Bassnectar fans are cleaning up the Greensboro community. Fans of the DJ gathered in the Gate City Saturday to pick up trash along East Gate City Blvd. near Holden Road.

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FANS OF THE D.J. BASSNECTAR WERE BACK IN GREENSBORO TODAY, AND THEY SAY THIS WAS TO SHOW THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHO THEY REALLY ARE, MONTHS AFTER A NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT IN GREENSBORO THAT LED TO SOME OVERDOSE >> THESE BASSNECTAR FANS SAY THIS-- THEIR CLEANUP IN GREENSBORO ON SATURDAY, IS WHAT THEY’RE ALL ABOUT. >> WE DO A LOT OF CHARITABLE EVENTS EVERYWHERE THAT WE GO THAT SOMETIMES DON’T GET RECOGNIZED, SO WE JUST WANTED TO COME ABOUT ON A SATURDAY ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND BE NOTICED AND JUST KIND OF SAY, “HEY WE’RE HERE, AND WE’RE GOOD PEOPLE.” >> THE FANS SAY THEY WERE MISREPRESENTED FOLLOWING THE NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT AT THE COLISEUM. AN EMT WHO WORKED THAT CONCERT TOLD WXII 12 NEWS THAT NEARLY 200 PEOPLE OVERDOSED ON A VARIETY OF DRUGS THAT NIGHT. GREENSBORO POLICE AND COLISEUM STAFF DENIED THAT CLAIM, STATING THAT ONLY 108 PEOPLE WERE TREATED AT THE VENUE’S TRIAGE CENTER, AND FAR FEWER PEOPLE THAN THAT ACTUALLY OVERDOSED. THE BASSNECTAR FANS OUT IN THE GATE CITY TODAY ALSO SAY THE EMT’S CLAIMS ARE FALSE. >> JUST DON’T TAKE LITERALLY HALF OF 1% OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND LUMP THAT TO OVER 20,000 PEOPLE. I THINK THAT THAT’S IMPORTANT. >> THE GROUP PICKED UP TRASH ALONG EAST GATE CITY BOULEVARD NEAR HOLDEN ROAD ON SATURDAY, IN A CITY THEY SAY THEY HOPE THEY CAN RETURN TO, TO SEE THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST. >> THIS LOGO DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE SOME STRANGE BUNCH OF PEOPLE. WE ARE A BIG FAMILY, AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT. IF WE ARE BACK HERE AGAIN, WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE ARE YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU SEE US OUT HERE WEARING THIS, THEN COME SAY HELLO, AND WE’LL JUST TREAT YOU AS ONE OF US. STEVE: THE MAYOR OF GREENSBORO AND COLISEUM STAFF DO NOT HAVE A COMMENT ON TODAY’S CLEANUP. YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUR PREVIOUS COVERAGE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WXII12.COM. THIS STORY COMES AFTER SEVERAL 12 INVESTIGATES REPORTS. IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR OUR 12 INVESTIGATES SERIES, WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT. E-MAIL US AT NEWS TIPS AT WXII 12.COM. YOU CAN ALSO SEND US A MESSAGE ON FACEB

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Bassnectar fans are cleaning up the Greensboro community. Fans of the DJ gathered in the Gate City Saturday to pick up trash along West Gate City Blvd. near Holden Road. The event was rescheduled from January due to weather.The group also raised money using a GoFundMe to make meals for the homeless. Bassnectar was in Greensboro on New Year's Eve for a concert to ring in the new year. More than 22,300 fans attended the event at the Greensboro Coliseum.An EMT who worked at the event told WXII 12 News in January that he saw some 200 patients, 98% of which were overdoses. It's a number the Greensboro Coliseum disputes. Spokesman Andrew Brown says only 108 patients were treated, for a variety of medical reasons. In addition, the Greensboro Police Chief says "overdoses occurred" but there were far fewer than 200 of them.Participants in Saturday's clean up say they want to show the positive impact the artist and his fans have on the communities they visit and live in.“I think it’s important to see this side of the community that we do a lot of charitable events everywhere that we go that sometimes don’t get recognized," said John McGinnis, the organizer of the clean up. "We just wanted to come about on a Saturday, on a busy highway and be noticed and just kind of say, ‘Hey we’re here and we’re good people.'"This logo does not mean we are some strange bunch of people. We are a big family and we want everybody to know that.“If we are back here again we want them to know that we are your family. If you see us out here wearing this then come say, ‘Hello’ and we’ll just treat you as one of us."McGinnis says he drove three hours to drive up to Greensboro to help with the clean up.Fans say Bassnectar does everything from bringing water to areas in need to collecting school supplies in the communities the DJ tours in. They say they hope to return to Greensboro in the future to see their favorite artist perform once again.