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Pearl Jam say Roskilde deaths were avoidable 27 July 2000
The nine victims, all male, fell in the mud near the festival’s Orange stage and died of asphyxiation. Pearl Jam wrote “It is our feeling that what happened at the Roskilde festival cannot be written off as a 'freak accident' or 'bad luck' as some have called it. When something this disastrous occurs, when this many lives are lost, it is essential that every aspect be examined thoroughly and from all angles. To date, we don’t feel this has been done... “It is our understanding that at least 15 minutes passed between the time a member of the festival security team identified a potential problem and the time we were informed. “We stopped the show immediately upon being told that there might be a problem, even though we were asked to wait until the nature of the problem could be determined. “It is our belief that if we had been informed of a potential problem at the moment that it was first identified by the festival security, we could have stopped the show earlier and lives could have been saved.” Police inspector Uffe Kornerup has now ordered a new investigation that will re-interview 280 witnesses and will include interviews with Pearl Jam members. | BBC story | | Pearl Jam | | discography | | sample from Yield | | top of page | |
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