Radiohead stage collapses ahead of Toronto concert, Roadie Scott Johnson is Dead
A stage at Toronto’s Downsview Park has collapsed in advance of a scheduled Radiohead concert, killing one person and injuring at least three, according to Toronto EMS. CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/06/16/toronto-stage-collapse-radiohead.html
A massive stage has collapsed during preparations for a Radiohead concert in Toronto killing the band’s 33-year-old drum technician and critically injuring another man.
Scott Johnson, from Doncaster, south Yorkshire died when the top portion of the stage fell in on him as he was setting up for the show at Downsview Park
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160395/Radiohead-stage-collapse-kills-bands-British-drum-technician-Scott-Johnson.html#ixzz1y5Bd7ITJ
Brian Collins is the rigger that was injured during the stage collapse in Toronto today. gash on his head, concussion, both ankles broken, Mike Hirsch just spoke with Brian’s dad Billy. Gonna be tough but looks like he should pull through.
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Anyone know whose stage this is? I can’t tell from the few pics but it sure looks like the whole roof was scaff! Anyone got any further info?
According to sources familar with the event it was an Optex-built stage which was sold years ago to LiveNation and it was assembled with Nasco crew.
Possibly a metal fatigue issue. Yikes.
There have been a lot of these in the past few years. That indicates a systemic problem rather than “isolated incidents”. With the consolidation and corporatization that has occurred in the touring industry over the last decade or so, this may be a problem of bean counters vs. engineers. A tour will still spend money to get the highest quality for their touring production. Unfortunately, stages (the thing most likely to kill somebody) are subcontracted by event and are often contracted to the lowest bidder rather than the safest company. Safety is expensive after all.