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When it was officially announced on Saturday morning, November 15th that American songwriting legend Todd Snider had died at the age of 59, it left his fans, friends, and the public with more questions than answers. The tragic news came in the aftermath of a sordid and complex series of incidents in Salt Lake City, Utah stemming from Todd’s scheduled appearance at the Commonwealth Room in South Salt Lake on November 1st.
Todd Snider had just released his latest album High, Lonesome, and Then Some on October 17th, and was attempting to go on a proper tour for the first time since 2022 when the issues in Salt Lake City occurred. The Commonwealth Room show was the tour’s second stop. But the show never happened. After Todd Snider claimed he was assaulted on Halloween, October 31st, the tour was cancelled. This was the first indication that something had gone tragically wrong in Salt Lake.
Though some media outlets reported the tour cancellation and the Snider team’s statement on the assault, others dug a little deeper to ask whether there was an active investigation into the alleged assault, if there were any suspects or persons of interest, video footage, photos, or anything else the public could be made aware of to try and find out who the perpetrators were and bring them to justice…