Stage diving
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Stage diving is the act of leaping from a concert stage onto the crowd below. It is often the precursor to crowd surfing.
Long before the word was invented, public stagediving took place during the first Dutch concert by The Rolling Stones at the Kurhaus of Scheveningen on August 8, 1964.[1]
Initially seen as confrontational and extreme, stage diving has become common at hardcore punk and thrash metal performances.[citation needed] Many musicians have made stage diving a part of their stage act. Iggy Pop is often credited with popularising stage diving in popular rock music.[citation needed] Jim Morrison was another early performer known for having jumped into the crowd at several concerts.
Risks and incidents
Stage diving can cause serious injuries. One example is when Peter Gabriel of Genesis stage dived during the end of their song "The Knife", landing on his foot, thus sprained his ankle. On 20 August 2010, Charles Haddon, the lead singer of English synthpop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, died after a performance at Pukkelpop, Belgium.[2] He committed suicide by jumping from a telecommunications mast in the backstage artists' parking area. Haddon was reported to have been distressed after he feared he had seriously injured a young girl earlier after a stagedive.[3][4]
In 2012, singer Randy Blythe of American heavy metal band Lamb of God was indicted on (and later acquitted of) charges of manslaughter relating to the death of a fan in the Czech Republic after the fan was injured after being pushed off the stage.[5]
In February 2014, federal judge Jan E. DuBois ruled that Fishbone had to pay $1.4 million to a woman who broke her skull and collarbone during a 2010 concert in Philadelphia when Angelo Moore stage-dove and landed on top of her.[6][7]
Another fatal stage diving incident occurred in May of 2014 in New York City during a performance of the metalcore band Miss May I. Although the fan was able to walk away after falling from the stage, the concert was cut short after he fainted. He later died in the hospital.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Rolling Stones - Live in the Kurhaus (Scheveningen, 1964) Documentary, 2011
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