"Two die, 20 fall ill at music festival; Drugs, alcohol are called widespread at Mansfield event" by Alejandra Matos and Zachary T. Sampson | Globe Correspondents, July 28, 2012
Two people died and about 20 were hospitalized when an electronic music tour rolling through North America erupted into a dangerous frenzy of drugs and alcohol at the Comcast Center in Mansfield Thursday.
Mansfield Police Chief Arthur M. O’Neill said Friday that alcohol and drugs — including PCP, LSD, ecstasy, and marijuana — were pervasive at the Identity Festival concert, which ran from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the popular venue. Forty-five people were also arrested on various drug and alcohol charges, O’Neill said.
Dominic Impelizzieri, 27, of Syracuse, N.Y., and Connor Brandon, 19, of Acton, died as a result of drug and alcohol use, according to the police chief.
“It was a return to the ’70s,” O’Neill said of the rampant drug use and drinking at the show, which featured DJs and music producers playing electronic dance music....
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Also see: Going to the Show
Update:
"After two men died of apparent drug overdoses at a concert late last month and scores were taken into custody for drunkenness at another this week, town officials here say the shows at the Comcast Center are severely straining emergency resources with increasingly unruly crowds."
Also see: Officials blame culture of drugs, alcohol for Comcast Center deaths
