Pags Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Stones Show Interrupted by Bomb Threat By Associated Press Story CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Rolling Stones concert at the University of Virginia was halted after 911 operators received a bomb threat specifically targeting the stage area, university officials said. A 45-minute police sweep of the area Thursday found nothing unusual, and the band completed the show without further incident, university spokeswoman Carol Wood said. The interruption came about eight songs into the show at the 61,000-seat Scott Stadium. Mick Jagger announced to the audience that authorities had told the band to take a 10-minute break, and the musicians immediately left the stage area. The first 20 rows of fans were also cleared, and three bomb-sniffing dogs, already on site, searched the area. The threat is under investigation by university, local and state police. The Rolling Stones are touring to promote their latest album, "A Bigger Bang." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 They play at Duke University's Wallace Wade Stadium tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanEHdian Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Scary! They just played here in Toronto a few weeks back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 QUOTE (paganoman @ Oct 7 2005, 06:56 PM) [The Rolling Stones are touring to promote their latest album, "A Bigger Bang." Mmmmmm - does this count as irony?. Bomb hoaxers are really low. To get some kind of perverted thrill from worrying people and spoiling things like a gig is just shitty. There's a local school here that's had to close for four days over the past three weeks because some t**t rings and says there's a bomb in a classroom. Hopefully he'll be caught soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plodder Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I went to a Whitesnake gig (80/81 ish) and there was a bomb scare. Luckily my then girlfriend's house was just across the road from the concert venue. I think we had the best time of anyone that night, well other than David Coverdale loving himself, as he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Oct 7 2005, 01:16 PM) QUOTE (paganoman @ Oct 7 2005, 06:56 PM) [The Rolling Stones are touring to promote their latest album, "A Bigger Bang." Mmmmmm - does this count as irony?. I thought exactly the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Wow. Just wow. That's just... immature. I mean, you could do something better to stop a Rolling Stones concert. Like, call in, and tell Keith Richards it's raining cocaine. But a bomb threat? That's low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES-335 Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 I think they misunderstood, it was probably a BONG threat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanEHdian Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 QUOTE (ES-335 @ Oct 8 2005, 09:18 PM) I think they misunderstood, it was probably a BONG threat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 QUOTE (CanEHdian @ Oct 8 2005, 08:42 PM) QUOTE (ES-335 @ Oct 8 2005, 09:18 PM) I think they misunderstood, it was probably a BONG threat! That would be quite fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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