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 [...]

Note from Blumano: This article was originally published in February 2022 on SkyNews, but highlights the importance of safety in relation to machinery. No one was injured but the incident follows a series of technical faults at the popular theme park. The ride is currently the world's second longest flying rollercoaster and travels at 62 [...]

USA/UK - ESTA and PLASA have announced the release of an updated Version 2.0 of the International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging (ICOPER), which is available as a free download at www.esta.org/icoper or www.plasa.org/icoper. Submissions from the international rigging community were received in response to a call for comments in late 2021. The document’s authors, Nick Barnfield [...]

MADRID (AP) — A stage structure being set up for a music festival collapsed Friday in northwestern Spain, injuring four workers, regional emergency services said. Spanish National Television said 20 people had been working on the main stage when the accident occurred outside the city of Santiago de Compostela shortly before midday. The four workers [...]

Note from Blumano: The following summary is a news extract made by Blumano via an English translation of the articles from Infobae and La Semana (via Pressreader) regarding this story.  On May 14th, artist Gloria Trevi postponed her show at the USBI Baseball Stadium in Xalapa, Mexico due to part of the stage collapsing. Luckily, [...]

Five people were injured, with two taken to major trauma units, when parts of spectator stands collapsed at a Trooping the Colour rehearsal at Horse Guards Parade in central London. The Army said one stand gave way just before 11:00 BST and part of a second stand collapsed a short time later. London Ambulance Service [...]

The following summary is a news extract made by Blumano via BSI.  Starting from 1st January 2023, the CE Marking "will no longer be accepted on most new products placed on the market in Great Britain and UKCA will be required". BSI is hosting an on-demand webinar replay of their "UKCA Webinar: Securing market access [...]