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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl apparently broke his leg after falling off the stage during a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 12.

The Foo Fighters were two songs into their set at the Ullevi stadium when Dave Grohl went to jump on a ramp but missed and fell into the security run.Dave Grohl breaks leg onstage in Gothenburg

He told the crowd as he lay on the ground: “I think I just broke my leg.

“I’m going to go to hospital. I’m going to fix my leg. And then I’m going to come back.

“You have my promise right now that the Foo Fighters – we’re going to come back and finish the show.”

The band reportedly continued the concert, playing cover versions whilst Dave Grohl sought medical attention.

The singer later reappeared to continue the concert, sitting in a chair with his leg bandaged.

It is not yet known whether his leg is actually broken.

The Foo Fighters are due to play Wembley Stadium next weekend, followed by a headline set at the Glastonbury Festival on June 26.

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The Edge fell off stage during the opening night of U2’s world tour.

The rock band’s guitarist, real name David Howell Evans, has said he is fine.

U2 were performing their encore at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver when the 53-year-old took a tumble.

A video posted online of the incident shows the guitarist appearing to misjudge the unconventional shape of the stage and stepping off the side.The Edge falls off stage in Vancouver

The Edge later posted a picture of his grazed arm on Instagram saying: “Didn’t see the edge, I’m ok!”

U2 have just begun their Innocence + Experience tour, which will see them play some 70 dates across North America and Europe.

U2’s frontman Bono has also taken a dive on several occasions.

Bono fell backwards off stage at a Miami concert in 2001 and slipped off a rainy stage in Washington DC in 1987 – dislocating his arm and requiring him to wear a sling for a dozen shows.

He also fell in 1983 during a gig in Germany after trying to climb a barricade.

Last November, Bono also underwent five hours of surgery after breaking his arm in six places and suffering a broken eye socket as a result of a “high-energy bicycle accident” in New York.

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Pukkelpop Festival stages collapsed in Belgium. At least 3 deaths confirmed.

Indianapolis Fair tragedy at Sugarland stage, latest updates.

Four deaths and more than 40 people injured after a stage collapsed Saturday night during a storm at the Indiana State Fair held in Indianapolis, where the country group Sugarland was set to perform, were confirmed today by the authorities.

 

At least 40 people were reported injured in the incident at the fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Strong winds caused the stage rigging for the outdoor concert to collapse, trapping and injuring concert attendees before 9 p.m.

Four deaths and more than 40 people injured after a stage collapsed Saturday night during a storm at the Indiana State Fair held in Indianapolis, where the country group Sugarland was set to perform

Four deaths and more than 40 people injured after a stage collapsed Saturday night during a storm at the Indiana State Fair held in Indianapolis, where the country group Sugarland was set to perform

Details on the conditions of those injured were not immediately known.

No group was performing at that moment. The opening act had finished, and people were waiting for Sugarland to take the stage.

Emergency crews were called to the scene, and workers were setting up a command center to tend to those who were injured.

Thousands of concert attendees were being evacuated from the Indiana State fairground grandstand to a nearby coliseum when a wind gust brought down the stage rigging. The rigging fell onto an area where some fans were seated.

“It was like it was in slow motion,” Amy Weathers, concert attendee, told the Star.

“You couldn’t believe it was actually happening.”

Injured people were being moved to a tunnel below the stage.

Injured people were being moved to a tunnel below the stage.

Injured people were being moved to a tunnel below the stage.

Injured people were being moved to a tunnel below the stage, according to the Star.

An Associated Press photographer, Darron Cummings was attending the concert as a Sugarland fan shortly before the collapse with some friends. He told that an announcer gave the crowd instructions on how to evacuate if the weather worsened, but said they hoped to get Sugarland on stage soon.

Darron Cummings said he and his friends went ahead and sought shelter in a nearby barn after seeing the weather radar.

“Then we heard screams. We heard people just come running,” Cummings told the AP.

Eyewitnesses told that some of the injured were in a VIP section in front of the stage known as the “Sugar Pit.”  They also said a wall of dirt, dust, rain and wind came up the main thoroughfare of the fairgrounds just before the collapse.

“Panic kicked in when they seen the dust bowl coming in from the Midway,” a concert attendee, Darryl Cox told WTHR.

“There was lightning and the sky had gotten dark but it wasn’t raining when the wind suddenly toppled the rigging.”

“It was horrible, people were running and going crazy,” told WTHR-TV another person at the concert.

The Indiana State Fair is held annualy since 1851 in Indianapolis, the state capital, usually in August. The 2011 Indiana State Fair is held August 5-21.

In 2009, a record 973,902 people attended the fair. The 150th Indiana State Fair was held August 9–20, 2006.

The state fair buildings and grounds are used for a variety of other shows while the fair is not being held. The largest building at the fairgrounds is the Pepsi Coliseum, formerly known as the Indiana State Fair Coliseum, where the Indiana Ice usually play. The fairgrounds are on 38th Street and Fall Creek Parkway.

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