Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry28 Mai 2024

The Radiohead Stage Collapse | 16

The very last thing an artist or a promoter or owner of a venue wants is for someone to get hurt—or worse--at a concert…but it does happen… There are always stories about bad behaviour or unexpected crowd dynamics… Altamont in 1969, The Who crowd crush in 1979, Woodstock 99, the nine dead during Pearl Jam’s set at the Roskilde Festival in 2000, the deaths at the Astroworld Festival in 2021, and the Brixton Academy crowd crush in 2023 all come to mind… Those were security failures and problems with crowd control…but occasionally, there’s a different type of disaster, the kind that happens suddenly and without warning… When you go to a show, you expect that the building and everything in it will be safe, that all has been constructed to proper standards, and won’t present any kind of danger to anyone at the gig… The last thing you think about is the stage coming down on top of the performers, the crew, and the crowd… Saturday, June 12, 2012, at Downsview Park in Toronto was a clear, calm summer day. But just minutes before the grounds were to open for fans, thousands of pounds of equipment and scaffolding suddenly came crashing down…one person died and three people were injured… What happened?...and why did it take so long for justice to be served?...and while we’re at it, was justice served? I'm Alan Cross and this is “Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem the Music Industry, episode 16”…the Radiohead stage collapse…have I got a story for you… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Forgotten Music Festival Disasters | 72

Ever wonder what happens when a music festival goes spectacularly wrong? This time, we look back at some of the worst and most forgotten festival disasters in rock history. From the drug-fueled chaos ...

1 Sep 37min

Music's Greatest Conspiracies: Part 4 "Paul is Dead" | 71

Did Paul McCartney really die in 1966 and get replaced by a lookalike? Of course not...but that didn't stop millions of people from believing it. This time, we dive into the wild history of the "Paul ...

18 Aug 37min

Music's Greatest Conspiracies: Part 3 | 70

You can't believe everything you read. You can't believe everything you see online. And if some conspiracy theorists are right, you can't even trust your favourite songs. In Part 3 of Music's Greates...

4 Aug 34min

Music's Greatest Conspiracies: Part 2 | 69

Why are conspiracy theories so seductive, and why do they thrive in music culture? In Part 2 of Music’s Great Conspiracy, we dive deep into the strangest, most persistent theories surrounding legenda...

21 Jul 34min

Music's Greatest Conspiracies: Part 1 | 68

Was Mozart murdered by a jealous rival? Did Robert Johnson really sell his soul at the crossroads? Was jazz secretly weaponized by the CIA? Punk rock invented by the KGB? This time on Uncharted, we d...

7 Jul 35min

Updates, Resolutions, and Conclusions to Infamous Music Crimes | 67

We’ve been brought up on tv crime shows and police procedurals…in about 45 minutes, a crime is committed, evidence gathered, suspects identified and arrested, sent to trial and either convicted or acq...

23 Jun 33min

The Life and Crimes of Keith Richards: Part 2 | 66

Keith Richards has survived drug busts, near‑fatal accidents, legal chaos, and decades of rock ’n’ roll excess. In Part Two of "The Times and Crimes of Keith Richards", the story continues after his i...

9 Jun 27min