The band was one of several artists planned to perform at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip campground, about 30 miles outside of Sturgis town.
In video recorded by CNN subsidiary KOTA-TV, a large crowd can be seen cheerfully during the performance, with a few masks in sight and no social distance.
At one point in the concert, a band member who is addressing the crowd may hear them say “F *** that Covid s ***.” It is unclear what he says before or after that comment.
The campsite, which often played a central role in the festivities of the 10-day event this year, added to its own safety measures, owner Rod Woodruff told CNN earlier, including signs reminding guests about social distance and their hands to keep sanitized.
“What’s important for people to understand is in a very small community and rural area in western South Dakota. You can not get tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people without preparations, including waste and sanitation and extra law enforcement and medical emergency personnel,” Daniel Ainslie, the city manager, CNN reported earlier this week.
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