the police and not druggies. You are waiting in line patiently for hours. All of a sudden a bunch of police show up, and start announcing that they are going to close the place down, all while never giving any explanation as to why. The people outside in line who have been waiting for hours start Booing, and chanting Let Us In. Something happens, and a riot breaks out. It is always easy blaming things on drugs or drug users.
Counterfeit tickets were sold. Everyone assumed they had the legit ticket and were pissed they weren't allowed in after spending money. My co-worker bought his tickets 5 mos ago and stood in line for 2 hrs, saw the police come and the front line riots....never got in. He said some loser was walking at the back of the line selling "special tickets" that got you to the front of the line and in the door. People bought those then rushed to the front and got into it with the people that were in line first. He disappeared before people got their money back. Total chaos.