CRADLE OF FILTH Comment On Denver Neck-Breaking Incident

December 1, 2004

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have commented on the crowd-surfing incident at the group's Denver concert last week that resulted in a 28-year-old New Mexico woman being critically injured.

As previously reported, Valarie Markle (photo),a waitress from Farmington, N.M., suffered a broken neck and was in intensive care at Denver Health Medical Center.

Markle had undergone surgery recently, and there is concern she might be left partially paralyzed, her husband said.

The incident occurred on Nov. 22 during CRADLE OF FILTH's performance when a man described as heavy-set climbed atop a guard railing near the stage and jumped on top of the 5-foot-5, 150-pound woman, driving her head to the floor.

Writing in their official tour diary, CRADLE OF FILTH stated, "We got news of someone who was seriously hurt in Denver. I remember at the end of our set as we walked off stage, lots of security guards went into the pit and I instructed our tour manager to check it out, as I was concerned something had gone seriously wrong. I saw a couple of fans jumping into the pit from above before the end of the song and thought it was way out of line. I want people to know we, as a band, do not condone anything like crowd violence. We spend a lot of time and effort trying to entertain our fans in other ways. It's a shame when something like this happens and we hope the person injured is OK."

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