MECHANIC FALLS, Maine — A concert slated for Saturday at a farm where a 17-year-old girl was killed on a haunted hayride and dozens of others were injured in October is aimed at “healing,” the farm’s owner and the concert’s promoter said Wednesday.
The featured band at that concert will be Jack Russell’s Great White, some members of whom played a 2003 concert in West Warwick, R.I., where sparks from indoor pyrotechnics ignited the foam soundproofing on the club’s ceiling, causing a fire that killed 100 people, including the band’s lead guitarist.
Since that night, the band’s lead singer, Jack Russell, hasn’t performed in New England.
Standing with farm owner Peter Bolduc Jr., Stan Miller, CEO of North East Concerts, said at a Wednesday news conference: “Our message together has been that this is an event to bring about the message of healing. With the music and the event itself for the day, it’s a perfect opportunity.”
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