I was at the concert. Festival seating was not the cause. There were countless concerts before this that were uneventful. In my opinion, there were two causes:
1. The limited number of doors open, as has been reported.
2. The Who were late for their soundtrack. You could hear the band playing and everyone outside assumed the concert had started.
I went to an outdoor concert in the 90s that had general admission. I will never go to another. This was no where near the size of this concert. It was at a local amusement park. My friend and I were close to the center of the area in front of the stage and people started pushing forward and we both got bruised and bloody.We grabbed each other forcefully pushed to the edge of the crowd and it took us half an hour to do so.Never again.I cant imagine it on this scale of venue and crowd.
that`s bad that theirs that much popularity in the band that was blamed for this to happen.
just because of who they are .seems a horrible thing for it to happen ,personally i cant see it being that famous in this being the problem.for every problem someone is causing it,the reason for this will come out someday.
Three Rivers Stadium, September (forgotten what day) 1994: Approx. 54,000 people attended to see Pink Floyd. I was in the crowd, had a balcony seat. While we were outside waiting to get inside, people started pushing, and I was lifted off my feet a few times, and this was all I could think of, The Who in Cincinnati. It was scary, because there's nothing you can do when people in the back start to push. Luckily nobody was seriously injured, but yes, I was scared for a while.
no one can get the story straight. I have read MANY accounts, how many doors were there total, and 1-2-3-4 or less opened, because the crowd heard the music start, thinking the band was starting. that is what I read. I have seen the Rolling Stone article, and JERRY SPRINGER was mayor. but each story was different. ALSO it was COLD outside, and "In the news' also mentioned "Drinking and drugs", then Pete was treated like shit in anti rock books. THE SHOW IS ON BOOTLEG!!! "Stampede"
i was there seen it all go down. was in the middle of the crowd. could not move. doors would open then close. people push and you were smashed. i blame the cops for the whole mess.
Opening ALL of the doors wouldn't have mattered. Once the assholes in the rear started pushing, the people in the middle had to push the people in front of them or fall and be trampled. If someone fell in front of you, there was no way to help them up. If you tried to help, you would be trampled. Many people had to walk on the fallen or meet the same fate! Yes, blame rests with the assholes who started the pushing!
Some people wait in line - others cut in line. Can't cut? Push your way to the front. Blame it on the assholes in the rear who started the whole thing - you know who you are.
I want to write a book about the music year of 1977 in which it begins in triumph with the arrival of ABBA and winning Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo" and the story ends in tragedy...with The Who concert in Cincinnati five years later and as the 70's came to a frantic end (it will be titled "Collison Courses"). It is shocking that this incident came almost ten years to the day of what happened to The Rolling Stones at Altamont. Just like that, Rock and Roll was again at a crossroads.
At Zeppelin in Seattle 3-21-1975 (second show of the week).... we showed up at 8am and were right against the rope. At about 6pm it was getting to the "usual" moments of pushing and shoving which I was very used to... pretty much every show in the 70s was general admission so we always showed up early.
Some moron threw a bottle and broke a glass door. That started everything... the rope actually broke... and I went THROUGH a glass door... was bent over the bar behind it... luckily I got up.
I was there. The doors opened late & they only opened a few doors. The was a surge of bodies moving forward. I was 6'1" tall weighing about 200 lbs. I was lifted off my feet several times. To this day I am so upset that they blame festival seating, I often wonder ,even now, if I may have been a cause of someones death, all I knew is that I needed to move forward, I went to a local bar afterwards and was told I needed to call my parents and tell them I was ok. That was when I learned of this
Cincy Lieutenant informed us the Who was late and needed a sound check. After the sound check a single door opened and me and my friends got in, I saw all the people smashed up against the front glass doors. I asked one of the few ticket attendants when they were going to let those people in. He responded, as soon as they settle down. During movie people came in. Socks shirts shoes all over. Again, I asked what happened and the attendant said there was a big fight. Managements greed is fault.
They suffocated because there was a mass of people pushing against one another, thinking the doors were opening and the concert had started. The compression made it impossible for many to breathe. They fell down, thus getting trampled by the other people when the doors did open. There was no way they could have gotten up.
