Disco Demolition Night was a fiasco staged by the Chicago White Sox in 1979.
Here’s a video.
On this date in 1979, the White Sox held their infamous "Disco Demolition Night," where a crate of disco records was blown up between games of a doubleheader vs the Tigers.
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Fans would storm the field & the resulting chaos led to the White Sox having to forfeit the 2nd game. pic.twitter.com/sFFNucHKDW
Today in 1979, all hell breaks loose at Comiskey Park on Disco Demolition Night when fans storm the field and the White Sox are forced to forfeit the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Tigers. pic.twitter.com/hC0XscltOU
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"Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park.
Fans go wild destroying disco records on the field causing the Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers! pic.twitter.com/KY3jgiH6e1
#OTD in 1979 the Tigers-White Sox game is "postponed" after a Disco Demolition promotion goes awry at Comiskey Park.
— Tigers History (@TigersHistory) July 12, 2020
Says new Tigers manager Sparky Anderson: "Postponed my ass. This has to be a forfeit." The league will rule the game a forfeit the following day pic.twitter.com/qcMhwDwhkW
Sad! 