RiverDogs to recreate Disco Demolition Night with Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus merchandise

Mike Veeck was the promoter responsible for the infamous “Disco Demolition Night,” a 1979 disco-record-exploding promotion gone so dangerously awry that the White Sox had to forfeit the second game of their doubleheader with the Tigers and people lost their jobs. Veeck is now president of the (Bill Murray co-owned) Charleston RiverDogs, and he’s bringing a modern variant of the promotion back:

On Saturday, July 19, the Charleston RiverDogs will host “Disco Demolition 2: You Better Belieb It,” a modern sequel featuring the destruction of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus music and paraphernalia. The RiverDogs will play the Augusta GreenJackets at 6:05 pm at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, and a postgame Bieber/Cyrus demolition on the field will follow the contest.

“Like so many, we have taken special exception to Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus’s music along with his numerous run-ins with the law and her controversial performances,” said RiverDogs General Manager Dave Echols. “‘Disco Demolition 2’ is dedicated to the eradication of their dread musical disease, like the original Disco Demolition attempted to do. We are going to take Bieber and Cyrus’s merchandise and memorabilia, put it in a giant box, and blow it to smithereens. It is all in good fun, and we guarantee there won’t be a forfeit of a game.”

Veeck and the RiverDogs -- who will also issue “Mike Veeck bobble-legs” for the occasion -- have a sense of humor about the fairly serious fallout from the original event, while promising this time will be different:

Mr. Bieber and Ms. Cyrus could not be reached for comment.

As you can see, a buncha stuff was put inside a boombox and then it got bloooowed up. It’s actually kinda unclear whether they actually destroyed anything or whether they just set off some fireworks in a box, but the message was clear. They put up signs and stuff: