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wml7
Joined: February 19, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Ottawa Bluesfest July 18, 2011 at 12:13 PM UTC #
The freaking stage collapsed the other day.  This isn't some ballon stage either but a full stage setup, crazyness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqpXNfywT4
Unsanity
Joined: December 03, 2008 at 05:09 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest July 18, 2011 at 07:43 PM UTC #
RIP Cheap Trick!
chancegardener
Joined: August 13, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest July 19, 2011 at 05:21 AM UTC #
no – CT lives on to play another state fair or casino.  And hopefully the 930 again some future day. They were superb at RamsHead Baltimore last year. They continue to be great. Thank the rock gods that they survived the stage collapse in Ottawa. The video of that collapse is something to see ….
Unsanity
Joined: December 03, 2008 at 05:09 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest July 19, 2011 at 06:21 AM UTC #
Rick probably used a 10 neck guitar to shield himself.
lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest July 19, 2011 at 02:06 PM UTC #
Even God hates Cheap Trick
Relaxer
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest July 19, 2011 at 02:13 PM UTC #
Au contraire, he doesn't hate them, he was just trying to get them to come play his nephew's Bar Mitzvah.
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 22608
Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 14, 2011 at 06:38 PM UTC #
Frank wrote:
Even God hates Cheap Trick

apparently he also hates Sugarland:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/14/indiana.stage.collapse/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkdwrmzYXg

the flaming lips, INXS, and all NYC indie hipsters are on the naughty list too:
http://www.billboard.com/news/mother-nature-shuts-down-flaming-lips-inxs-1005308482.story
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/massive-flaming-lips-set-piece-220439
bunnyman
Joined: November 19, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 14, 2011 at 07:05 PM UTC #
The stage collapse in Indiana was horrifying. The video is really disturbing.
wml7
Joined: February 19, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 14, 2011 at 07:19 PM UTC #
oh my god, that is just horrible with the way that stage came completely down
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 14, 2011 at 09:27 PM UTC #
scariest thing about the indiana collapse was that the stage fell forward, into the crowd. 

so, how long before james ford points out that people shouldn't have been there in the first place and/or that at least they didn't have to sit through a sugarland performance?
Sir HC
Joined: August 31, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4059
Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 14, 2011 at 11:42 PM UTC #
This seems to be happening more this year.  I wonder how much is putting a lot of tarps on top to keep the rain off performers.  Maybe they need to have things that would snap off the cover before it could pull down the trusses as the trusses themselves could probably withstand most winds, but add that huge sail (in the Indiana case, it is an insanely huge roof) that can add a lot of force pulling things down.  But if that top snapped off in the high wind before a collapse, all safe but wet.
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 15, 2011 at 02:55 AM UTC #
i'm calling it here & now: these are early indications of the impact of climate change on the concert industry.  you heard it here first.
Stillwater
Joined: August 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM UTC
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Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 19, 2011 at 02:54 AM UTC #
What is going on?
nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 6500
Re: Ottawa Bluesfest August 19, 2011 at 12:15 PM UTC #
There's no better proof of man-made climate change than all of these stages collapsing.

Stillwater wrote:
What is going on?
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