Festival Stages colapsing all over the world

[Herr Matzat]

Just days after a big stage colapsed in the USA (five people dead) today there were two big acidents today (one at pukkelpop with at least 6 dead and over 60 injured) and one at another festival in the region).

Knowing myself i would have likely have stood in front of these stages if i had been there... is it just the weather going to shit more or monny saved in the wrong spot... i don´t know, i just feel sad...

Some more info on the topic.

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/58629 (there is a video on here that looks like it´s straight from a movie, i don´t know if you want to see it, it´s so sureal that it´s suposed to be real)

From today, also with videos but only showing of the bad weather and pictures after the stage came down.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2676/Cultuur/article/detail/2854058/2011/08/18/Tent-ingestort-door-noodweer-6-doden-op-Pukkelpop.dhtml

http://cl.ly/0A3v2o0L2o1i050w1J1t

This shows one of the videowalls falling, luckily it fell away from the crowd.

Acording to Jay Lethos Twitter four stages came down. Also trees broken... this weahter will arive later tonight.

http://skylin.es/thing/pukkelpop

Edited August 18, 2011 by Michael Matzat on a Plane

[SeanDMan]

There was a stage collapse in Canada this month as well.

[GA!]

Must take anti-stage collapse spray to Leeds with me next weekend...

[RPS]

There was a stage collapse in Canada this month as well.

Yeah it was pretty badass.

[Matt]

Must take anti-stage collapse spray to Leeds with me next weekend...

Lend us some please.

[RPS]

I was talking with my friend who is an engineer a few weeks back about the stage collapse here, and he said that it's very obvious the problem with these stages being that they all have some sort of backing to them. If the wind can blow through with little resistance, it's not going to create a huge problem. Create a back drop so that you increase lighting and cover up what's going on behind the scenes, and you are going to start creating problems.

[SeanDMan]

There was a stage collapse in Canada this month as well.

Yeah it was pretty badass.

...what, did you, like, ride it all the way down or something? Or moss in the rubble? How is a stage collapse "badass"?

[RPS]

Basically, yeah.