Tanks on the streets of Bogota for Metallica gig

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Tanks on the streets of Bogota for Metallica gig
Topic Started: Mar 10 2010, 10:42 AM (641 Views)
Metallica71	Mar 10 2010, 10:42 AM Post #1
?????????? Posts: 2,340 Group: Members Member #6,907 Joined: November 9, 2009	The security measures are set to be as heavy as the music when rockers Metallica take to the stage in Bogota's Simon Bolivar park this evening. Some 1,500 police will be employed to stand guard at the site during Metallica's concert, as well as four tanks and several police trucks, reported El Espectador. Authorities will also be closing the streets around the park and preventing the entry of under-14s, pregnant women, those under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and those carrying weapons. The Los Angeles rock behemoths have arrived in the Colombian capital, along with 70 tons of speakers, lights and screens - everything necessary for a spectacular show. The show will form part of Metallica's world tour to promote their new album "Death Magnetic," and promises to be one of the best shows of the year in Colombia's concert calendar. Support will come from fellow rockers Mastodon, who in an interview with website Shock, said it was a privilege to perform with the legendary heavy metal band. Entry to the site from ticket holders will begin at 2 PM - good news for those who have been camping outside the arena since Tuesday.



GibleTrujillo	Mar 10 2010, 10:46 AM Post #2
Some Kind of Monster Posts: 1,862 Group: Members Member #6,914 Joined: November 21, 2009	Whoa



R@quel	Mar 10 2010, 10:53 AM Post #3
RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH! Posts: 2,796 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 27, 2006	GibleTrujillo Mar 10 2010, 11:46 AM Whoa +1



Kimmi	Mar 10 2010, 11:49 AM Post #4
Concrete Angel Posts: 17,450 Group: Members Member #2,689 Joined: July 13, 2008	Sounds very extreme.



Taimi	Mar 10 2010, 12:22 PM Post #5
Wishmistress Posts: 6,908 Group: Members Member #2,712 Joined: July 14, 2008	Kimmi Mar 10 2010, 01:49 PM Sounds very extreme. +1



heavymetalhippy01cg	Mar 10 2010, 03:07 PM Post #6
Dave Mustaine's Personal Arsekisser Posts: 2,819 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: March 1, 2006	pregnant women? what do they own the pregnant women?



Oh Hell	Mar 10 2010, 04:54 PM Post #7
Born Naughty Posts: 8,070 Group: Members Member #3,148 Joined: August 19, 2008	Wow... talk about over the freaking top! No under 14s and pregnant women? Okay where's my pitchfork?!



erin	Mar 10 2010, 05:11 PM Post #8
I've been to the moon and the stars and the go inbetweens Posts: 3,009 Group: Members Member #267 Joined: May 21, 2006	wow man. that's all i have to say.



~Orion~	Mar 11 2010, 12:05 AM Post #9
~EvigLiv~ Posts: 2,170 Group: Members Member #6,728 Joined: April 26, 2009	Fock! Thats nutty..



Della Brown	Mar 11 2010, 04:58 AM Post #10
?????????? Posts: 3,250 Group: Members Member #3,280 Joined: August 30, 2008	They're overreacting with the tanks, but everything else seems ok. And yep, I've always found it disturbing to see a 9-months pregnant woman in front of a wall of speakers at a gig - I'm always front row and at a lot of concerts of bands like Motorhead and Metallica (even Sodom!) I've seen pregnant women close to me (in the mosh pits!), I can imagine what the loud music can do to a unborn baby, too bad they can't.



heavymetalhippy01cg	Mar 11 2010, 06:48 AM Post #11
Dave Mustaine's Personal Arsekisser Posts: 2,819 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: March 1, 2006	If you asked a doctor would it affect my baby if i went to a loud concert...he/she would say that the baby would be fine, there is quite a lot of cushion around the fetus. A lot of people have asked their doctor and the doctor has said it would be fine. What would be more dangerous would be people jumping about and if someone accidently bumped the stomach, id be more worried about that.



Metallica71	Mar 11 2010, 10:39 AM Post #12
?????????? Posts: 2,340 Group: Members Member #6,907 Joined: November 9, 2009	Fans riot at Metallica's Bogota gig Violence and chaos broke out around Bogota's Simon Bolivar park Wednesday night, when hundreds of frenzied fans tried to crash heavy metal band Metallica's first Colombian concert in eleven years. Three people were stabbed, a policeman injured, more than 50 people were arrested and property was vandalized and destroyed, as ticketless fans tried to storm the venue in order to catch a glimpse of their rock-god idols. The policeman and three civilians were hospitalized for their injuries. Radio Santa Fe reported that prior to the concert, there were posts on social networking site Facebook inciting fans to crash the Metallica concert. Estimates of audience numbers by Colombian media sources oscillate wildly between 20,000 and 70,000. Authorities implemented security measures as heavy as the band's music, with some 1,500 police employed to stand guard during the event, as well as four tanks and several police trucks. There were no reports in the Colombian media that the tanks had been deployed. The Metallica riots are reminiscent of those that rocked Bogota during a concert by British heavy metal group Iron Maiden in March 2009. Source: www.colombiareports.com



Kimmi	Mar 11 2010, 11:48 AM Post #13
Concrete Angel Posts: 17,450 Group: Members Member #2,689 Joined: July 13, 2008	Wtf ?? And I thought the authorities were overreacting with all those security measures... I guess they weren't afterall.



StevieNicks	Mar 11 2010, 12:00 PM Post #14
Pictorial Queen Posts: 7,890 Group: Members Member #2,688 Joined: July 13, 2008	Ugh, riots are sooo 1993



Metallica71	Mar 11 2010, 03:07 PM Post #15
?????????? Posts: 2,340 Group: Members Member #6,907 Joined: November 9, 2009	Here is a video, from what happend outside the stadium. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/sky..._sky-news-video



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