I’d just like to say to Jolin Tsai:
You are lucky you’re alive to sing right now, your minutes have been being handed out to you.
I hope your people design something a little less dangerous and a little more geared to prolonging your career.
Updated photo above from the Shanghaiist…
Unfortunately I have terrible news coming from Nanning City, China for a Jolin Tsai concert being set up. The photos are horrible, it’s a twisted hunk of mess. Another stage accident in China.
These kinds of things are why companies should be throwing fuck-tons of money at the Event Safety Alliance. Just ship it in container trucks.
From ProLightingSpace and XinghuaNet:
NANNING, Oct. 29 (Xin hua) — One person was killed and 13 others injured on Thursday when a stage lighting under construction for a concert by Taiwanese pop singer Jolin Tsai collapsed in south China’s Nanning City.
The accident happened at around 5 p.m. in the Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, when workers were building the structure, according to local government sources.
One of the injured is in a serious condition while the rest suffered minor injuries.
Tsai’s concert was scheduled for Saturday. She took to her microblog to express sadness at the accident.
Photos are tough.
More news as we get it. First spotted on ProLightingSpace.
Updates from The Theatre Safety Blog, two new images:
From South China Morning News:
A worker was killed after stage lights collapsed as staff were setting up for a concert by the Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai in southern China.
The accident happened on Thursday afternoon at the Guangxi Stadium in Nanning, the news website Chinanews.com reported.
Firefighters, rescue workers and police pulled 14 people free caught under equipment, the report said.
One person died at the scene and another was seriously injured.
The concert, scheduled for Saturday night, has been cancelled and ticket buyers can request a refund, the organisers said in a statement.
Police are investigating the accident.
Tsai, often referred to as “Asia’s Dancing Queen”, has been likened to top American singers such as Beyoncé.
Tsai wrote on her social media account on Thursday night: “Please pray together for the victims.”
Updates as we get them.
