Death Cab For Cutie Forced To Cancel Performance After Stage Collapses

Myspace: Over the weekend a violent storm in Ottawa, Canada, caused the stage to collapse during an event called Bluesfest. The incident took place 20 minutes into Cheap Trick’s set and also prevented Death Cab For Cutie from performing on Sunday night.
CTV Montreal wrote, “A severe thunderstorm watch had been in effect on Sunday night, but CTV Ottawa reporter Katie Griffin said the storm arrived with little warning and caught everyone by surprise.[...] Cheap Trick were supposed to be one of the last bands to perform on the last night of the festival, with Washington’s Death Cab for Cutie due to close out the show. On Twitter, Death Cab bassist Nick Harmer described seeing the stage collapse, right before his own band was supposed to go on stage. ‘I have never seen wind blow an entire stage flat. I’m in shock,’ Harmer tweeted Sunday night.”
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Four people were injured at the event including one man who suffered a broken thigh and pelvis and had a piece of the stage stuck in his stomach. ouch. You can learn more about the accident and read about the aftermath HERE. Yesterday in an interview with Rolling Stone Cheap Trick’s manager Dave Frey said “I can’t believe we’re alive.” He also added that if you know where to score a five-neck guitar, you should get in touch with him.