Cheap Trick Demand Explanation for Near-Fatal Stage Collapse

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Cheap Trick Demand Explanation for Near-Fatal Stage Collapse

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cheap-trick-demand-explanation-for-near-fatal-stage-collapse-20110801



By Andy Greene
August 1, 2011 5:25 PM ET

Cheap Trick narrowly escaped death last month when the stage collapsed during their set at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ontario, Canada. "It just blew everything back, cymbals are flying and everything," Cheap Trick manager Dave Frey told Rolling Stone. "And we're just like 'get off the stage!' and then I heard the rivets in the truss just starting to pop. BAP! BAP! BAP! BAP! BAP! It was like the Titanic or something, and it just started coming down, the roof fell. It hit our truck, which was parked behind the stage and that kept it about five feet off of the deck, and that gave us room to run. We were running as fast as we could."

The band has now released a statement about the incident:

On July 17, 2011 Cheap Trick and its crew, along with other stage personnel, narrowly averted death when the MNBA Stage roof at the 2011 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest fell on the stage during their evening performance. Several thousand fans were also lucky to escape basically unharmed.

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"We simply want to know: what are the companies and organizers doing to protect the next act and the next audience?" says band manager Dave Frey. "Every act and every fan ought to be asking the same question when attending an outside musical event."

[DianaForRussFeingold]

1. Wind Storm...

luckily, no one was killed!!!

[jberryhill]

2. The storm didn't put that stage there

The people responsible for that stage should know its acceptable wind load and the weather forecast.

Even without the forecast, when wind reached maximum acceptable load, the event should have been stopped and cleared long before the wind exceeded design limit.

The responsibility here lies with people, not the wind.

You do not deploy a structure amidst a crowd without a very damned good idea of how that structure performs.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

5. I agree, that's a very dangerous situation...

"You do not deploy a structure amidst a crowd without a very damned good idea of how that structure performs."
I hope they learn from this and have better inspections!

[edbermac]

3. I demand an explanation why Cheap Trick was on a stage in the first place.

They're about as bad as Oasis

[drbtg1]

7. Seriously?

comparing the Beatles to Cheap Trick??? There's a word for that!

[rucky]

4. They're all alright! They're all alright!...

[maxrandb]

6. Obviously, his guitar was too heavy

Good to know that Mommy's Alright, Daddy's Alright, they just are a little wierded out about the whole fiasco

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Cheap Stage.

[UTUSN]

9. Urr too smart for Wrong Forum n/t

[Forkboy]

10. Gives "they brought down the house" a whole new meaning.