Five concert-goers were injured when strong winds caused a portion of the stage to collapse on them during a festival in Thailand. The music fans were at the front watching a local band during the Chumphae Chinese Opera Festival when a gust suddenly blew and shoved a metal scaffold that held large speakers in Khon [...]
The compromised Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo – widely banned outside Italy after allegations of sexual misconduct – has suffered a physical setback to his career in Russia. Yesterday, while singing the role of Cavaradossi in the Bolshoi Theatre’s production of Tosca, Grigolo’s leg got stuck between a platform that was being moved and the stage. [...]
Olivia Rodrigo suffered a brutal fall through a huge hole in the stage floor during her Guts world tour stop in Australia. The 21-year-old singer was filmed performing in front of around 14,000 fans at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Monday night. Olivia was trying to hype up the crowd when she accidentally walked into [...]
IZUMIOTSU, Osaka Prefecture—Four women were injured at an outdoor music festival here on Oct. 6 and taken to a hospital after a crane supporting heavy camera equipment collapsed onto the audience. An event organizer called emergency services at around 1:35 p.m. that day, reporting that, “Camera equipment weighing 240 kilograms had fallen and people were injured.” [...]
Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Lau Tak-wah narrowly escaped a potential accident during his concert in Shenzhen in southern China on September 9, raising national concerns for his safety. While the 62-year-old Cantopop legend was performing and fully engaged with the audience, a trapdoor unexpectedly opened on stage. Footage circulating online captured the moment [...]
Ayres Sasaki, a 35-year-old Brazilian rock singer, died of electrocution during a live performance on July 13, as per a report in the Independent. The incident took place at the Solar Hotel in Salinopolis. The singer touched a soaking-wet fan, which triggered an electric shock, killing him. The reason the fan was wet is still [...]
Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau had a close brush with tragedy during his concert in Shanghai. The singer-actor faced not one but two near-miss accidents that left the audience in shock. In one instance, Lau was accompanying a female dancer towards a lift platform. As the dancer descended, Lau mistakenly stepped onto the platform despite [...]
There was tragic start to Saturday morning at the Boombastic music festival in Llanera (Asturias) in the north of Spain. A 25-year-man from Madrid who attended the festival with a group of friends died early in the day after suffering a blow to the head on the big wheel installed on the La Morgal site. [...]
Slovakia’s Pohoda Festival has been cancelled halfway through after one of the tent stages collapsed. 29 people were injured as a result of the accident, forcing the festival to close its doors early. Nearly 30,000 people attended the festival, which is held in the north of Slovakia, right next to the new Trenčín airport. The [...]
Eight carnival-goers in the United States, including seven children, were left hanging upside down on a roller coaster that malfunctioned for at least three hours on Sunday. While none of them were injured, all were taken to the hospital. The mechanical failure happened on the last day of the Forest County Festival in Crandon town, [...]
