August 25, 2004
Dave Matthews Band Dumps A Load Of Crap
CHICAGO (AP) - The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday for allegedly dumpig up to 800 pounds of liquid waste from a bus into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers.
The lawsuit accuses the band and one of its bus drivers of violating state water pollution and public nuisance laws. It seeks $70,000 in civil penalities.
According to the lawsuit, on August 8 a bus leased by the band was heading to a downtown hotel where members were staying. As the bus crossed the Kinzie Street Bridge, the driver allegedly emptied the contents of the septic than through the bridge's metal grating into the river below.
More than 100 people on a river tour were showered with the foul-smelling waste. The attorney general's office said no one was seriously injured.
Posted by MK Magazine at August 25, 2004 12:21 PM