stage collapses

Radiohead issue statement on stalled stage collapse case: "We are appalled"

Radiohead say: “This is an insult to the memory of Scott Johnson, his parents and our crew.”

What's going on Sunday? (Hanukkah night 2)

today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s * Darlene Love @ BB King’s * Brandon Ross @ The Stone * Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall * Michael Brown Duo @ Barbes * The Who @ Mohegan Sun (CT) * Os Mutantes @ Le Poisson Rouge * Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory * Cult Of Youth, King Dude @ Union Pool * Daniel Higgs, Kyp Malone, Hubble @ Zebulon * Railbird, Xenia Rubinos, Sean McMahon @ Big Snow * Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Starred, Gambles @ MoMA PS1 * Caspian, Moving Mountains, O’Brother @ Bowery Ballroom * Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans @ Death By Audio * Vensaire, Friends & Farmers, Dead Sexy Sheila @ Public Assembly * Teletextile, Child Actor, Hairy Sands, Jezzy & the Belles @ Cameo Gallery * Yankee Bang Bang, The Sweet Ones, Mexican Museums, Krinklebearcat @ Cake Shop * Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Johnnie Lee Jordan and the Boys @ The Mercury Lounge * Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friendlander, Jessica Kirson, Ted Alexandro @ EastVille Comedy Club * Ted Leo, Casey Shea, The National Reserve, Jena Friedman, Michael Showalter @ Littlefield * Cannibal Ox, C-Rayz Walz, Prop Anon, Double AB, Creature, Ireelz, J…

Governors Ball stage may have collapsed today as they were taking it down... (they say it didn't)

Governors Ball Saturday (more by Amanda Hatfield) Gothamist reports:”There are conflicting reports about a partial stage collapse on Randall’s Island this afternoon, injuring those who were disassembling it following this weekend’s Governors Ball rock festival…

Scott Johnson, R.I.P

Rest in peace to Drum Tech Scott Johnson of South Yorkshire in the UK, who passed away at the age of 33 due to injuries sutained at the recent stage collapse in Toronto…

One dead, three injured in stage collapse before Radiohead show in Toronto (venue wasn't open yet)

(via @Jip88)A stage at Toronto’s Downsview Park has collapsed in advance of a scheduled Radiohead concert, killing one person and injuring at least three, one seriously…

storm causes fatal disaster @ Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium

The Belgian music festival Pukkelpop Festival was hit with a severe storm today, which appears to have hit during or around the time of the Smith Westerns‘ set…

5 dead from stage collapse @ Indiana State Fair (which reopened today with a memorial service)

The Indiana State Fair reopened Monday with a public memorial service for five people killed when a concert stage collapsed during a storm. The fairgrounds were closed Saturday night following the accident, which occurred shortly before the country music duo Sugarland was to take the stage before an audience of about 12,000…

stage collapse during Cheap Trick @ Ottawa Bluesfest (video)

A strong downward burst of wind is believed to have led to the collapse of the main stage during a performance Sunday night at Ottawa Bluesfest…

1 dead, 75 injured when storm causes stage collapse at Canadian music festival Big Valley Jamboree (videos)

Big Valley Jamboree – sunny on July 31, 2009 (Taylor and Kevin) Big Valley Jamboree – knocked over toilets on August 1, 2009 (Taylor and Kevin)”Family has identified Donna Moore of Lloydminster as the woman killed at the Big Valley Jamboree after the festival’s main stage collapsed during a severe thunderstorm Saturday…

Madonna's stage collapses in France killing 2 (pic, videos)

A second worker injured in the Marseille, France, stage collapse ahead of a weekend Madonna concert has died, a French hospital official announced on Friday…