Jan 26, 2005 • 1 min read

Fans infected with vomiting disease at gig

An inquiry into a Winter Vomiting Disease outbreak at a Charlatans gig in Aberdeen traces it to a fan who was sick outside the venue, with the vomit then carried inside.

You see this is why I don't go to gigs. An inquiry into why hundreds of Charlatans fans suffered from the wonderfully named

Winter Vomiting Disease after a gig in Aberdeen has discovered that the outbreak began with one fan suffering from food poisoning.

That fan threw up on the steps outside the venue hosting the gig. Other fans then walked through the vomit bringing it into the venue. Germs in the vomit them got into the air conditioning infecting a third of the audience. Wonderful.

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