The concert took place during the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a massive event that historically draws about 500,000 people to the area. Sturgis city officials told CNN this year's event would be a scaled-down version of the rally where health guidelines like social distancing would be recommended. The band was one of several performers scheduled to make an appearance at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip campground, about three miles outside of the city of Sturgis.
Late last month, Sturgis Buffalo Chip announced it had added on more events for rally-goers including stunt shows and concerts. Several thousand people camp on site, Woodruff said. 60% of Sturgis residents were against a motorcycle rally that brings in thousands but the city approved it. Here's whyThe gathering is one of the largest to be held in the US since the start of the pandemic.
who cares they could have had them sign a liability waver to come even if the get sick its a 98percent sevival rate
Who cares. Nobody forced them to go
Half the people there are criminals and/or felons . They don't gaf about human life
Hey CNN did you hear about the 5 year old that was executed? Shouldn't that get more attention than a band who played in front of 'hundreds' You hacks.
so
No one gives a fuck.
South Dakota is determined to murder people for Trump. RepublicansAreKillingUs
OMG!!! You need to send whiny ass Jim Acosta there so we can get more quality 'reporting'!
Love Smash Mouth!
Trump will cheat with voting machines Ivanka owns voting machines. Please do something to protect our post office and vote by mail. Trumps goon is disrupting mail service. It should be illegal. protectourvote
Awww they ain't the sharpest tools in the shed 🤷♀️😏
Refusing to wear a mask to protect fellow Americans seems pretty goddamn unAmerican.
Smashmouth was not worth dying for !!
Meanwhile, Chicago had destructive riots, shootings! Crickets! Dems are losing the argument.
Another reason the U.S. will covid forever. Every other country else gives a shit and has gotten their numbers down. But the U.S. nah, we’re full of COVIDIOTS
FOZZYROCK did the same thing....i’m like smh
Alternate Headline: Bikers aren't as cool as they think they are.
The faster we get to natural herd immunity. More ++ cases with lower hospitalizations.
Who cares CNN....
What can go wrong with a bunch of people who have underlying health issues None of them will admit they were there when the positive results start rolling in!
wow, and i USED to think smashmouth sucked before ... i admire the validating encore
' Natural Selection ' sums it up!
Anyone who went to this is stupid. You risked you’re health to see a shitty band that never went anywhere for a reason. This show is going to be the reason conecerts don’t happen for a long time. Hope it was worth it. 🤦🏼♀️
It's a peaceful protest
And they didn't loot a CVS or chant slogans on repeat, thereby eliminating the spread? IDIOTS.
Cool. Fuck you.
Why would anyone attend a Smash Mouth concert? 😂
Hope they get to sue when they gat sick.
I hope they can afford their parent’s funerals....
Wait. People still listen to them?
Putting your life at risk......for Smash Mouth? LMFAO!!! Not worth it. HELL NO.
Smash(Ed) Brains
'Somebody once told me COVID is gonna roll me, I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed'
Good Luck South Dakota.
That was very unwise. It should have been a requirement to attend...
There will be lots of used Harleys for sale by election day.
Ok Karen
They ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.
Smaht .... very smaht, keep the virus ahead of human race.... wtf is wrong with people not trying to help eachother
No mention of the many rioters in Chicago not wearing masks? Seems racist to think that black people can’t be smart enough to wear masks. Soft bigotry of low expectations.
😂 it’s so cliche how it’s the red neck white trash bands doing this. God, white people are the worst
Can't fix stupid
And? You’re okay with protestors not wearing masks....hypocrites
How about reporting on the looters and vandals in Chicago! Paste their mugs all over instead of worrying about concerts
They ain’t the sharpest tools in the shed.
Ironically, the low point in covid positive tests was exactly 12 days after the George Floyd riots began...but the riots didn’t spread it, only people on vacation. They are adults making adult decisions. I’m sure they will accept the consequences...unlike you liberals!
Rock on
While they did have a hit song many years ago titled 'Rock Star' , I wouldn't call them a 'rock band'. They probably really needed a gig, Its been awhile since they were walking on the sun.
New name for the band “killer Smash Mouth”
How many people are wearing masks at all of those chaotic protests? We know that you are carrying the Rockefeller’s water. We know what the mask really mean
Looks like FREEDOM to me!!!
Chicago had a BLM riot on the Mircle Mile and they were not wearing masks. The leader called the rioting and stealing “reparations”! BLM SturgisRally2020 smashmouth DNC libtards
Can somebody tell me, how many people tested positive for the flu and cold this week?
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
Well, I guess Nurse Nancy can look at this as job security
Besides that atrocity... any other news happen over the weekend? Nothing in DC?
Has cnn become mask nazi's? 🤨 Tweet your comment below~
Calling them a “Rock Band” is a stretch.
The grandchildren of the Greatest Generation obviously didn't inherit the behaviors that won WWII and then created the greatest economy in the world. These kids are eating our seed corn.
Smash mouths only way of staying relevant
Wow CNN has given more coverage to the Sturgis bike rally then they did to the lawlessness in Chicago , Portland , Washington DC etc. I guess that's why it's called fake news . Black LIES Matter.
