A Danish court has rejected a lawsuit by the family of one of the festival-goers killed at the 2000 Roskilde Festival who were attempting to increase their damages payment.
Allan Tonnesen was one of nine people killed when a crowd surged forward during Pearl Jam's Roskilde set in June 2000. Tonnesen's parents, who claimed organisers of the Roskilde Festival had in effect accepted responsibility for the tragedy by making an $11,000 damages payment to the family, were pushing for another $11,000 in compensation. However, Denmark's Eastern High Court this week rejected their claim.
Two inquiries held after the accident concluded that none of the Roskilde organisers could be charged over the incident, saying that "a chain of unfortunate circumstances" had led to the poor sound quality which, it is believed, was the reason festival-goers at the back of the crowd began to surge forward.