While the United States continues to see record breaking COVID-19 numbers, there are some people who don’t seem to take the pandemic seriously — like all the people who went to see Great White play in Dickinson, North Dakota Thursday night. As footage shows, the hard rock band played an outdoor concert as part of the town’s “First On First: Dickinson Summer Nights” series, and there were no safety restrictions. Not only were attendees shoulder to shoulder, there also wasn’t a mask in sight.
“We do not have restrictions, believe it or not, we don’t have any,” April Getz, an event coordinator for the concert series, told The Dickinson Press. “It’s one of those things where if people feel comfortable coming down and mixing and mingling, that’s their personal choice. We’re leaving it up to everybody that chooses to attend.”
This isn’t the first time Great White has been involved in a dangerous event. Known for the hit song “Once Bitten, Twice Shy,” the band faced a tragedy when there was an explosives accident at a show in Rhode Island in 2003, killing 100 people including guitarist Ty Longley.
Watch video footage taken from the stage, which shows the crowd’s lack of regard for safety, below.
Great White aren’t the only ones to play a concert without apparent restrictions since the country began reopening. DaBaby played a 4th of July show at a packed nightclub that lacked social distancing and mask wearing.
