Video: Metallica Fans Riot In Colombia
Video footage of the chaos that erupted on March 10 as hundreds of Metallica fans without tickets attempted to crash the band’s concert in Colombia is online now.
Around 160 people were arrested and at least eight people injured during the riot, according to Sky News. Bogota’s Regulatory Center of Emergency Services said four policemen and four civilians were hospitalized for injuries and that one youth was stabbed, according to the web site Colombia Reports.
Some 30,000 people had tickets to see the band in the Colombian capital, but hundreds of ticketless fans tried to break through barriers to see their heroes, according to Sky News.
Prior to the concert, there were posts on social networking site Facebook inciting fans to crash the gig.
Ruben Castillo, a local police chief, said the rioters also damaged property around the park.
“Those people that did not get in wanted to get in by force,” he said.
“The presence of police and riot teams was necessary because these misfits – there’s no other name for them — damaged some windows in the surrounding area.”
Source: Blabbermouth







Forgive this…!
Way to give metal a bad name guys…
What a shame to see this… for a few stupid people we all Colombians got in ridiulous in front of everybody…. This shoul be punished, there should be a new law against those peaople that always try to do this.
What a bunch of fucking clahns
Yeah knock down those fences! that’lll show em whos boss!!! (idiots)
i just feel bad for the guys who actually payed to get in and then had their day ruined
horns up for the policeman that gets injured in defending a band they maybe dont like !
I’m from Bogota living in the UK, and that’s just disgraceful. But it’s not the first time that happens, I remember during my first concert, Guns n Roses 1990, it was something similar, but not by the people that couldn’t get in but at the end of the concert.
Anyway as some dude would say, what a fucking disgrace. Too be fair, the ticket’s were very expensive too, about half of the minimum monthly wage, so it was expected as many metal heads there do not have that kind of money.
i was thinking more like a mosh pit in the streets…
Who woulda thought this many retards were on the same page
theres a reason why tickets exist :B
way to make the metal community look like a bunch of retarded tools colombia, cheers for that…
Hey…. @ girdles ‘n such: you know, the people involved in the ritos werte about 160, but the people who paid the ticket, made the line in complete order and enjoyed the concert were about 50.000 … don’t stigmatize the entire country just because a bunch of scum losers with nothing in their brains decided to break through the police and enter the concert for free…. they are colombians too, but what about the other 50.000?… every country has its social problems, and those people are the reflections of our own, lack of culture and good quality education. Our country sucks socially, but still 50.000 people paid their tickets. You think it’s fair to blame an entire metal-population for making the metal community look like a bunch of retarded, just because 160 stupid people had nothing better to do than riot?
Pathetic… They think that if they knock down some fences and throw rock at armored car , they will be cool and will get into concert? If you failed and did not get the ticket = tough luck , wait for other concert or try to buy from sellers at 5 time the price.
You fuckin baboon, your the tools. People in columbia don’t get the amount of chances we get at see in bands n a lot of Columbians can’t afford dishin out money as easily as we do for gigs. The fact that there coming together to get there way is very metal. You also have to take in account that it is a police state over there so just pety rock throwin to show determination to fight back against authority is fully metal. If we were there we’d be doing the same so stop being arrogant and naive arseholes n support the metal. Rock on columbia
@Ric – Really? I totally disagree, there is nothing metal about going there and destroying someone elses experience. Sure they dont have the money, and dont get much chances blah but that does not justify stabbing some kid