A six-year-old girl who was killed at an amusement park in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, had 'fallen out' of a ride, police dispatch audio has revealed Previous visitors to the attraction have claimed that safety belts on the ride were not attached tight enough It emerged on Monday that the vertigo-inducing ride was specifically designed to [...]
PLASA Innovation Award Winners Announced: Blumano’s StageDB ORA Commended
Note from Blumano: The winners of the PLASA Innovation Awards have been announced, and we are proud to have been given a commendation for StageDB ORA. It's always a pleasure to be in such good company with our fellow colleagues and friends in the industry. Congratulations to all the winners! UK – The winners of the [...]
BLUMANO Launches East Asia Operation
BLUMANO, entertainment-industry consultants in safety and machinery design, is expanding into the Asian market with the announcement of BLUMANO East Asia. The addition of this first-class base will work closely with BLUMANO's network of offices in Ireland, the UK, Italy, and the Netherlands. Laurent Ste-Marie joins this dynamic organisation and brings with him 25-years’ experience [...]
Fudstock festival: Three injured from waltzer ride
Emergency crews rushed to Fudstock Festival grounds in Cavendish Park, Barrow, with three people injured after a waltzer ride malfunctioned, it has been claimed A woman fighting for her life and two others requiring hospital treatment were injured after a waltzer ride malfunctioned at a festival, it has been claimed. Emergency crews rushed to the [...]
Government delays change to post-Brexit safety standards
Businesses have been given an extra year to adopt the new post-Brexit product safety marking, which is replacing the currently used European Union's label. Manufacturers in England, Scotland and Wales initially had until the end of this year to use the new UKCA certification but the change will now only be enforced from the start [...]
Portion of stage collapses at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami
A portion of a stage has collapsed at the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami, just one day before the event is set to kick off with thousands expected to attend. At around 5pm Thursday evening, a video wall connected to one of the stages at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, collapsed on [...]
Vue cinemas fined £750,000 over death of customer trapped by chair
Judge condemns chain’s ‘complete lack of risk assessment’ over seating fault that led to death of Ateeq Rafiq in 2018. Cinema chain Vue has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches after a filmgoer died when he became trapped under a cinema chair leg-rest in 2018. Ateeq Rafiq, 24, died in hospital after his neck became [...]
Radiohead, New Order and more artists call for overhaul of post-Brexit touring rules
More than 200 UK acts including the Chemical Brothers, Kano and Wolf Alice back Let the Music Move initiative, calling for financial help and cutting red tape for EU tours. British music acts including Radiohead, the Chemical Brothers, Biffy Clyro and Annie Lennox are calling on the UK government to offer financial support to help [...]
Six ESTA TSP standards approved and published
On 5 May, ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved two ESTA documents as American National Standards. The following day ANSI's BSR approved four more. All six are now published and available on the ESTA TSP website for download at no cost at http://tsp.esta.org/freestandards. ANSI E1.2 – 2021, Entertainment Technology - Design, Manufacture and Use of [...]
Glastonbury organisers granted licence for one-day festival in September, Equinox
The 50,000 capacity event will be held solely at the iconic Pyramid Stage Glastonbury has been granted permission to hold a one-day festival this year. In January, the Somerset festival announced it was officially cancelled for 2021 due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. Two months later, co-organiser Emily Eavis revealed that they had applied for a [...]