Ennio Morricone fans turn violent after failing to get concert tickets
17/3/2008 17:54
Tickets for a concert by world famous Italian screen music composer Ennio
Morricone sold out within hours in Santiago , Chile yesterday, leading to fierce
protests by a group of disappointed fans.
The irate fans, some of whom failed
to get a ticket after spending the whole night outside the ticket window, were
protesting the shortage and chanting their demand for an extra concert.
Some
violent protesters smashed a window, forcing intervention by riot police, who
broke up the protest by forming a human wall. A truck carrying water cannon was
also mobilized, but was not used.
Some 5,000 fans queued up outside the
Mapocho Station Cultural Center for the 10,000 tickets on sale. But a lot of
them were left without tickets.
Morricone is famous for composing the music
for films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso
and The Untouchables.
He has won several BAFTA awards, two Golden Globes and
an Honorary Academy Award at the 2007 Oscars.
Xinhua
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