Avenged Sevenfold crew member dies in accident

A member of the local crew working on an Avenged Sevenfold concert that took place in Stuttgart earlier this week was killed when another stagehand fell from the rafters and landed on top of him. It appears that the tragedy happened as the stage was being taken down after the gig. In a statement, the band said: "Last night after our show in Stuttgart, Germany, a 26 year old stagehand fell from the rafters while breaking down our stage. He fell a very far distance onto a nineteen year old man on the local crew. Tragically, the nineteen year old died from his injuries. The other man is now in critical condition at the hospital" and "This is beyond heartbreaking to everyone in the band and on our crew. We all send our thoughts and prayers to the man in the hospital, both families involved, all of the local Live Nation crew and everyone else whose lives have been affected by this terrible accident. We love our crew so much as well as the many local staff who are essential to our show every night wherever we are around the world. This is such a stark reminder of how quickly an accident can happen and lives shattered in the process".

Korean tragedy prompts promoter suicide

A man involved in the organisation of an open air pop concert in South Korea has committed suicide after the event ended in tragedy. A ventilation grate on which some audience members were standing collapsed on Friday (17 Oct) and sixteen people died after dropping 20 metres when the grate gave way during a performance by K-Pop group 4Minute in the city of Seongnam, just 12 miles from the South Korean capital Seoul.  Eleven others being seriously injured, eight of which are being treated for life-threatening injuries. The band were unaware of the incident until after their show ended.