A DISAPPOINTING END
TO THE RASCAL FLATTS
CONCERT LAST NIGHT...
FANS AT RUOFF MUSIC
CENTER WERE LEFT
WITHOUT AN ENCORE ...
BECAUSE OF A "SAFETY
CONCERN."
THE LIGHTS CAME ON...
BUT FANS WERE IN THE
DARK ABOUT WHAT
WAS GOING ON... ONLY
THAT IT WAS TIME TO
GO.
AS OUR RICH NYE
EXPLAINS... MOST OF
THEM DIDN'T FIND OUT
WHY THE CONCERT
WAS CUT SHORT...
UNTIL TODAY.
01
1:15
1:50
NYE INTRO "RASCAL
FLATTS FANS CHEERED
AND WAITED SEVERAL
MINUTES LAST NIGHT FOR
AN ENCORE FROM THE
BAND, BUT THEY NEVER
GOT ONE HERE IN
NOBLESVILLE. TODAY,
THEY'RE FINDING OUT
WHY."
RASCAL FLATTS TOOK
THE STAGE FOR THE
BACK TO US TOUR
THURSDAY AT RUOFF
HOME MORTGAGE
MUSIC CENTER.
PARKER STEWART AND
HIS GIRLFRIEND RILEY
BEARD ENJOYED THE
CONCERT, UNTIL AN AN
ABRUPT ENDING.
PARKER
STEWART/ATTENDED THE
CONCERT "THE PIANIST...
..."
VENUE OWNER LIVE
NATION ISSUED THIS
STATEMENT THIS
MORNING "LAST NIGHT
A SAFETY CONCERN
PRESENTED ITSELF
DURING THE RASCAL
FLATTS' CONCERT IN
NOBLESVILLE. VENUE
STAFF AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS FOLLOWED
STANDARD PROTOCOLS
TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF GUESTS,
THE ARTIST AND STAFF.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ARE
INVESTIGATING THE
MATTER."
THE HAMILTON COUNTY
SHERIFF SAYS A
SAFETY ISSUE WAS
REPORTED BY LIVE
NATION STAFF NEAR
THE END OF THE
CONCERT. THERE IS AN
OPEN AND ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION.
PARKER STEWART AND
RILEY BEARD/ATTENDED
THE CONCERT "THE WHOLE
CONCERT WENT FINE... ..."
RASCAL FLATTS
ACKNOWLEDGED THE
SECURITY CONCERN ON
THEIR TWITTER
ACCOUT AND POSTED:
THE SAFETY OF OUR
FANS, BAND AND CREW
IS ALWAYS THE TOP
PRIORITY FOR US, SO
WE ARE SO THANKFUL
FOR EVERYONE WHO
JUMPED INTO ACTION
AND FOR YOUR
UNDERSTANDING. WE
WILL BE BACK SOON!
RILEY BEARD/ATTENDED
THE CONCERT "IT WAS
KIND OF DISAPPOINTING...
..."
NYE CLOSE "RASCAL
FLATTS PLAYS A CONCERT
TONIGHT IN CHICAGO. AND
HERE, THE STARS ALIGN
TOUR CONCERT BEGINS AT
6:30. IN NOBLESVILLE, I'M
RICH NYE, CHANNEL 13,
EYEWITNESS NEWS."
WE ASKED LIVE
NATION IF THE
INCIDENT WOULD MEAN
ADDITIONAL SECURITY
FOR FUTURE EVENTS..
INCLUDING TONIGHT'S
JEFF BECK AND PAUL
ROGERS SHOW.
WE WERE TOLD -- "ALL
FUTURE EVENTS ARE
SCHEDULED AS
ORIGINALLY PLANNED."
A NEW REPORT..
OUTLINES WAYS TO
KEEP SCHOOLS SAFER.
NOW... GOVERNOR
