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The Pixies Forced Off Benicassim Stage

Over fears for crowd safety....

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The Pixies had to leave the stage at the Bencassim Festival last night after crowd pressure collapsed a barrier.

The reformed rockers abruptly left the stage quarter of an hour into their set – with bassist Kim Deal telling the heaving crowd, “We gotta go,†- over fears for the safety of the fans.

Confused punters - including your intrepid Gigwise correspondent Alex Donohue - were left fearing the band had quit because they'd got the hump.

However, organisers at the popular Spanish festival managed to repair the barrier and The Pixies returned to the complete their set after a half-an-hour delay.
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  • why do people want to be at the front? can’t drink or piss! well, can’t drink! that would be well scary the barrier giving way. pixies are just getting sensible in their old age

    ~ by toastie 11/30/1999

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