thats crazy how you treat fans like that. they cancel only the concert and leave every other part of the fair open. thats pretty poor of them. especially when there was no weather at all in the area at the time.

I am quite sure this is why it was cancelled.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-state-fair-death-toll-higher-fluke-storm/story?id=14302288

NOT, if they were scared of that happening, the should have cancelled it, and not even gotten our hopes up!

Timeline (approximate):
6:45 -- Field evacuated before 7:30 sheduled start.

7:45 -- 8:15 Storm rolls in. Periods of heavy rain, lighting and wind. Most of crowd takes cover at racing grandstands. A small number of people are allowed back onto the field and are re-evacuated.

8:30 - 8:45 Crowd allowed back after second storm on radar misses and fades

9:00 Band Perry Takes stage..

9:25 Band retreats from stage after finishing a song with no explanation. PA announcer informs crowd 5 minutes later that "lightning in the area" has forced cancellation. Most in crowd report no lighting sighted. Other State Fair operations, including midway and rides continue with no interruption.

No storm materializes and 3000 stunned, wet, confused and angry fans depart.

Large crew immediately takes the stage to break down, with no apparent fear of lightning or personal danger. There was no hold on getting them out there to break down. Yet the band was pulled off for safety reasons?
Questions;
Did The Band Perry/producer have a minimum time-on-stage requirement to get full payment? What was that minimum?
What would they have been paid if there was a full cancellation?
Because operations were running at least an hour and a half behind due to delay, was paying overtime or extra hours to the large crew to stay late a factor in this decision to end early?
Was there a severe weather alert/advisory in effect at Timonium at the time the band stopped?

I was there and I am not a child. There wasn't a stirm in the area and the closest on radar was in PA. Everything else had past far to the south. The rest of the fair, including the tall electrical rides, continued to operate. The group finished the 7th song and all on stage immediately left as if it was planned. Hmmmmmm was a 7 song set what they needed to not have to issue refunds. Guess it was time to find up andover to the next batch of suckers. The group dudn't even have enough class to say anything to the fans. Shame on them. If there was lightening in the area, the rides would have been shut down. Fans meant nothing, the group just wanted their money

The only person that can issue refund is the management of the Maryland State Fair. I highly encourage all peoples who were screwed out of their evening and money to contact him:

Howard (Max) Mosner, Jr.
President and General Manager
Phone: 410-252-0200
Fax: 410-561-5610
Email: msfair@msn.com

http://www.marylandstatefair.com/index.cfm?page=about&id=12

I was there last night as well. The storm had passed and was of no threat. I agree that it was planned. It appeared at first that there might be a costume change and that they would be back. But five miimutes later the cancellation was announced and we were told to enjoy the fair. The rides and the rest of the fair continued uninterrupted . Did the band perry play the minimum songs required. And then rush off to Syracuse for their free concert. Do they know bob irasy and his mayflower bus?

it most likely was not up to the band. the promoters make these decisions and most of the time the band doesn't have a clue.

The pictures tell the story and what a story it was.

PerryHalParent, a picture is worth a thousand words. That is what's so great about Patch. Some of the photos are outstanding and your will never see them anywhere but here.

Not only do the people have a voice, but their words are captured live and descriptive so,

I was at the Indiana State Fair last year. 7 people died and over 60 injuried. Just be glad ever one was safe. I saw my life change in a blink of an eye.

Last year where I live there was a storm threat with sky conditions similar to the ones in these pictures, and some people paid no attention. The ones who listened to the warnings took cover and watched from their basements as their houses were lifted into the sky...but they survived. Six people who delayed and got caught in the storms and the Cat 4 and 5 tornadoes that passed by died instantly. One was found entangled in a ball of barbed wire from a fence blown away by the storms. Another couple was found impaled on the limbs of a large tree, 20 feet above the ground. By the way, my hometown is also The Band Perry's hometown
They too witnessed the death and destruction first hand....and spent the entire next day as volunteers for the Red Cross personally walking on foot down the affected areas handing out meals and supplies to storm victims and offering shoulders to cry on and words of encouragement. The abrupt end of the concert with no time for parting words was not planned any more than the bad weather that night was. Concertgoers missed half a performance....get over it. Taking the chance is not worth the risk...not ever. Period. Those who goverened the decisions on behalf of both the fair and of The Band Perry (who were following their own instructions when they left the stage) made the right choice.