I've been in situations like this. I was in Wembley Stadium in London for a general admission show. I got there early and ended up being about 10 feet from the stage. People kept pushing forward and pushing forward. I was lifted off my feet. So was a friend of mine. He went down and I pulled him up. HE'S 6'3"!!! He couldn't get his footing, he couldn't breathe. Eventually he got his breath and balance back, but it was tough. In the right circumstances, it's an easy thing to happen.
Always, when I hear about the Cincinnati tragedy, the words "stampede" and "trampled" are used. There was no stampede and no one died from being trampled. The chilling truth is that each victim was standing upright and, because the pressure of the crowd was so great, they suffered "compressive asphyxia." In other words, their upper bodies were crushed and they died standing, still pressed up against people. Terrible.
it had NOTHING to with general admission - that's a cop out. People would have been pushing, shoving, because they were funneled down to the only opened doors even if they had reserved seats. The promoters, the security and the venue itself are to blame because they wouldn't open the doors.
The mayor of CINCINNATI at the time was Jerry Springer. also check out "1979 "In the News" Cinncinatti Who Concert" video. I got a copy of this ROLLING STONE magazine at San Jose State University. "WKRP" had an episode about this.
The mayor of CINCINNATI at the time was Jerry Springer. also check out "1979 "In the News" Cinncinatti Who Concert" video. I went and got the Rolling Stones issue of this at San Jose State University
Was a very sad tragedy. I was inside the (now) US Bank Arena a couple of weeks ago for the first time in over 15 years. Brought back all those sad memories.
I was at the concert. Festival seating was not the cause. There were countless concerts before this that were uneventful. In my opinion, there were two causes:
1. The limited number of doors open, as has been reported.
2. The Who were late for their soundtrack. You could hear the band playing and everyone outside assumed the concert had started.
paulamorelli 2 months ago
I went to an outdoor concert in the 90s that had general admission. I will never go to another. This was no where near the size of this concert. It was at a local amusement park. My friend and I were close to the center of the area in front of the stage and people started pushing forward and we both got bruised and bloody.We grabbed each other forcefully pushed to the edge of the crowd and it took us half an hour to do so.Never again.I cant imagine it on this scale of venue and crowd.
slosh29 3 months ago
that`s bad that theirs that much popularity in the band that was blamed for this to happen.
just because of who they are .seems a horrible thing for it to happen ,personally i cant see it being that famous in this being the problem.for every problem someone is causing it,the reason for this will come out someday.
TheKingston1960 5 months ago
Three Rivers Stadium, September (forgotten what day) 1994: Approx. 54,000 people attended to see Pink Floyd. I was in the crowd, had a balcony seat. While we were outside waiting to get inside, people started pushing, and I was lifted off my feet a few times, and this was all I could think of, The Who in Cincinnati. It was scary, because there's nothing you can do when people in the back start to push. Luckily nobody was seriously injured, but yes, I was scared for a while.
5jerry1 8 months ago
no one can get the story straight. I have read MANY accounts, how many doors were there total, and 1-2-3-4 or less opened, because the crowd heard the music start, thinking the band was starting. that is what I read. I have seen the Rolling Stone article, and JERRY SPRINGER was mayor. but each story was different. ALSO it was COLD outside, and "In the news' also mentioned "Drinking and drugs", then Pete was treated like shit in anti rock books. THE SHOW IS ON BOOTLEG!!! "Stampede"
MichaelHansenFUN 10 months ago
i was there seen it all go down. was in the middle of the crowd. could not move. doors would open then close. people push and you were smashed. i blame the cops for the whole mess.
buckeyebunnyhunter 10 months ago
Opening ALL of the doors wouldn't have mattered. Once the assholes in the rear started pushing, the people in the middle had to push the people in front of them or fall and be trampled. If someone fell in front of you, there was no way to help them up. If you tried to help, you would be trampled. Many people had to walk on the fallen or meet the same fate! Yes, blame rests with the assholes who started the pushing!
FiberMania 1 year ago
Some people wait in line - others cut in line. Can't cut? Push your way to the front. Blame it on the assholes in the rear who started the whole thing - you know who you are.
booifojoe 1 year ago 4
@booifojoe My dad and uncle were there-NO ONE was in line. It was a mad rush by all to the door.
