BLUMANO, engineering consultancy and advisers for safety and stage machinery design, is proud to announce its expansion with BLUMANO Deutschland. This base, located in the heart of Western Europe, will work closely with BLUMANO’s network of offices in Ireland, the UK, Italy, South Korea and the Netherlands. Laura van Haperen joins this progressive organisation and brings impressive [...]
Machine Gun Kelly noticeably stammered when the prop helicopter that flies him onto the stage at the start of his touring arena show experienced some turbulence on Sunday (July 3) in Detroit. The faux aircraft seemingly hit a bump on its pre-determined track and jostled the airborne entertainer as he performed high above the crowd. [...]
Mirror fans wait for answers on why giant TV screen broke free and crashed onto concert dancers Chief Executive John Lee orders special task force to investigate the incident in bid to prevent similar tragedies Tens of thousands of Mirror fans remain angry and upset several days after a massive video screen fell onto the [...]
Blumano will be going to PLASA this year. Come join us! The PLASA Show returns to the iconic Olympia London from 4-6 September 2022. The flagship event for entertainment technology will showcase technological advancements from the worlds of audio, AV, lighting, rigging and staging. Plus, a market-leading programme will deliver back-to-back keynotes and workshops to [...]
A worker reportedly died while breaking down the stage after Psy's 'Summer Swag 2022' concert in Gangwon Province. According to multiple media reports, on July 31 at 3:52 PM KST, a Mongolian man in his twenties fell 20 meters (~22 yards) as he worked on removing a light tower that had previously been installed for [...]
Rapper Lil Durk says he is taking time off to recover after being injured by a pyrotechnic at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. The 29-year-old was playing to a crowd of thousands when a smoke bomb went off in his face on Saturday night. In fan-captured video, he was seen staggering backwards from the device [...]
A giant screen fell and injured two dancers in front of horrified fans at a concert in Hong Kong by the hugely popular boy band Mirror. The video screen crushed one performer before toppling onto others, footage circulating online showed. The music concert was immediately halted and the band's manager asked crowds to calmly exit [...]
A circus acrobat has suffered potentially life-changing injuries after missing a safety net during a "human cannonball" stunt. The 28-year-old man was taken to hospital from an event in Llanbradach, Caerphilly county, at about 18:15 BST on 29 June, Gwent Police said. Phone footage shows the performer, dressed as Captain America, crashing into a metal [...]
Note: The following summary is a news extract made by Blumano via an English translation of the articles from Rai News and Open Online regarding this story. Two workers were not seriously injured when a canopy collapsed on the stage for Elisa's concert in Bassano del Grappa, Italy which was scheduled for 28th June. The [...]
Brazilian singer Xand Avião burned his right arm while singing at a concert in São Paulo on Saturday night The pop artist was in the middle of his set at the Viixe Forró and Piseiro festival when the stage prop machine let out two flames One of the flames covered his arm for a few [...]
