Thriller Music Park via Spin
Three young women were killed last night at a Steve Aoki concert at the Madrid Arena in Spain. The Thriller Music Park Halloween Party was approved for a 10,800 person capacity, but audience members estimated that over 20,000 people were there. The post from Spin details a horrific scene with people getting crushed and a venue that took hours for people to exit after the Aoki performance.
According to FactMag, a flare was set off while people were trying to leave causing mass panic within the crowd. The “crush” which lead to the death of the three women took place on a lower floor of the building, not the actual dance floor. Contrary to audience reports, the event was not sold out and may not have been over ticketed.
Here are a few comments pulled from the El Pais’ facebook page by Spin:
I was in the bottleneck that formed and it was inhuman. You couldn’t move forward, because there were people lying on the ground, or backward, because people kept pushing. We were there for like half an hour, until it occurred to someone to open another door, and people began to exit that way.
“There was a human bottleneck at the only exit, because all the others were closed and sealed. There were people crying, crushed; security personnel dragging away those that were trapped.”
Steve Aoki just released this statement through his blog,
After my performance last night at Thriller Music Park at the Madrid Arena in Spain, I was devastated to hear that three people had died during a crowd rush at one of the exits. The safety of my fans has always been my top priority and had I known that there was any distress putting people in jeopardy within the venue I would have ended my show immediately. My show in Bilbao Spain tonight will be cancelled out of respect for those who lost their lives and those who are injured. I would like to express my deepest condolences and heart felt prayers to the families and loved ones during this difficult time.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to those involved.
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