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NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit

RustyOrgan
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NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 04:25 PM UTC #
Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit

Incident happened at the band's Vancouver gig

26.Sep.07 2:30pm

A fan died at a Smashing Pumpkins gig in Vancouver, Canada on Monday night (September 24), after being involved in what police described as a "mosh pit or crowd-surfing incident".

Police explained that the man was removed unconscious from the crowd inside the PNE Forum venue.

First aid specialists attempted to revive him before he was transferred to the nearby St Paul's Hosptial where he was pronounced dead.

Police explained that they did not suspect any foul play and the circumstances were "not suspicious", claiming that the death was due to an "out of control mosh pit".

A spokeswoman for the venue said: "It's just a really, really sad ending to what started out to be probably a very fun night for a young man."

http://www.nme.com/news/smashing-pumpkins/31384
elj
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 04:31 PM UTC #
This story keeps changing. Over on netphoria, someone claimed they went with this guy to the concert and that he had a seizure, but now it's getting attributed to moshing. :( either way.
ggw
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 04:46 PM UTC #
Perhaps he died of sheer boredom…
walkonby
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 05:00 PM UTC #
seizure problems at shows i feel is a real problem. i have a seizure disorder, and i've noticed an onslaught of light fantastic blinking and blanking my fried mind away from being able to stare at the stage sometimes. radiohead, i feel, started a monster of morrisonish energy with the alien light brigades blaring to synch with the beats.
chaz
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 05:11 PM UTC #
Stay away from Spritualized shows if you have a seizure disorder.
elj
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 05:52 PM UTC #
Must've been Billy's eye lazers. Did they check for burn marks?
lwoxley
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 08:23 PM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Perhaps he died of sheer boredom…
…or killed himself to make it stop.
elj
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 08:26 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Perhaps he died of sheer boredom…
…or killed himself to make it stop.
Wait, is there a soccer team named "Smashing Pumpkins" too?
lwoxley
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Re: NME: Man dies in Smashing Pumpkins mosh pit September 28, 2007 at 09:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Perhaps he died of sheer boredom…
…or killed himself to make it stop.
Wait, is there a soccer team named "Smashing Pumpkins" too?
That was a really weak come-back btw.
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