Thus it was with twinges of regret and resentment that I watched the remainder of the show from my icy perch. But due to poor planning and wicked traffic I only caught a glimpse of Kid Rock before he left the stage. With the recent disaster at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, where nine people were killed as a result of injuries sustained during a crowd surge, I just wasn't feeling terribly adventurous.įor me, the main attraction was Kid Rock. The poor Kiss fan who fell to his death at the Kiss Farewell Tour at the Oakland Arena last March was still fresh in my mind, and this Summer Sanitarium Tour had already suffered a similar tragedy only 10 days earlier when a 21-year-old fan plunged to his death at the Baltimore show. Being lifted off the ground and unable to find a foothold in a crowd that's swaying dangerously like dominoes ready to topple at any moment just isn't fun for me now. Only a few years ago, I thought a concert wasn't a success unless I walked away sporting a few new bruises and reeking of other people's sweat. Despite the Arctic temperatures, that's where I sat through Korn and Metallica's long sets, which capped off this seven-hour concert. While thousands of fans pushed and crunched forward on the covered stadium floor, others packed into the seats in the lower and upper reaches of 3Com Park angling for a better view. Metroactive Music | Summer Sanitarium TourĪ cold wind kept one critic from warming up completely to the Summer Sanitarium Tour stop at 3Com ParkĪ bitter wind whipped through 3Com Park last Friday (July 14) during the testosterone-fueled Summer Sanitarium Tour featuring Metallica, Korn, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000 and System of a Down.
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