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Tour diary South America (2000)A report about our "breakthrough" concert in the Museum, Buenos Aires.
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"And then the stage collapsed..."
The stage, one minute
after the concert had begun. On March 24 we arrived in the “Museum” in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires to play a sold-out show. The concert only lasted 30 seconds this night, then the stage collapsed under our feet. Although the venue, with a capacity of 3,000 people, had been sold out
weeks before and approximately 1,000 people were waiting outside, hoping
in vain to be able to get a ticket somehow, it hadn’t been possible to change
to a larger location because the town has forbidden all larger venues for concerts
by punk bands.
Campino trying to calm
down the fans with an old megaphone. When we came on stage around midnight and opened with “Opelgang”, the whole audience stormed towards the front, so that the safety gates, the security personnel, and the stage behind them were all pushed back three metres, which caused the whole construction to collapse. Stage and equipment fell down several metres into a splintering chaos of wood, metal, and electric cables.
Police arriving at the
“Museum” in vain: there was no need for them. It was quite a miracle that nobody got injured. In spite of all the chaos, the people involved managed to calm down the audience and prevent them from panicking. We decided to reschedule the concert for the following Saturday night. As soon as the hall was empty, the clearing and work on the construction of a new stage began.
This stage has had it.
A new one, please!
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