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East Oregonian
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Motorcycles: The Marshall Tucker Band will headline Saturday night
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on Sunday, the Marshall
Tucker Band will head-
line a Saturday night show
at the Pendleton Conven-
tion Center. The event has
signed a John Fogerty trib-
ute band as the opening act.
Tickets for the concert
are still available and cost
$20 for Umatilla County
residents with promotional
code “ZYN.”
Since starting in 2015,
Bike Week has revolved
around the convention cen-
ter. The event includes coor-
dinated rides, a motorcycle
show, and a classic rock
concert, which has featured
bands like Three Dog Night
and Grand Funk Railroad.
EO File Photo
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Members of the motorcycle stunt group the Seattle Cossacks ride around
giving high fives to spectators during one of their shows Friday at the 2018
Pendleton Bike Week.
Motorcycle enthusiasts cross Main Street while riding down Dorion Avenue
for the Sheriff Til Taylor Ride on Wednesday during the 2018 Pendleton Bike
Week.
Whisky: An estimated 17,000 people came out to the Round-Up Arena
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of people sitting and stand-
ing shoulder-to-shoulder on
the arena’s grass-covered
grounds flanked by thou-
sands of other fans in the
grandstands.
“We are really enjoy-
ing it,” said Neikirk prior
to an electrifying perfor-
mance by 50 Cent. “We just
got here a couple of hours
ago. Went and had dinner
over at Hamley’s … it was
wonderful.”
The performance by 50
Cent energized the crowd
and served as a powerful
lead-in to Post Malone, who
opened his set with “Too
Young.” Post Malone, who
is not shy about his embrace
of adult beverages, took the
stage clad in a multi-col-
ored two-piece ensemble
that looked like it came
straight out of Pendleton,
and a 16-ounce red Solo
cup in hand.
He repeatedly encour-
aged the crowd to party as
he deftly worked his way
through a nearly 90-min-
ute show that included
songs
“Better
Now,”
“Candy Paint,” “Wow,”
“Sugar Wraith,” and his lat-
est, “Goodbyes.” The per-
formance of “Goodbyes”
marked the first time he
played the song at a concert.
Post Malone rounded
out his set with “Congrat-
ulations” and then made
an emotional salute to the
crowd before slowly mak-
ing his way off the stage.
“I can’t explain to you
my life has been … crazy.
But no matter what the …
is going on in my life —
to be able to come out and
sing these … songs with
y’all means the … world to
me. Thank you so much. I
hope you all had a good …
festival.”
He added, “I love you all
to death. I hope you all have
a good ... night. Drive safe,
be safe.”
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
The Whisky Fest crowd listens to 50 Cent on Saturday evening at the Pendleton Round-Up Arena.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Blanco Brown asks for audience participation Saturday eve-
ning during the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest.
Bridget Neikirk and Jake Thomas dance as they wait for head-
liner Post Malone at Saturday’s Pendleton Whisky Music Fest.
The festival, which also
featured performances by
Tyla Yaweh, Blanco Brown,
Grieves and DJ Sovern-T,
capped a music-filled week-
end that kicked off with a
Friday night party on Main
Street in downtown Pendle-
ton that drew thousands of
people and packed bars.
Whisky Fest co-orga-
nizer Doug Corey said
Monday “it took a whole
bunch of people” to make
the event happen.
“We couldn’t do this
without the support of the
community,” said Corey,
who also extended thanks
to Pendleton Mayor John
Turner, the city council,
police and fire personnel
as well as the vendors and
others who helped make the
event a success.
He said the event, which
wrapped up its fourth year,
drew the second largest
crowd. Last year, the com-
bination of Pit Bull and
Blake Shelton pulled in
about 18,700 people.
“I really think a lot of
people had a great time,”
said Corey, who co-founded
Whisky Fest with Andy
McAnally. “We’re really
pleased with it.”
Police: Pendleton officers lined up to create a human barrier to protect the stars
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To mollify those worries,
Roberts said he rode in the
lead vehicle of each entou-
rage as they made a few trips
back and forth to transport
personnel. The entertain-
ers also wanted to keep fans
and others at a distance from
the moment they exited the
vehicles to the back stage.
So Pendleton officers lined
up to create a human barrier
to protect the stars.
The resource-intensive
request, however, meant
police were not working in
the crowds for stretches at a
time.
Perhaps the most seri-
ous indecent involved a man
in the party pit who had a
confrontation with security
staff. Roberts said the situ-
ation escalated, and before
police arrived the man was
bleeding.
“The guy was highly
combative when I saw him,”
Roberts said. “He was on
the number of the ambu-
lance and was trying to fight
EMTs and officers while
they tried to clean him up.
He ended up going to jail
because he was so highly
combative and needed a
place to calm down.”
Doug Corey, music fest
co-founder, said safety and
security is a major priority
for the event. No doubt with
thousands of people and
alcohol, there are going to
be a few people who make
trouble, he said, and secu-
rity and police are right
to remove them from the
venue.
“I think our security and
Pendleton police did a great
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job,” he said.
He added he heard of a
few incidents but has yet
to see any reports of what
really happened. He was
in one post-fest debriefing
and anticipated in the days
ahead meeting with Roberts
to go over a more in-depth
breakdown of security mea-
sures, responses and con-
cerns. Each year, he said,
he and fellow founder and
organizer Andy McAnally
strive to improve the event,
and lessons from this year
will help the next.
The sit-down with the
police chief may have to
wait a while. Pendleton Bike
Week rides once more into
town Wednesday through
Saturday, bringing thou-
sands of motorcyclists.
A motorcycle club from
the Willamette Valley last
year helped provide security
during the Saturday night
concert and several mem-
bers beat a local man. Rob-
erts said those people are not
helping at Bike Week this
year, and organizers prom-
ised to have motorcycle club
members wear their jackets
and vests inside out.
“We’ll see how that
goes,” Roberts said.
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Highland dancing, piping, games and
Memories of a wonderful 2019 event
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9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
SATURDAY, JULY 27TH
PENDLETON CONVENTION CENTER
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Th istle, Gold, Silver, Bronze
Guardians and Guardians.
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6 p.m. july 26
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