| Love Parade Loveparade | |
|---|---|
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 Loveparade 1998 in Berlin | |
| Genre | Electronic dance music festival and technoparade |
| Location(s) | Various locations in Germany |
| Years active | 1989–2003; 2006–2008; 2010 |
| Founded | July 1989 West Berlin, Germany |
| Most recent | 24 July 2010 |
The Love Parade (German: Loveparade) was an electronic dance music festival and technoparade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany.[1] It was held annually in Berlin from 1989 to 2003 and in 2006, then from 2007 to 2010 in the Ruhr region. Events scheduled for 2004 and 2005 in Berlin and for 2009 in Bochum were canceled.
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.[2] As a consequence, the organizer of the festival announced that no further Love Parades would be held and that the festival was permanently canceled.[3][4][5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Bornemanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Love Parade report blames organisers for stampede". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ Staff writer (25 July 2010). "Organisers Blamed for German Love Parade Deaths — Survivors of a Stampede at a Free Dance Music Festival in Germany in which 19 People Were Killed Have Blamed Organisers for the Deaths". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Mara, Darren; Levitz, David (25 July 2010)."Prosecutors Launch Investigation into Love Parade Tragedy — German State Prosecutors Have Opened an Investigation into the Stampede that Killed 19 People and Injured Hundreds at the Love Parade Music Festival in Duisburg — But Questions Remain as to What Caused the Tragedy" Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse (via Deutsche Welle). Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ Staff writer (25 July 2010). "No More Love Parades, Organiser Says — The Love Parade Will Never Be Held Again, Organiser Rainer Schaller Said on Sunday at a Highly-Emotional Press Conference". The Local. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.