TOP 10s
TOP 10s
by: purna

1. The Great White at West Warwick, Rhode Island in 2003. Pyrotechnic problem ignited the insulated walls on fire.

Dead: 100

Injured: 180 

2. Rock concert at Minsk, Belarus in 1999. Hailstorm caused fans to run for cover at a nearby subway station, which resulted in a stampede.

Dead: 52

Injured: 150 

3. The Who at Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1979. A crowd of fans were so eager to get inside through the one door that kept being opened and closed (for security purposes), that those in front were crushed to death while others in the crowd fell to the ground.

Dead: 11

Injured: at least 25 

4. The Rolling Stones at the Altamont Speedway in Northern California in 1969. Members of the Hell’s Angels acted as security and stabbed a concertgoer to death because he had a gun. Two fans were also run over and one drowned in a ditch.

Dead: 4

Injured: unknown 

5. Pearl Jam at the Roskilde Annual Rock Festival near Copenhagenm, Denmark in 2000. Together, fans became a stampede as they rushed towards the stage when the band appeared.

Dead: 9I

Injured: over 50 

6. Woodstock in Rome, New York in 1999. Over 200 000 attendees got fed up of poor hygienic conditions and expensive food stands at the three-day event. They began fires, lootings and there have been at least 4 reported acts of rape.

Dead: unknown

Injured: at least 6 

7. Axl Rose of Guns n’ Roses at the Riverport Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Missouri in 1991. Rose physically fought with a fan in the audience who had a camera. He and the band then proceeded to walk off-stage, which caused a riot to begin and spread throughout the venue.

Dead: none

Injured: at least 25 

8. James Hetfield of Metallica at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Hetfield got caught in the middle of a pyrotechnic placement and suffered from some burns.

Dead: none

Injured: 1 

9. Limp Bizkit at The Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia in 2001.The audience were putting force onto those in front of them, hence causing some fans to be crushed.

Dead: 1, due to a heart attack

Injured: at least 36 

10. Korn at Hi-Fi Buys Ampitheater in Georgia, Atlanta in 2006.  A man was attacked by two other men when he asked them to be careful around his pregnant girlfriend and a mentally-challenged child who was accompanying them.

Dead: 1

Injured: none

According to Purna Bhattacharya, TenMojo.com