Smash mouth got 100’s together to listen? Desperate days for old people.
Meanwhile.. as the city of Chicago is burned and vandalized... Masks were limited and social distancing was a thing of the past... Effen CNN reporting a band while business are pilfered and burned.. CNN - Worthless
Smash mouth is just holding a BLM rally. WTF
Protest call it. Then it’s ok
Lol hundreds. Guess they've still got it!
If you go to a Smashmouth concert you deserve to get sick...
Peaceful protest. Move along.
Next summer is going to look exactly the same with idiots like this across the US. Vaccine or not. Wear a mask and do the right thing. We are the laughing stock of the world not controlling this virus.
Rioters dont wear masks either. Nice of you to be so concerned with ppl you don't agree with
It's all good bro. The money they were paid will help them while they are recovering from Covid and can't tour.
Rioting and looting ok. Church gathering or this you condemn. Very sad
Times are so bad that Smash Mouth is drawing a crowd?
They weren’t performing. They were peacefully protesting duh. Corona won’t get you that way, right MSM?
I bet it was a cool show! Just so you know, the ChinaWuhanvirus is no more dangerous than the flu.
Are those the fat biker dudes?
I URGE ALL MY BLACK BROTHERS n SISTERS 🖤! PLEASE WEAR'yo MASK..AS YOU CAN SEE WHOSE SPREADING THE CORONA VIRUS...
They were outside!
CNN doing their usual 'Let's ignore the elephant in the room' act. Very boring indeed.
Damn, I’d hate to know I got covid over watching smash mouth!
Hero's all of them!
I'm sorry but there was at least one garbage can burning so it wasn't just a get together. It's now classified as a peaceful protest. Nothing to see here.
Smash Mouth is still together? 🤯
Thinning out the MAGA herd.....
I am sick, but attended concert.
Friendship with smash mouth is cancelled, rick astley is my best friend
Trump supporters will not make it to the polls. They will be suffering from covid-19
The rock band ”Peaceful Protesters” have been putting on a performance for the world -- many of whom are not wearing masks -- creating fires and havoc -- for over 70 days in Portland.
Who are they
Are they in trouble, mom?
Good
String them up! sucks Covid goot.
😳😬😷🦠
The sad thing about that is, hundreds! Americans borne to be free, not ware a mask go back home infect others and possibly die
Money v.s. human lives... money wins again.
Stupid is. Stupid does. 😳
Stupid.
msnbc
atalevich one MIGHT say they.... might as well be walking on the sun!
Who cares 😂
Looks like a BLM 'peaceful protest'. Nothing to see here.
THE VIRUS WILL LIKELY GO HOGG WILD IN ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
Fauci assured us all the large gatherings outside like protest doesn’t spread the Coronavirus.
How come cnn never report the same for mass rioting and protest ? Majority of them doesn’t wear masks either
And?
Hey now...you're a rock star...
Narc
stfucnn
I don't understand how can people be this inconsiderate. I sympathize with running out of patience waiting for a vaccine, believe me I do, but it still doesn't give anyone an excuse to just ignore everything and attend something like this. We're all frustrated, everywhere.
It is not a performance it is a 'peaceful protest'.
Great article karen
Oh man I live smash
Looters and rioters in Chicago and Portland were not wearing masks!!
It was a peaceful protest.
Bunch of posers watching posers, keep telling yourself your cool kids! 😉
Hey. It is simply the process of natural selection in action. We should not be outraged or surprised. According to some here, it might well explain why the number of American deaths is disproportionately so much higher than across the entirety of the rest of the human race.
The funniest part to this story isn’t the willful disregard for the branching that the attendees may spread the virus....it’s that Smashmouth was called a “Rock Band”
This is gonna be catastrophic.
remember the idiot republicans saying “what about protests in democrat states”. This is no different. Carry on.
You just hate it that you can't control the masses with your rhetoric on your Marxist Propaganda Fake News Channel don't you? You are the ones that said Peaceful Protest don't spread Covid for weeks.
Shrek Song
They haven’t been relevant since the 90s. Probably figured people would be so desperate to see a concert.
COVID-19 was partying like it’s 1917 too. Good times!!!
These guys are lookin’ kinda dumb...
They’re just protesting white lives matter. According to progressive democrat science PelosiCovid19 cannot be spread when protesting. Remember science is science and progressive democrats know science.
Stupid is as stupid does. Cue the interviews in two weeks time where people are bleating that we must take this virus seriously blah blah!!!!
They got exactly what they paid for......
South Dakota didn't shut down the economy or wear face masks and only has 146 deaths.
What’s worse than being at a Smash Mouth concert in South Dakota? Nothing.
Somebody has told the world...
Coronavirus likes this
Awesome ! Life goes on and 99% will be fine. Fuck the mask and control for a flu!!
I love America! They face death but they still know how to party. God Bless them all. 🇺🇸🌹💪🏾🌈🇺🇸
Let’s watch the increase in cases in a few weeks. Idiots.
Probably why I was silently raped.
A lot of idiots nowadays
Sturgis is bigger than the Chinese virus.
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