Stampede

[beadfc]

At least 15 people are killed in a stampede at the Love Parade electronic music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police say.

BBC News

Tragic news, thoughts to all involved.

[solitaire]

At least 15 people are killed in a stampede at the Love Parade electronic music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police say.

BBC News

Tragic news, thoughts to all involved.

[Alcatraz]

This is tragic, and certainly, many people in the UK will be drawing comparisons to Hillsborough by what it sounds likely to have caused it. This should only reaffirm the expectation that everyone has a responsibility when in a large crowd

[oafc0000]

This is tragic, and certainly, many people in the UK will be drawing comparisons to Hillsborough by what it sounds likely to have caused it. This should only reaffirm the expectation that everyone has a responsibility when in a large crowd

[Guest musiclove123]

How horrible this news has really upset me such young people killed at a festival that is supposed to be about fun and peace...

[pothead pixie]

So how come no one has commented on this since 1.15 pm?

[bunique]

So how come no one has commented on this since 1.15 pm?

[Purple Monkey]

Goes some way to show the importance of organisation (i.e. tickets). They should have had an estimate on how many were going to turn up, free tickets would have gone some way to avert this. If this was to be a "just turn up" festival - then at least hold it in a field or near a beach, not in some city near some old tunnels with only a couple of exits

Tragic!

[greenfairy43]

Goes some way to show the importance of organisation (i.e. tickets). They should have had an estimate on how many were going to turn up, free tickets would have gone some way to avert this. If this was to be a "just turn up" festival - then at least hold it in a field or near a beach, not in some city near some old tunnels with only a couple of exits

Tragic!

[Kowalski]

Goes some way to show the importance of organisation (i.e. tickets). They should have had an estimate on how many were going to turn up, free tickets would have gone some way to avert this. If this was to be a "just turn up" festival - then at least hold it in a field or near a beach, not in some city near some old tunnels with only a couple of exits

Tragic!

[smog]

Such a shame and feel for those that lost family and friends.

I heard that they had 1.4 million people on site at its height - nowhere could cope with that many people safely.

[rabid]

Goes some way to show the importance of organisation (i.e. tickets). They should have had an estimate on how many were going to turn up, free tickets would have gone some way to avert this. If this was to be a "just turn up" festival - then at least hold it in a field or near a beach, not in some city near some old tunnels with only a couple of exits

Tragic!

[The_Amazing_Oblong]

I watched the news at it was coming in and the reports appear to indicate that the police closed one end of the tunnel but didn't prevent people from entering the other end and prevented them from exiting.

Hillsborough did indeed come to mind.

[LusciousLucy]

I've posted in the thread about this in Glasto Chat but from the media reports coming through it just sounds so badly mismanaged and planned.

Disregard and disorder. I am aware this was the first year the event had taken place at this new venue as the Love Parade keeps having to be moved to a different location for whatever reason be it coping with numbers, unsuitable venues and so on. Although I am not sure if this was a totally free event or if there was some sort of ticketing to allow for organisers to have some idea of numbers, I WAS under the impression year in year out that although the event does have higher numbers than other years sometimes, it still attracts a million plus people more or less each time from across Europe...so WHY was such a wholly unsuitable venue decided upon?

It is such a shocking thing to happen. As I mentioned in my other post, Leeds Love Parade organisers had the sense back in 2000 to understand that the numbers of free party goers were going to be too high for the streets of the city to cope with and so very swiftly rearranged the party to be held out at Roundhay Park which certainly saved the day.

It will all come about in the inquiries hopefully and I do hope some very harsh penalties come down on those who bloody well deserve it for their utter stupidity and ignorance. It doesnt and wont unfortunately bring the people no different from you or I back who headed out on Saturday morning for what should have been a fun day full of friendship and music. R I P x x x

[Purple Monkey]

Disregard and disorder.