Radiohead has opened up the deadly stage collapse that happened in 2012 at the Toronto Downsview Park stage, killing drum tech Scott Johnson. The band revealed that the Discipline Committee of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario has conducted a hearing to investigate Domenic Cugliari, the engineer who was responsible designing the stage.
The band said in a statement, “Mr Cugliari has acknowledged in this hearing, his catalogue of errors and the negligence on his part that led to the stage collapse and Scott’s death. These admissions are 8 years too late. If the evidence now accepted by Mr Cugliari had been agreed at the original court case brought against him, @livenation and the contractor Optex Staging, it would have been complete in one day, with a very different outcome and some justice would have been delivered. As it is, Mr Cugliari has now retired and, is seemingly beyond any legal recrimination.
The statement added, “This is a sad day. Our thoughts and love are, as ever, with Scott’s parents, Ken and Sue Johnson, his family and friends, and our crew.”