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Music News 

Conspiracy theories float around the Chinese boy band tragedy

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, Boy Band, China, Mirror, Monitor, Tragedy

Last month, a 12-member boy band called Mirror was performing at the Hong Kong Coliseum when suddenly a giant video

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Cool! 

An Interesting Follow-up to My Plane Crash Story

December 5, 2017December 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, BR35, EVA Air, Plane Crash, YYZ

If you’re a reader of Edge.ca, you may have seen my weekend story about our plane crash incident at Pearson

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Cool! 

Fan Suffers and Embarrassing Fall Onstage. Look What the Band Did Next.

February 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, Concert, Fan

This fan at a show in Rio won’t soon forget her onstage moment of fame. (Via Holy Kaw)

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Music News 

Inquest Starts into Death of Radiohead Drum Tech in Toronto Accident

November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Accident, Downsview, Radiohead, Scott Johnson, Stage Collapse, Toronto

It was a late spring afternoon–a Saturday–in Toronto and people had already started making their way to Downsview Park to

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Music News 

Theory of a Deadman Brings the Roof Down. I Mean LITERALLY Brings It Down

August 13, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, First Avenue, Purple Rain, Theory of a Deadman

The First Avenue Nightclub in Minneapolis–a Prince hangout and made famous in Purple Rain–had an issue last night. Theory of

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Music News 

Bono (and Jimmy Fallon) Recreate Bono’s Hideous Bike Accident

May 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, Bono, Innocence + Experience Tour, Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show, U2

At some point over the next few days, U2 will appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Bono was

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Music News 

Black Keys Drummer Dislocates Shoulder in Swimming Accident. Of Course, It’s Instagrammed.

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, Black Keys, Injury, Patrick Carney, St. Bart's

Years ago, I went swimming in the surf of a beach called Saline in St. Barts. It’s a broad, sandy

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WTF? 

Bono Likes To Dress Up Like A Hasidic Jew – Wait, What?

December 7, 2014 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Accident, bike, Bono, Edge, hasidic, health, jew, U2

Okay, so that’s not the image of the iconic rock star we’ve become associated to at all. You can thank

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Music News 

Dropkick Murphys Tour Bus Involved in Fatal Accident

November 18, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Accident, Death, Dropkick Murphys, Tour Bus

Around 3am Sunday morning as the Dropkick Murphys were making their way from San Antonio to an airport in Dallas, something

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Movies 

More Weirdness Surrounding Death on the Set of Greg Allman Movie

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, Bio-pic, Greg Allman, Midnight Rider

On the first day of filming of the Greg Allman bio-pic, Midnight Rider, some the crew took a hospital bed

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Music News 

Crew Member Working on Greg Allman Bio-Pic Dies. There’s Gotta Be More to This Story. [UPDATE]

February 2, 2014February 22, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accident, Allman Brothers, Bio-pic, Greg Allman, Movie, Train

A woman was killed in Georgia during the filming of a movie based on the life of Greg Allman.  She

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