03.23.2021
FROM THE ROLLING STONES TO THE CURE: 10 CONCERTS THAT ENDED IN RIOTS
Far Out Magazine: March 2021
We’ve got some huge names in music who have all felt the growing tempest of an angry crowd and make up our list of shows that have ended in riots. While not all of the artists mentioned can have the blame for inciting the mob squarely laid at their feet, some of them certainly had a hand in turning a free-loving concert into a rage-filled nightmare.
So, while we may be still hoping for concerts to return soon, we can all be glad that we weren’t in attendance at some of these terrifying shows.
One such event was when Alan Vega’s band Suicide opened up for Elvis Costello in Brussels back in 1978.