Tennis Ball-Sized Hail at Red Rocks Concert Caused Absolute Chaos
By Kyle Koster
Seven people were hospitalized and over 90 sustained injuries after tennis ball-sized hail came down during a Louis Tomlinson concert at Red Rocks on Wednesday night and the footage is harrowing. The trouble started around 9:30 p.m. local time, shortly before the former One Direction member took the stage. Obviously the show was eventually canceled.
Devastated about the show tonight, hope everyone’s ok, I’ll be back! Even though we didn’t play the show I felt all of your passion! Sending you all love!
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) June 22, 2023
The concert began during a severe thunderstorm watch and once things turned bad, there was no escape due to the venue being a large, open area with virtually no cover. Most of the injuries were cuts and broken bones, which sounds just awful. Hard to overstate just how miserable and terrifying this situation must have been.
Tonight was the scariest night of my life. It started pelting people with hail at Red Rocks and my sister and I luckily found shelter under a sign. I am bleeding and have huge bumps on my head from the hail. Hoping everyone made it out safely. pic.twitter.com/jong1SBuYd
— nicole (@nikkitbfh) June 22, 2023
Scenes from Red Rocks last night during a hail storm are terrifying….hoping people are ok 🙏pic.twitter.com/KXMElWNEmu
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) June 22, 2023
Severe storms caused chaos at Red Rocks last night.
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) June 22, 2023
Large hail lead to multiple injuries as concert-goers fled#COwx pic.twitter.com/KHSiN2HXav
Holy fuck 😳.
— {Matt} $XRPatriot (@matttttt187) June 22, 2023
It’s not weather manipulation…it’s not, you’re crazy 🤪
Dark and Ominous ⚫️
🚨#BREAKING: Multiple people are seriously injured by falling hail during at a concert
📌#Morrison | #Colorado
Watch as Multiple concert goers get pelted by large hail at Red Rocks… pic.twitter.com/nvD1hZVLmt
Concertgoers able to escape the physical pain then had to hope their cars didn't sustain damage and many discovered this was certainly not the case upon reaching the parking lot.
Results from the Red Rocks hail storm last night.#Colorado #RedRocks #LouisTomlinson pic.twitter.com/flRnNEarnE
— Tyler Braithwaite (@TylerBraithwa12) June 22, 2023
Just a terrible night all around.