Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Live Event Safety Seminar’s Message: Act Now or Pay Later
PLSN: A seminar on Live Event Safety would seem like a hard sell to a group of hardened concert touring pros, especially in the cheerful setting of the Pollstar Live! convention in downtown Los Angeles. For the rock ‘n’ roll crowd, health and safety discussions are up there with estate planning, colonoscopies and dealing with aging parents — all topics that will clear the lobby bar well before closing time.
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Once again there is the discussion of legislation, awareness, action, and education. The UK might have everything covered on who to blame and better plans on what needs to be covered by safety, but if we know who to blame in the US, we still need to make sure its safe. As brought up many times, there can be legislation, but who will enforce it? The promoters and companies providing the work must be help accountable, they must also be reasonable in decisions. If we start out earlier and promote the assurance that promoters must be responsible, hopefully we will be able to assure that everyone is making the right choice. If there was some way to get promoters, companies, and the artists on the same page, the world would be a little safety. Communication and collaboration is definitely key.
With the recent events of deaths occurring at concerts, I think this seminar was a very good idea. I think the thing that will spur some action is that the insurance rates will go down if everyone is in compliance with the set rules. All that aside, there SHOULD be rules in place for safety that everyone follows. When given an option, most will choose to continue with a show because of all the money that will be lost if it is cancelled. But ,if rules or even laws are in place it will become second nature to comply with them and the general public would become aware of the possibility of a cancelation. I don't know how long all this will take but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
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