LJFH Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 http://www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/radiohead/hail_to_the_thief/ AWESOME!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 Way ahead of you. I caved and listened to some of it at work yesterday. I think we have another winner from the Radiohead guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted June 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 I can't tell you how upset that I am about not being able to go this weekend....but it does look like it might not happen...so that is some consolation. But, august is definetly a go.....I will stand in the pouring rain for days to get tix for the Toronto and Montreal shows. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 Today 3pm is the deadline for the organizers to get that permit. I'm in for the Toronto and Montreal shows FOR SURE. I can't wait to take the lot of you to your first Radiohead show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/nyregion/04CONC.html? County Predicts Long Island Concerts Won't Happen By ELISSA GOOTMAN RIVERHEAD, N.Y., June 3 — With the two stages, banner and portable toilets that now stand on a former airfield here, one could get the impression that everything is nearly set for the thousands of people expected to arrive starting Friday afternoon for a two-day concert featuring bands like Radiohead and the Beastie Boys. That impression, however, would be far from accurate. Days before the Field Day Music Festival is scheduled to begin, concerns about a lack of police officers to provide security have made chances increasingly dim that the concerts will take place, at least in Riverhead. Two news conferences are planned for Wednesday about whether the concerts will take place, one for 10 a.m. by the Riverhead Town Board and a second for 11:30 a.m. by Suffolk County officials. Promoters also planned to issue a statement. Even as workers today prepared the concert site, a former Grumman aircraft plant, for the more than 35,000 people who had been expected to pitch tents and spread out blankets for concerts on Saturday and Sunday, county officials said promoters had failed to get all the necessary permits. Before the concerts can take place, the county Health Department must issue a mass-gathering permit and the Riverhead Town Board also is required to issue a special events permit. At a lengthy meeting before a standing-room-only crowd at the Riverhead Town Hall tonight, people spoke out for and (mostly) against the concert, raising fears of drunken driving, the possibility of lost town revenues and worries of terrorist attacks. The Town Board postponed taking action on two resolutions that would have eased the way for the concerts to take place as scheduled. Board members said the resolutions could not be approved until the county Police Department was on board with a plan to provide security for the concerts. When the board first proposed postponing action on the resolutions, there was an outburst from members in the crowd who wanted the issue put to rest. "Why don't you resign, all of you?" one man shouted. Robert F. Kozakiewicz, the town supervisor, indicated after the meeting that the resolutions were postponed to protect the town from a lawsuit by the promoter. Christopher Kent, a lawyer for the company putting on the concerts, said today that all legal options were being considered to hold the concerts in Riverhead, but efforts are under way to find an alternative site. He said, with 30 bands booked, "We're going to have a concert somewhere." Peter A. Scully, a deputy Suffolk County executive, said the county was concerned about public safety problems that could result from thousands of people arriving for a concert that most likely would not take place. "It's time to get on to the unfortunate reality that ticket holders will need to have their money refunded," he said. In the meantime, Mr. Scully said, the Suffolk County attorney's office was preparing legal papers, to be filed "in the event it appears that the promoter intends to move forward in the absence of the required permits." The main sticking point, officials said, is that there are not enough police officers to handle security and traffic. The Riverhead Town Police Department includes only 74 uniformed members, which county officials say is not enough to handle the concerts. The county and state police, as well as other Long Island police departments, have refused to provide officers. Last week, the Suffolk County Health Department denied the application of Andrew Dreskin, the executive producer of Field Day, for the mass gathering permit. Mr. Dreskin said today that he believed he could still get the permit from the Health Department until 3 p.m. Wednesday, 48 hours before the concert gates had been scheduled to open. He also said he believed it was improper for Suffolk County to refuse to provide police for the concert, then refuse to give a permit because of the lack of police. Earlier this year, the Riverhead Town Board passed a measure approving the Field Day festival. The festival, it was agreed, would pay the town $150,000 to lease its land. Last week, a State Supreme Court judge in Central Islip refused to issue an injunction to block the concert. As of today, the Field Day Web site was still optimistic, promising a "unique experience" featuring music, art and morning yoga classes. "In addition to a killer music lineup, we plan to spotlight emerging and contemporary artists, and there will be tons of other interesting things going on throughout the site," the Web site said. It did, however, offer the following disclaimer: "All Info Subject to Change." