Rock History

2000 – A man dies after plunging 80 feet from the top of Ravens Stadium in Baltimore shortly before a Metallica concert.

A 21-year-old man fell to his death on Tuesday night (7/4) at Baltimore’s PSINet Stadium while attending the Summer Sanitarium Tour.

According to Sgt. Scott Rowe of the Baltimore Police Department, Martin Muschett of Danbury, Conn., fell roughly 80 feet from the stadium’s concourse level and landed outside of the venue near an entrance gate shortly after 6:30pm. The incident occurred between performances by Kid Rock and Korn, according to published reports.

Police are still investigating the incident to determine if Muschett’s fall was accidental or if he may have jumped intentionally, but there does not appear to be any foul play involved, according to Rowe. Muschett was reportedly sitting on a roughly four-foot high rail at the top of the stadium’s seating area with his legs dangling over the edge of the stadium before he fell, Rowe said.

Tour headliner Metallica issued a statement shortly after learning of Muschett’s death.

We were notified after the show of the tragedy, and needless to say, we are absolutely devastated, said the band. Our sincere thoughts and prayers go out to the victim’s family and friends in their time of grief. We have been told that the police are still investigating the situation and until we know all of the facts surrounding this unfortunate death, any further comment would be purely speculative.

The Baltimore show was the fourth date on the Summer Sanitarium Tour, which also features Powerman 5000 and System of a Down. The tour began last Friday (6/30) in Massachusetts.

Muschett’s death occurred just days after eight concert-goers died during a performance by Pearl Jam at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.