Katy Perry experienced a frightening onstage mishap Friday night during her Lifetimes Tour stop at the Chase Center in San Francisco. While performing her hit song “Roar,” the pop star was seated atop a large butterfly-shaped prop that was designed to fly above the crowd. Midway through the song, the mechanism unexpectedly jolted, tilting and dipping [...]

After hovering for another minute, the car was slowly lowered into an aisle way on the floor, where Beyoncé disembarked. After a brief delay, she made her way back to the stage and performed the remainder of “16 Carriages.” She then closed out the concert with “Amen.” “Thank y’all for your patience,” she told the [...]

These events occurred around 10 pm at the fair installed in the Quintana Roo park, in Cozumel. According to some versions, the doors of the compartment where the minor was riding, suddenly opened, apparently because the safety lock was not properly placed, causing the teenager to be thrown out when the mechanical game turned, in [...]

Pete Malandrone, the long-time guitar technician for Brian May, has shared a distressing incident involving the Queen guitarist. During a tour with former Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rogers, Brian fell into an open slot on stage that was designed to elevate a piano. Pete recounted the incident on The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins' [...]

The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK's main subsidised theatres last year was down by almost a third compared with 10 years earlier, BBC research suggests. In 2024, the 40 best-funded theatre companies that make their own productions - ranging from the National Theatre to the Colchester Mercury - opened 229 original [...]

At least 98 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo, officials have said. A provincial governor and former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel were among the victims. Dotel, 51, died on the way to hospital after being pulled [...]

Leipzig – A 53-year-old roadie died Thursday morning in Leipzig during setup for a concert by pop star Nino de Angelo (61, "Jenseits von Eden"). According to police, the 53-year-old fell from a great height while setting up the stage. "The man died in the hospital," police spokeswoman Susanne Lübke told BILD. "The stagehand was [...]

Study into the prevalence of injury in the film, TV and theatre industries highlights the economic impact on cast and crew members and a lack of reporting of unsafe working conditions. Most cast and crew working on theatrical productions have suffered injury at work, or have had an injury exacerbated by work, the findings of [...]

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a stagehand who suffered a fatal accident at Camping World Stadium last month during setup for the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival, held in Orlando. Despite the fatal workplace incident, the festival itself continued on, attracting thousands of attendees over the course of the [...]

ISE 2025 - As part of this year's world renowned tech show in Barcelona, Blumano UK director Lluis Diaz-Guerra sat down with Rock and Rigging technical director Pablo Moreno for an episode of El Conector AV podcast on Thursday 6th February. The recording covered questions and answers about rigging and staging safety. El Conector AV [...]