Dozens of people were hospitalized on Wednesday night (June 25) after an Avicii concert at TD Garden Center in Boston due to alcohol and drug use. According to CNN, dozens of ambulances lined up outside the venue to transport nearly 36 people to different hospitals in the area. 50 other people, with minor injuries, were treated at the scene.
According to The Boston Globe, the incident was classified as a "Phase 2 Mass Causality Incident" because so many people were involved. Boston EMS Deputy Superintendent Mike Bosse told The Boston Globe that the people being treated all appeared to be between the ages of 16 and 25 years old. Bosse also said that their hospitalization was due to alcohol and drug use prior to entering the venue.
However, some concertgoers said it had nothing to do with drugs and blamed the incident on dehydration because it was too hot in the venue. A spokesperson for Live Nation said a large majority of the people that were taken to the hospital never entered the TD Garden because they were "too impaired to get in," CNN reports.
Bosse did tell reporters that the venue was cited because they did let some people in who were intoxicated. Swedish DJ Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, was performing at the TD Garden at the time and tweeted after the concert that he was hoping everyone who had to be hospitalized would be ok.
"Just hearing the awful news abt tonight. It's a terrible thing, I rly hope everyone is ok! My thoughts go to those affected & their families," he posted on Twitter.
DJ Avicii is best known for his song "Wake Me Up" and was performing at the TD Garden as part of his "True Tour."
"I have a 15-year-old and her girlfriend that came to the Avicii concert... we just heard about this," parent Pam Jones told WHDH. "I'm very shocked. We have to find her."
Chanel Andre, who attended the concert, complained that the venue was hot.
"These concerts should be outside... I think it was a combination of heat and drugs, more of the latter," she said.
