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Grateful Dead played the final concert at the iconic Winterland venue in San Francisco on New Years Eve 1978 which lasted over 8 hours. The guests were treated to a hot buffet breakfast at dawn when the show ended.

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In 1971, a crazed fan shot a flare-gun towards Frank Zappa and his band during a concert in Switzerland. The resulting fire injured several audience members, melted the bands equipment, and destroyed the venue. This incident was the inspiration for Deep Purples, 'Smoke On The Water.'

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1. At Warped Tour concert venues, parents accompanying their children are admitted free of charge and can spend the day waiting for their children at the "Reverse Day Care" tent.

2. There is a cafe/concert venue, called Che Cafe, on University of California San Diego campus that the city and school shut down almost a year ago. The patrons have had a 24/7 sit in since the eviction notice keeping it open, and continues to do regular concerts.

3. Red Rocks has been a concert venue since 1906.

4. Budokan, the Japanese concert venue, was built to host judo at the 1968 Olympics and will host judo and karate at the 2020 Olympics.

5. In 2016, R&B singer Lauryn Hill was over two hours late to a concert in Atlanta because she needed to "align her energies." Given the concert venue's strict 11 PM curfew, she ended up performing for less than 40 minutes.

6. In 1971, roughly 1,000 people without tickets attempted to scheme their way into a Jethro Tull concert at Red Rocks Amphitheate, leading to a tense standoff with police that resulted in rock concerts being banned at the venue for five years.

7. Multiple developers have been building a mall in New Jersey for 14 years. Billions of dollars have been spent, but it never opened and is not under construction at this time. It was originally supposed to contain a ski slope, amusement park, and concert venue.

8. One of the five best opera and classical concert venues of the world is located in Argentina. It is called Teatro Colon.

9. Anne Ramsey (Goonies, Throw Momma From The Train), along with her husband, once owned, operated and even named the Theater Of The Living Arts in Philadelphia. The building is now a popular concert venue.

10. The world renowned concert venue Red Rocks Amphitheater now has to close it's doors at 12:45 due to nearby neighbors complaints about the noise volume.

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The Moondog Coronation Ball, considered the first major rock concert, was shut down by the Cleveland fire authorities after the first song of the opening act. Ticket counterfeiting and a printing error led to 20,000 people showing up at the 11,000-person venue

Valencia Tool & Die, a music venue in San Francisco that was made to look like a storefront, with the concert venue accessed through a hatch in the floor. It hosted a range of performers from Alan Ginsburg, Social Distortion, Dead Kennedys to Tommy Tutone. - source

The best concert bootlegger of the 1970's used a prop wheelchair to smuggle his gear into venues. - source

In 2003, a pyrotechnics mishap at a Great White concert in Rhode Island caused the entire venue to burst into flames, claiming the lives of 100 people.

During a Spice Girls concert rehearsal in 2000, a red laser light appeared on Victoria Beckham's chest and she was bundled off stage. One of the venue's upstairs fire escape doors was found wedged open, sparking fears of a potential assassin. - source

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Radiohead front-man Thom Yorke once noticed a fan having a seizure during a concert, stopping the performance so venue security could deal with the fan. They then promptly started the song where they left off without missing a beat.

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Concert venues must provide a sign language interpreter upon request

Rock band Van Halen had a contract rider that demanded that no brown M&M's be found backstage at one of their concerts. This was in place to insure the venue properly read the contract and all of its safety regulations

In 2003, a pyrotechnics mishap at a Great White concert in Rhode Island caused the entire venue to burst into flames, claiming 100 lives.

Grateful Dead played the final concert at the iconic Winterland venue in San Francisco on New Years Eve 1978 which lasted over 8 hours. The guests were treated to a hot buffet breakfast at dawn when the show ended.