Radiohead Stage Collapse Trial

An engineer working at the concert, promoter Live Nation Canada, Live Nation Ontario and Optex Staging and Services all face charges in a trial before the provincial Ministry of Labour mid-November. All four have pleaded not guilty, according to CBC News.

The concert was the last one on Radiohead’s summer tour that year. Hours before the band was to take the stage, it collapsed.

The band’s manager, Adrian Bullocks, testified he was disappointed no one had taken responsibility. “No one’s manning up and saying, ‘Look, it’s our responsibility and we share responsibility,’ and it’s really quite… disrespectful in a way,” CBC reported.

Johnson, 33, of Doncaster, England, was killed and another crew member hospitalized with a non-life-threatening injury after the outdoor stage roof collapsed at 4 p.m. while crews were setting up for the concert.

Two other people were injured and treated at the site. Paramedics and fire fighters used inflatable airbags to lift the twisted wreckage to get to Johnson. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Live Nation-produced show was immediately canceled before admission gates were to be opened at 5 p.m. A crowd of around 40,000 was expected for the 7:30 p.m., sold-out show.