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LJFH Posted June 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 quote: I can't wait to take the lot of you to your first Radiohead show.[/QB] I can't wait!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 source Promoters Eye New Site for Concert No help from state police; town board tables vote Hours after the New York State Police informed the Suffolk County health department that it will not be able to send troopers to help control crowds and traffic at a concert scheduled this weekend in Calverton, the Riverhead Town Board tabled a vote on granting the event a special permit. It was a double blow for promoters of the event, which already has been denied a separate approval by Suffolk County that will not be reconsidered, a county official told the town board Tuesday night. But a lawyer for the promoter said he was seeking other venues in the New York metropolitan area for the concert. "We don't have a formal commitment to stage a concert anywhere," said Chris Kent, an attorney for the promoters. After the town board meeting, Riverhead Town Supervisor Robert Kozakiewicz said the town board tabled the resolution because they could face a lawsuit from the promoter or other parties. The board voted 5-0 to table the decision. The board's decision was closely watched by the Suffolk County Attorney's office, which said Tuesday it would seek to stop the concert in court if the promoters didn't notify ticketholders that the festival was canceled. The bands scheduled to appear include The Beastie Boys and Radiohead. "We need to get some concrete indications from the promoters that they are advising all of their ticketholders -- in as many advertising venues as they used to promote the festival -- that it will not be held," deputy county attorney Robert Cabble said Tuesday, adding the county would appear in court as early as this morning if the board voted to approve the permit. But Gary Lewi, spokesman for promoter Andrew Dreskin, said Tuesday afternoon that the news the state police were not participating does not necessarily stop the concert. "There are any number of different options that are available to us," he said, but declined to be more specific. Several other local law enforcement agencies have declined to help, citing either a lack of time or personnel. Riverhead Town's chief of police has said he would need about 200 extra officers to help his tiny force control the crowd of 50,000 expected over Saturday and Sunday. In a letter sent Tuesday to Robert Maimoni, a county health official, Lt. Col. James Schepperly of the state police explained that "our experience has been that several months lead-time is minimally necessary to develop comprehensive concert plans." The state police were first approached in March, a town official said. A lack of adequate law enforcement was the reason the Suffolk County health department denied a mass gathering permit for the concert last week. Two weeks ago, Suffolk County police declined to participate, citing concerns about the promoter's traffic plan and a lack of time for the county attorney to sign a deal with Riverhead town. In urging the town to approve his client's permit, Field Day lawyer Chris Kent held aloft two binders several inches thick that he said constituted months of planning by Dreskin and his consultants. "Before you are pages and pages of good science, based upon good planning," he told the town board at the meeting Tuesday night. "What you have before you is a tremendous opportunity for the town of Riverhead." Kozakiewicz did not return calls for comment Tuesday, but town board member James Lull said he would be willing to approve the permit on the condition that Dreskin receives his approval from the county, a feat Lull acknowledged would be "awfully, awfully difficult." He added that such a vote could avoid a lawsuit by Dreskin. "If we vote in favor of it with conditions, then the liability is somewhere else," Lull said. Bruce Williamson, chief of the health department's bureau of public health protection, told the town board Tuesday night "the permits will not be issued. I urge the town board to take into consideration that the application was denied." The Field Day concert was to occur at the former Grumman property, on 2,900 acres of town-owned land that has been targeted for economic development. The town had hoped the rock festival -- and another scheduled for August -- would put Riverhead on the map and lure future clients to the site. Ashley Capps, one of the promoters of Bonnaroo NE, the August festival -- slated to last three days and feature acts including Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and The Dead -- said he was keeping an eye on the Field Day developments but wasn't concerned about the impact it would have on his own event. "We've been going through our own process in our own way, and we feel like we've been working very hard to dot the i's and cross the t's," he said. "These are two very separate events." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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