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Lawsuit Filed In Connection With 'Noisy' KORN Concert

December 22, 2004

The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County filed a lawsuit Tuesday in connection with a Dec. 7 concert by KORN at the open-air Ford Ampitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds, which generated higher noise levels and more complaints than any other concert, according to the St. Petersburg Times. The EPC is asking for a temporary halt to amphitheater events and hefty fines against Clear Channel Entertainment and the Florida State Fair Authority for past noise violations.

"What we've been doing so far isn't sufficient," said Rick Tschantz, general counsel for the EPC. "Every time we have a concert, we have a violation."

A circuit court judge must review the lawsuit and decide the next move. Because of the holidays, Tschantz said, that is unlikely to happen before early January.

At an emergency EPC meeting on Dec. 9, County Commissioner Ronda Storms launched into a tirade against KORN and Clear Channel, suggesting that EPC officials should be on hand at all concerts to make sure noise levels are legal.

"We should have been standing there on the stage ready to pull the plug and make it stop immediately," Storms said at the meeting. Read more.

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