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Snoop Dogg no-show bankrupts Munich club

A venue owner in Munich has filed for bankruptcy after American rapper Snoop Dogg angered club regulars by failing to turn up for a gig.

Published: 2 October 2015 10:22 CEST
Snoop Dogg no-show bankrupts Munich club
Snoop Dogg. File Photo: DPA

Exactly why Snoop Dogg never stepped out onto the stage at the Zenith club on July 17th still isn't clear, reports the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

The rapper has claimed club owner Björn Hellfeld broke the terms of their contract, putting up a quantity of money so small he “wouldn't even bother standing up for it.”

Hellfeld counters that he met all the terms of the contract on time.

Whatever the truth, fans who came to the club to see the legendary rapper weren't best pleased, and a riot almost broke out at the venue.

When it became clear that Snoop wasn't there fans set off fire extinguishers, attacked the sound system and threw their drinks at the stage.

To rub salt into the wounds, on the night he was supposed to perform in Munich, Snoop Dogg was giving a concert in the nearby city of Augsburg – wearing a Bayern Munich football shirt!

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… ein genialer Abend mit Snoop Dogg im PM … 17.07.2015

Posted by Discothek PM | Untermeitingen on Saturday, 18 July 2015

And it appears Munich's hip hop fans didn't take the 'diss' lying down.

Hellfeld reports being threatened and insulted in the aftermath, primarily through social media. What's more, hip hop fans stopped turning up to his club, as word of the fiasco spread.

With fans now demanding refunds on their €60 tickets, Hellfeld has filed for bankruptcy.

Revenue at the club dropped so much that he can no longer afford to buy new drinks, Hellfeld's insolvency lawyer stated.

The lawyer is now looking at whether Hellfeld can claim compensation from Snoop Dogg.

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MUNICH

Four injured as WWII bomb explodes near Munich train station

Four people were injured, one of them seriously, when a World War II bomb exploded at a building site near Munich's main train station on Wednesday, emergency services said.

Published: 1 December 2021 16:41 CET
Smoke rises after the WWII bomb exploded on a building site in Munich.
Smoke rises after the WWII bomb exploded on a building site in Munich. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Privat

Construction workers had been drilling into the ground when the bomb exploded, a spokesman for the fire department said in a statement.

The blast was heard several kilometres away and scattered debris hundreds of metres, according to local media reports.

Images showed a plume of smoke rising directly next to the train tracks.

Bavaria interior minister Joachim Herrmann told Bild that the whole area was being searched.

Deutsche Bahn suspended its services on the affected lines in the afternoon.

Although trains started up again from 3pm, the rail operator said there would still be delays and cancellations to long-distance and local travel in the Munich area until evening. 

According to the fire service, the explosion happened near a bridge that must be passed by all trains travelling to or from the station.

The exact cause of the explosion is unclear, police said. So far, there are no indications of a criminal act.

WWII bombs are common in Germany

Some 75 years after the war, Germany remains littered with unexploded ordnance, often uncovered during construction work.

READ ALSO: What you need to know about WWII bomb disposals in Germany

However, most bombs are defused by experts before they explode.

Last year, seven World War II bombs were found on the future location of Tesla’s first European factory, just outside Berlin.

Sizeable bombs were also defused in Cologne and Dortmund last year.

In 2017, the discovery of a 1.4-tonne bomb in Frankfurt prompted the evacuation of 65,000 people — the largest such operation since the end of the war in Europe in 1945.

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