Korn Concert DeathAtlanta, 2006
A structured incident page covering the fatal injury of Andy Richardson during the Family Values Tour stop at Atlanta’s Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre.
Incident Overview
What happened
Incident name: Korn concert death, Hi-Fi Amphitheatre / Andy Richardson death at Family Values Tour.
Date: Incident occurred July 30, 2006; Andy Richardson was pronounced brain dead / died August 1, 2006. Sources differ from the row date of 2006-07-31. (Pollstar News)
Location: Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre / HiFi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Later venue information identifies the site as Lakewood Amphitheatre, 2002 Lakewood Way or 2002 Lakewood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315. (Pollstar News)
Short Summary
Altercation and fatal head injury
Concert listing for Korn on July 30, 2006 at HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, gives the address as 2002 Lakewood Ave, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA, and notes the venue was previously known as Lakewood Amphitheatre and Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre.
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The death and core injury mechanism are well supported, but the exact date wording, internal venue location and assailant reporting vary across sources.
This point varies across reporting and should be treated carefully.
User row gives 2006-07-31.
Pollstar says the concert incident was at HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta on July 30, 2006, with death on August 1.
Court of Appeals opinion says Axley struck Richardson at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater on July 30, 2006, and Richardson died two days later.
The stronger source-supported incident date is July 30, 2006; death date is August 1, 2006. (Pollstar News)
This point varies across reporting and should be treated carefully.
Fox News / AP says Richardson apparently got into a fight with two men “who were in the mosh pit.”
Drowned in Sound’s August 9 report says he was attacked in the car park.
Working With Crowds says police described the fight as occurring “where the seats meet the lawn.”
Court record states only that Axley struck Richardson “at the Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater.”
The precise place within the venue is not consistently reported. (Fox News)
This point varies across reporting and should be treated carefully.
Korn / Family Values statement says Richardson was beaten by two men.
Court record identifies Michael Scott Axley as the person who struck Richardson.
Sources support that Axley delivered the punch; earlier reports also refer to two men or “unknown others.” (Stereogum)
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These items were not confirmed strongly enough to present as settled facts.
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