Roskilde
Pearl Jam Honors the Nine Fans Killed at 2000 Roskilde Festival
Pearl Jam honored the nine lives that were lost on the 20th anniversary of the Roskilde Festival tragedy. Guitarist Stone Gossard wrote: “It’s been 20 years since that day.A normal festival show day…show up 5 hours ahead. Wait for your slot.I barely remember it…Sunny, I think.Lou Reed played, I think.Then rain and wind. But nothing has been the same since.” On June 30, 2000, Pearl Jam took the stage at the Danish music festival. So many fans packed the crowd, especially the mosh pit, so much that Eddie Vedder implored the crowd to step back to give space to those who were all the way in the front. However, that didn’t happen, and nine men, between the ages 17-26, were suffocated or crushed by the rails and died. “An unexpected moment intervened that forever changed all involved,” Gossard w...
Pearl Jam Remember the 2000 Roskilde Festival Tragedy: ‘Nothing has Been the Same Since’
Pearl Jam have paid tribute to the lives lost on the 20th anniversary of the Roskilde Festival tragedy. The Seattle rock legends shared a solemn post to mark 20 years since that fateful day, when nine young men were crushed to death during their set at Roskilde, held near Copenhagen in Denmark. “A normal festival show day…show up 5 hours ahead. Wait for your slot. I barely remember it…” the post reads. “Sunny, I think. Lou Reed played, I think. Then rain and wind. But nothing has been the same since.” An accompanying clip features nine flames set to a black background, soundtracked by a live snippet from Pearl Jam’s “Love Boat Captain,” a 2002 song which references the tragedy. In the live cut, frontman Eddie Vedder tweaks the lyric to reflect the march o...
