ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 20, 1991                   TAG: 9104200412
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HAMPTON                                LENGTH: Short

POOR ATTENDANCE CANCELS RAP CONCERT

Friday night's scheduled concert by the rap group Run-D.M.C. - which became the subject of a lawsuit by the city - was canceled after just 53 people showed up.

Promoter Ron Holt, who had predicted a crowd so large that people would have to be turned away from the 1,125-seat facility, declined to comment on his decision to cancel the show.

The city had filed a lawsuit asking that the concert be barred from Legion Hall because of the building's size and proximity to residential areas and small businesses.

- Associated Press 


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