35,000 fans see acrobat die in plunge
Acrobat Pedro, 42 AN acrobat plunged 100ft to his death in front of 35,000 festival fans.
Pedro Monroy, 42, fell from a cage at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival.
The Spaniard, of Brixton, South London, head of Uk-based aerial dance troupe In Fact. He died just before US headliners Green Day were due on.
The rockers faced flak for playing on regardless, but the band apparently weren’t told of the tragedy.
They said afterwards: “We just got off stage at Mad Cool Festival to some disturbing news.
“A very brave artist named Pedro lost his life here tonight in a tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers to his family.”
Organisers said the Friday night gig went ahead for security reasons. Fuengirola