October 1, 2003

Rock band plans on-stage suicide

Tampa, Florida, October 1, 2003, (AP) -- A ROCK group plans to orga nise an on-stage suicide at a concert this weekend, in defiance of a new city law designed to scuttle the plan.

The hard-rock band Hell on Earth said the suicide by a terminally ill person would take place in St Petersburg, Florida, to raise awareness of right-to-die issues.

The city council yesterday unanimously approved an emergency ordinance making it illegal to conduct a suicide for commercial or entertainment purposes, and to host, promote and sell tickets for such an event.

Circuit Judge John C. Lenderman of St Petersburg granted the city a temporary injunction against the band, preventing them from advertising the show and allowing the suicide.
But band leader Billy Tourtelot was defiant.

"The show will go on," he said.

Tourtelot, 33, said the concert would be played before a "a select few people" at an undisclosed location in St Petersburg and would be shown live on the band's website. He wouldn't disclose any details about the terminally ill person or say how the person planned to die.

The band is known for outrageous stage stunts like chocolate syrup wrestling and grinding up live rats in a blender... >>> More

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