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Underworld member hospitalised after festival riot


Rick Smith was taken to hospital in Athens after a gang stormed the Ejekt Festival on Saturday.
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Published / Wednesday, 20 June 2007 12:30 PM
Category / General NewsGreece
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Rick Smith from electronic duo Underworld was taken to hospital in Athens after a gang stormed the Ejekt Festival on Saturday.

Smith together with vocalist Karl Hyde and tour DJ Darren Price were due to close out the festival when a group of thirty "anarchists" wearing masks and wielding tear gas, iron bars and baseball bats forced their way into the festival grounds at approximately 11.20 p.m. during the Beastie Boys' performance.

Cars were set on fire and property was vandalised forcing festival officials and police to evacuate the baseball stadium where the festival was being staged.

Smith was one of several persons injured along with security staff. He was kept in hospital for a short time in Athens before returning home to the UK for additional treatment. The other members of the band were not harmed.

Yesterday, Underworld announced the details of their fifth studio album 'Oblivion with Bells', which is due for release in October 2007.comment 12 Comments
 

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xtatvaxwrote
Fri, 29 Jun 2007oh and about the prodigy gig in 95 metalheads from the outside were throwing stones in (very easy: there's a hill next to the theater from were we've watched 100s of gigs free)

ffucking greeks...(metalheads)

xtatvaxwrote
Fri, 29 Jun 2007fucking greeKS(not greece(beautiful place)).....

xtatvaxwrote
Fri, 29 Jun 2007i was in eject and none of the above ever happened
the riot was a fine setup (70 euro ticket was worth setting the thing up) no anarchists were involved (i asked everyone i know) the cars were not there when we entered the stadium and some speaker announced that underworld singer was injured on the way to the fest

funny detail: on the news it was said that he got injured by a brick when he came on stage to perform

conclusion: don't believe everything that's been told
afterall the same... More

groovefactorwrote
Thu, 21 Jun 2007its a shame! wtf were them thinkin..

like the sound of the new release

thomarwrote
Thu, 21 Jun 2007My people know how to party.

loganberrywrote
Thu, 21 Jun 2007What exactly were the idiots trying to achieve with this moronic stunt.


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