Steve Miller concert
gets unruly at Gorge
GEORGE. Wash. (AP) — Grant County law enforcement officers
were angry about conditions at an August Steve Milter concert that
resulted in 10 arrests.
Some patrons became angry and began fighting at The Gorge
amphitheater after as many as 2.000 fans became unruly because they
couldn't find seats or hear the music. Sheriff Bill Wiester said
"This <an lead to a riot." Wiester said. "It (an lead to serious injuries
It can lend to death It better not happen again."
But the director of marketing for MCA Concerts Northwest said the
concert was not oversold. Creighton Burke said the 19.100-seat capai
itv of the site was actually undersold by about 500 seats
Burke said the audience was an "energetic capacity crowd that was
having a good time."
[.aw enforcement officers and concert officials have had an uneasy
alliance for years over events at the unique theater, located on a spe<
tacular cliff above the Columbia River gorge, about 150 miles east
of Seattle.
Despite the remote location, thousands of people attend shows
nearly every weekend of the summer, straining road, lodging and law
en forcement ca pacit y.
Wiester said many fans could not see what was happening and
decided to leave and seek a refund.
Deputies made arrests when drunken fans began assaulting secu
rity guards and each other. Wiester said. Several people were treat
ed for cuts and bruises. Two were taken to hospitals with minor
injuries. Wiester said.
Officers from the towns of Mattawa and Soap Lake, as well as the
Washington State Patrol, were (ailed to the concert site to help. Wiester
said.
County Commissioner Helen Fancher said that if the concert pro
moters are correct that they did not oversell the capac ity, then (>er
haps the capacity limit should he reduced.
If they only sold 19,000 tickets, then they do not have the fa( ill
f ty to hold 19,000 folks because they were way overcrowded." Fanch
er said.
Axl during trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guns
N' Roses singer Axl Rose testi
fied tfiat he sought a probation
agreement for heroin-addicted
drummer Steven Adler in a bid
to force Adler to give up drugs
or leave the band.
"My intent with the docu
ment was that Steven quit drugs,
play properly or Ire fired.” Rose
testified last month during the
trial of Adler's lawsuit against
four (inns N' Roses members
and the hand's managers.
Adler's suit contends he was
cheated out of royalties from
1‘IHOs recordings and tricked
into signing the agreement in
which he risked his partnership
rights.
Adler's attorney. David Cho
dos. contends the former drum
mer is owed at least $4 million
Rose said the hand was in the
process of calculating the value
of Adler's partnership rights
when the agreement was signed
in March 1990. Adler was forced
from the hand in July 1990 and
filed the lawsuit in 1991.
Rose also testified that ho
threatened to leave the hand
during a 1989 concert in Los
Angeles because he was upset
about substance abuse by fellow
band members.
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‘Old’ Superman back from dead
NEW YORK (AP) — Meet the now Superman
— just don't be surprised If he's faster than that
same speeding bullet or leaping the same tall
buildings in the same single bound The now
Superman, it turns out, is the old Superman.
Rack from the dead.
The once-in-two-Ufetimes comeback of the
slain superhero hits the stands Wednesday.
Don't expect a repeat of this story line; even
Superman, the comic's writers agree, can only
pull this back-from-the-dead stunt once.
"This is a one-time-only thing." said writer
Rogor Storn. "He will not be able to die and
come back again "
Unless sales slide a bit. The death of Super
man in November's issue No. 75 was the sec
ond-best-selling comic of all time, with more
than three million copies printed. An X-Mnn
special from 1991 was No. t.
Hopes are high for the Superman resurrection
issue. An ad-free collectors' edition will sell for
$.1 50. while the standard edition will go for
S2.50
As to those four Supermen who showed up
once the original Man of Steel was killed7 All
red. blue and yellow herrings The original
Superman was brought track to life by the Erad
icator, whose job is protecting the last surviving
kryptonian
The Eradicator was one of the four psuedo
Supes: the cold-blooded superbeing with his
own strict code of order. In Superman No 82,
Superman hears how hi< was saved by the heal
ing baths of the matrix chamber — a device sim
ilar to the capsule his father. Jor-El, used to
send his infant son to Earth.
A super'recap: Metropolis' main man went to
the great beyond after saving the city from inter
galactic bad guy Doomsday, who also died in
the epic struggle.
With Superman dead, four faux Supermen
appeared in his place One was the Eradicator:
another was an evil cyborg with a history of bat
tling Superman: next was steelworker John
Henry Iron, who wax buried alive in the Dooms
day brawl; plus a high spirited two Superman.
Tlie resolution: the old Superman, revived by
the Eradicator, comes hack to destroy the
i yborg John Henry and the Super-youth sur
vive and get their own comics. Stern said.
Superman, by the end of the comic, is feeling
better than ever.
"I'm rejuvenated in a way I never thought
possible." he says in the final panel. "Some
thing felts me I'll be able to handle anything
(letter than ever."
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