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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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Music History 

This is the Anniversary of the Who Concert Tragedy in Cincinnati

December 3, 2015December 2, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1979, Cincinnati, Concert, Tragedy, Who

It was on this day in 1979 that 11 people were suffocated to death in a crowd crush before a

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U2’s Cursed Tour Rolls On: Honouring Their Fallen Tour Manager

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments BB King, Cursed, Death, Dennis Sheehan, Innocence + Experience, Jack Heaslip, Tragedy, U2

Let’s recap U2’s annus horribilus so far: September: The blowback from the release of Songs of Innocence through iTunes. November:

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