luvlz2 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 According to the Ottawa Business Journal, the main stage collapsed at Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sunday night around 7:20 p.m., moments after Cheap Trick members left the stage due to an intense storm. http://www.obj.ca/Lo...-at-Bluesfest/1 Cheap Trick was about 20 minutes into its performance, but was able to get off the stage safely. The band posted a message on its Facebook profile later in the evening, "We are SOOOO lucky! Everyone is shaken up but band and crew are all fine. Cheap Trick hopes that everyone who attended the show is also OK." Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander later added, "Fortunately the band and crew are all lucky to be alive and we'll see you down the road. And all the best to our truck driver Sandy." Globe And Mail editor Ryan MacDonald, who was at the concert, wrote, "Suddenly the wind whipped up from the west and the storm rolled in. It was a scary moment. People started screaming and crying. The stage was a rectangle and it had scaffolding, three, four stories high. The wind caught it and blew it backwards. It collapsed like a big tent. It was kind of unreal." "Fire crews and police are checking beneath stage and so far no one found. Appears everyone made it out safely," the Ottawa fire service wrote on Twitter just before 8 p.m. Twently minutes later, the service wrote that a second search underneath the canopy confirmed nobody was trapped. On Twitter, Bluesfest officials said no serious injuries occured as a result of the collapse, and that remaining programming for the festival is cancelled. Photos: http://adietrich.wor...stage-collapse/ Story link: http://www.roadrunne...wsitemID=160772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Stage collapsing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TEEtq17xTuw http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rh2Y7rG-24M Sorry I couldn't get all the vids in,but the links are there, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beetleron Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 i have to admit i have a kinda soft spot in my heart for cheap trick as they were the first band i ever saw........ now if journey had been under there yeh now we're talkin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Footage from yesterday shot and narrated by Robin Zander: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 i have to admit i have a kinda soft spot in my heart for cheap trick as they were the first band i ever saw........ now if journey had been under there yeh now we're talkin... You're not funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliet Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hi: CHEAP TRICK is supposed to be part of ROCK THE PARK in London Ontario this weekend..It looks like they are going to be there..I haven't heard otherwise.... http://www.rockthepark.ca/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cheap Trick wants Bluesfest stage collapse explained Cheap Trick, the band that left the Ottawa Bluesfest main stage just moments before it collapsed, says it wants a full accounting of what went wrong. "We simply want to know: What are the companies and organizers doing to protect the next act and the next audience?” band manager Dave Frey said in a statement released Thursday. "Every act and every fan ought to be asking the same question." READ MORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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