A rock music festival in Germany featuring the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Black Sabbath was cut short after lightning strikes injured dozens of people.
Rock am Ring festival organisers urged more than 90,000 festival goers to seek shelter in cars and tents as thunderstorms rolled through and threatened the event on Saturday.
Reuters said 71 people were injured, however the festival Facebook page said more than 80 people were injured by lightning strikes.
The sell-out festival, now in its 31st year, took place at the airport in Mendig, near the Nuerburgring motor racing track.
Festival organisers told a news conference performances would resume after the storm blew over, and said they had warned some 92,500 participants to be prepared for bad weather before arriving.
"We are not considering cancelling the festival," said spokeswoman Katharina Wenisch.
A spokesman for the German Red Cross said 71 people were injured during lightning strikes, including eight who had to be hospitalised.
Most were now in good condition, except one man who had to be resuscitated at the scene and remained in hospital, the German Red Cross said.
The event website had reported early Saturday morning at least 42 people were injured, eight seriously. But the numbers rose as more fans reported injuries in the early morning hours, according to a police spokesman.
"The festival will continue as planned on Saturday. Cancellation ... was never an issue," Marek Lieberberg, who runs the festival, told fans on the event website.
Thirty-three people were injured at the festival last year by lightning strikes, according to German media.
Mr Wenisch said the festival had been sold out for months.
But the show did go on, with Rock am Ring organisers posting photos on their Facebook page of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Deftones and Killswitch Engage on stage, before the festival ended prematurely and attendees started the long and wet journey home.