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Charity set up in memory of Radiohead stage collapse victim The family of Radiohead drum technician Scott Johnson, who died after a stage collapse in Toronto, have set up a charity in his memory.

Posting on the band's Facebook page today, Radiohead drummer Philip Selway announced the launch of the charity, writing: "Over the past couple of months, a number of people have asked if there is anything they can do in memory of Scott.

This will fund musical equipment for young people in Rotherham in the UK, where Scott grew up. We have had many requests for donations in place of flowers and have set up an account that will be the Scott Johnson Bursary for Young Musicians.

This will be managed by his friends locally as a fund primarily in Rotherham Schools. It may take a while, but we will keep you informed on how the money is spent in due course. The band, who were performing at the Les Arenes in Nimes, France, filled the screen with photos of Johnson as they played 'Reckoner'. It was their first rescheduled show since their drum tech died during a stage collapse in Toronto last month.

A further three people were injured in the incident at Downsview Park, Toronto. The stage collapsed an hour before the gates opened to the public and queues were already forming outside the venue. The victims were all part of the team setting up equipment. Radiohead rescheduled seven shows following the tragedy after the accident also destroyed the band's unique lightshow and parts of their backline set-up. Sheet music release by Beck seems dubious. Sheet music release by Beck seems dubious Popular music is no stranger to what some may consider antics by a performer to make a point: —John Lennon and Yoko Ono held two-week bed-ins to protest war.

But, I later bought it on vinyl. The latest is an album released exclusively as sheet music. No recorded music. Six people died last August when the stage collapsed at a Sugarland concert in Indianapolis, and five died in Belgium when a storm swept in and toppled the stage at the Pukkelpop Festival. This article is more than 9 years old.

Concert cancelled after one person died and another was seriously injured when stage collapsed during setting up. The collapsed stage at the site of a Radiohead concert in Toronto. The concert has been cancelled after one person died. Topics Radiohead Canada Americas news. Reuse this content. Ferguson and his daughter were sitting at a picnic bench facing the stage shortly afterward when there was a loud noise, he said.

He described seeing beams piercing through the back grid of the stage and immediately calling A paramedic who was one of the first at the scene testified he found Johnson trapped under the stage with no vital signs. Johnson's father and Radiohead's drummer described the shock and grief they felt when they received the grim news, as well as the lingering trauma from that day.

Johnson's family and the British band have been highly critical of the judicial process, but said they hoped the inquest would bring some of the answers they did not get through the courts.

The band's drummer, Philip Selway, testified that the incident was "personally traumatizing" for them and their crew, and made them feel "vulnerable" onstage. Johnson, and our crew, and to our audience as well to keep pursuing this.

Thirteen charges were laid under provincial health and safety laws against the show's promoter, Live Nation, contractor Optex Staging and Cugliari, the engineer. But the case went off the rails when the presiding judge at trial declared he had lost jurisdiction after being appointed to a higher court. Another judge declared a mistrial and a new hearing was planned. Defence lawyers argued the charges should be stayed because the delays violated their clients' rights to a timely trial, which was expected to wrap up in mid, five years after charges were laid.

The new judge agreed, noting the Supreme Court's so-called Jordan decision, which set a ceiling of 18 months for proceedings in provincial court. Emergency personnel are shown on scene near a collapsed stage at Downsview Park in Toronto on Saturday, June 16, Search Search CP24 X. Roof structures failed before Radiohead stage came down, inquest hears. Reddit Share. Outside, Selway said he felt it was important to attend the proceeding.

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