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Indiana Stage Collapse Claims Lives

Sugarland is not a group that ROCKinsights typically covers, but news of the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair just after Sara Bareilles wrapped up her opening set Staurday (8/13) is one that every music news web site should be covering. 
At least five are dead in the wake of the collapse, which happened as an intense storm moved in, triggering erratic and severe winds.  What's alarming is that this incident comes just weeks after a similar collapse during a Cheap Trick concert in in Ottawa, Canada that the band and fans narrowly escaped death or serious injury in (story).  The band subsequently pulled out of a Vancouver concert scheduled for September after learning that the stage for that event was being provided by the same company as the one that failed in the Ottawa concert.  Stages at European and South American concerts have also experienced similar structural failure in the face of severe weather.
Everyone recognizes that the frequency and intensity of severe weather is increasing.  It is time for the concert industry to revisit the safety and enforcement standards for stages at outdoor events and the safety measures being taken by promoters and venue operators when severe weather is expected or materializes.