Two Found Dead At NORWAY ROCK FESTIVAL

July 12, 2008

BBC News reports that police say two people have been found dead at a music festival in southern Norway headlined by ALICE COOPER.

The victims were found in or near a bus at the Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal, 270 miles southwest of Oslo.

"We do not know exactly how they died, but we assume they suffocated on fumes while they were on the bus," said police spokesperson Asbjorn Enoksen.

Six more festival-goers were taken to hospital after being found outside the vehicle, he told the AFP news agency.

Preliminary hospital reports indicated carbon monoxide poisoning could have been a cause.

All of the victims were believed to be Norwegian citizens in their 20s and 30s, Enosken added.

Norway Rock Festival is being held July 10-13 with the following lineup:

ALICE COOPER
MOTÖRHEAD
HELLOWEEN
TURBONEGER
DUMDUM BOYS
SOILWORK
PAIN
THE QUIREBOYS
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
VOLBEAT
HAYSEED DIXIE
WE
STAGE DOLLS
BACKSTREET GIRLS
PAGAN'S MIND
AUDREY HORNE
THE LAST ROCK'N'ROLL BAND
RONNY LE TEKRÖ
K[NINE]
INSENSE

Photos from the first two days of the festival can be found at AvisenAgder.no.

Photo courtesy of VG.no:

Photo courtesy of Dagbladet.no:

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