MrCincinnatian 6 months ago
I want to write a book about the music year of 1977 in which it begins in triumph with the arrival of ABBA and winning Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo" and the story ends in tragedy...with The Who concert in Cincinnati five years later and as the 70's came to a frantic end (it will be titled "Collison Courses"). It is shocking that this incident came almost ten years to the day of what happened to The Rolling Stones at Altamont. Just like that, Rock and Roll was again at a crossroads.
EricandDish 1 year ago
At Zeppelin in Seattle 3-21-1975 (second show of the week).... we showed up at 8am and were right against the rope. At about 6pm it was getting to the "usual" moments of pushing and shoving which I was very used to... pretty much every show in the 70s was general admission so we always showed up early.
Some moron threw a bottle and broke a glass door. That started everything... the rope actually broke... and I went THROUGH a glass door... was bent over the bar behind it... luckily I got up.
TacomaPaul 1 year ago
I was there. The doors opened late & they only opened a few doors. The was a surge of bodies moving forward. I was 6'1" tall weighing about 200 lbs. I was lifted off my feet several times. To this day I am so upset that they blame festival seating, I often wonder ,even now, if I may have been a cause of someones death, all I knew is that I needed to move forward, I went to a local bar afterwards and was told I needed to call my parents and tell them I was ok. That was when I learned of this
resqman 1 year ago
Cincy Lieutenant informed us the Who was late and needed a sound check. After the sound check a single door opened and me and my friends got in, I saw all the people smashed up against the front glass doors. I asked one of the few ticket attendants when they were going to let those people in. He responded, as soon as they settle down. During movie people came in. Socks shirts shoes all over. Again, I asked what happened and the attendant said there was a big fight. Managements greed is fault.
chardgrove 1 year ago
im kinda confused on how they suffacated
Can someone explain to me??
carterlandry 2 years ago
They suffocated because there was a mass of people pushing against one another, thinking the doors were opening and the concert had started. The compression made it impossible for many to breathe. They fell down, thus getting trampled by the other people when the doors did open. There was no way they could have gotten up.
colorfularies 1 year ago
I've been in situations like this. I was in Wembley Stadium in London for a general admission show. I got there early and ended up being about 10 feet from the stage. People kept pushing forward and pushing forward. I was lifted off my feet. So was a friend of mine. He went down and I pulled him up. HE'S 6'3"!!! He couldn't get his footing, he couldn't breathe. Eventually he got his breath and balance back, but it was tough. In the right circumstances, it's an easy thing to happen.
RunyonFan 1 year ago
@carterlandry crowd pushed against their chest
TheElectricSalad 1 year ago
Always, when I hear about the Cincinnati tragedy, the words "stampede" and "trampled" are used. There was no stampede and no one died from being trampled. The chilling truth is that each victim was standing upright and, because the pressure of the crowd was so great, they suffered "compressive asphyxia." In other words, their upper bodies were crushed and they died standing, still pressed up against people. Terrible.
alabhaois 2 years ago
my dad went to this concert
gunsnsmith 2 years ago
i saw kiss 2 weeks before. the only 2 bands that break their guitars.peter and paul.the kiss of death but the kids are alright. rip
laneatlileden 2 years ago
I was at the same Kiss concert which was Friday Septermber 14, 1979.. This incident happened December 4
jester99sch 2 years ago
it had NOTHING to with general admission - that's a cop out. People would have been pushing, shoving, because they were funneled down to the only opened doors even if they had reserved seats. The promoters, the security and the venue itself are to blame because they wouldn't open the doors.
coltom 2 years ago
i was watching 100 most shocking music moments and saw this. i didn't know it was this serious :/
itzauztin 2 years ago
same here
whydotheystaysteve 1 year ago
The mayor of CINCINNATI at the time was Jerry Springer. also check out "1979 "In the News" Cinncinatti Who Concert" video. I got a copy of this ROLLING STONE magazine at San Jose State University. "WKRP" had an episode about this.
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
The mayor of CINCINNATI at the time was Jerry Springer. also check out "1979 "In the News" Cinncinatti Who Concert" video. I went and got the Rolling Stones issue of this at San Jose State University
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
Prayers and best wishes to all the victims families and friends.
lowgens02 2 years ago
Was a very sad tragedy. I was inside the (now) US Bank Arena a couple of weeks ago for the first time in over 15 years. Brought back all those sad memories.
santarockswithtso 2 years ago