What happened Love Parade 2010?

On 24 July 2010, a crowd disaster (crush) at the 2010 Love Parade electronic dance music festival in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, caused the deaths of 21 people from suffocation as attendees tried to escape a crowded tunnel. At least 500 more were injured.

Why was the Love Parade Cancelled?

On 24 July 2010, a crowd crush at the Love Parade in Duisburg caused the deaths of 21 people, with at least 500 others injured. As a consequence, the organizer of the festival announced that no further Love Parades would be held and that the festival was permanently canceled.

Does Love Parade still exist?

Berlin’s Love Parade is set to return in a new format next year. Organisers of a brand new street party in Berlin, Rave The Planet, have announced that their debut street parade will take place on the 9th July 2022, after coronavirus restrictions forced the team to cancel this year’s event.

When was the first Berlin Love Parade?

July 1, 1989
Love Parade/First event date

What do you mean by crowd disaster?

Stampedes are caused by surge of individuals in a crowd, in response to a perceived danger, loss of physical space or excitement. Stampedes in India-Statistics. According to the National Crime Records Bureau figures, from 2000 to 2013, almost 2,000 people died in stampedes.

What’s a human crush?

A human disaster which occurs during religious pilgrimages or professional sporting and music events, when crowds fall prey to mass panic due to an explosion, fire or other trigger event which causes a stampede.

Why do crowd crushes happen?

A “crowd crush” as such ensues when a large crowd is trying to move in a certain direction to reach an objective, or in response to the need to move forwards due to events at the back, with those at the back pushing forward not knowing that those at the front are being crushed.

Where was the Love Parade disaster in 2010?

Love Parade disaster. On 24 July 2010, a crowd disaster at the 2010 Love Parade electronic dance music festival in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, caused the death of 21 people from suffocation. At least 500 more were injured. The Love Parade was a free-access music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in Berlin.

Where was the Love Parade held in Germany?

With the slogan ” The Art of Love “, the event was a prominent part of RUHR

How many people died at the Love Parade?

Love Parade disaster. On 24 July 2010, a crowd disaster at the 2010 Love Parade electronic dance music festival in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, caused the death of 21 people from suffocation. At least 500 more were injured.

Where was the Love Parade held in Australia?

In 1994, 1995 and 1996 an event called Love Parade was held in Melbourne, Australia. Unlike its overseas counterparts, this was a smaller “rave party” version of the festival. In 1996 it was held at Festival Hall in West Melbourne and included a parade that made the evening news.