You guys see this ?
New video clips have emerged of a recent Lana Del Rey concert in Mexico which shows the crowd being knocked to the ground by an energy wave.
www.nme.com
Footage is crappy.
Watched a few times until it made sense.
I have been caught in stage rushes before that pitched forward.
This is different. That Domino effect seems like an accurate description. A very unique set of circumstances must occur for this event to take place. First, the participants must be highly distracted, in this case a performance AND their cell phones.
The fact that they are bouncing to music and possibly inebriated would also help.
I told you I gave this some thought,, Concerts are different now.
These people are all equally spaced out, and not very tight.
They are not packed in like shows of the '80s or '90s
Honestly, I thought I would enjoy going to high energy shows less as I aged. The thought of getting beat up in a mosh pit was becoming less appealing. This turned out not to be the case. Everyone is so passive at these events that you can get ignorant and just put your head down in walk up to the stage.
" getting to the fence " was once an admiral feat. Anyone who got there was slick with sweat and lil puffy in the face.
I'm off topic.
Modern concert culture has led to conditions where this domino effect may occur.
The devious part of my mind wonders if this could be recreated, spontaneously, on purpose. Intentionaly.
Understand this would be a crime, although I think it's possible. You catch the right group of people- distracted, and this could be done.
Perhaps an apple store opening, or a pancake breakfast ?
Part of me really hopes this catches on.
My daughter and I watched this video a few times. We figured that crowd is 10 Deep and at least twice as wide. Maybe 200 people?
What would be the record number of people that you could knock over with one well placed hip check ?