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TAMPA — The leader of the rock band Hell on Earth said yesterday that
\n an onstage suicide will be conducted during a private St. Petersburg
\n concert
\n this weekend in defiance of a new city law designed to stop the act. <\/p>\n
”The show will go on,” Billy Tourtelot said. ”It will be available on
\n the Internet, and it will be in the city limits” of St. Petersburg. <\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, the St. Petersburg City Council unanimously approved
\n an emergency ordinance that makes it illegal to conduct suicide for entertainment
\n purposes or to host, promote, or sell tickets for such an event. <\/p>\n
The Tampa-based band, known for such outrageous onstage stunts as chocolate
\n syrup wrestling and grinding up live rats in a blender, announced earlier
\n this month that the suicide would take place during a show at the State
\n Theater in downtown St. Petersburg. But the theater’s owner promptly
\n canceled the band’s appearance. Another venue also turned away the event. <\/p>\n
Tourtelot, 33, said the suicide show will be played Saturday before a
\n ”select few people” at an undisclosed location in St. Petersburg and
\n be shown live on the band’s website. He would not disclose details about
\n the terminally ill person or say how the person planned to kill himself. <\/p>\n
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