(not so) Great White

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/great_white_settles_lawsuit_for_pyrotechnic_nightmare.html

This article refers to the infamous nightclub fire caused by an out-of-control pyrotechnic display at 1980's rock band Great White's Rhode Island show. The February 2003 show killed 100 people when the band's tour manager shot off streams of pyrotechnics at the start of the concert. Sparks from the pyrotechnics ignited inexpensive packaging foam the club owners had used as soundproofing around the stage.

The band was not charged, but the manager pleaded guilty in 2006 to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter and was paroled in March after serving less than half of his four-year prison sentence. The band offered $1 million to survivors and relatives just last month, but the band admits no wrongdoing as part of this settlement. The state of Rhode Island and the town of West Warwick also agreed to settle for $10 million in Aug '08.

I remember hearing about this incident at the time. I find it baffling that five years later very little has been resolved including settlements which still haven't been distributed. I hope these proposed long overdue settlements get dispersed very soon.