Last week, I was on a trip picking up my kids from my in-laws in Alabama. They spent part of their summer there and were ready to come home. I decided to stop in on some other Townsquare Media stations that have some new toys that we'll be getting soon. I went to Evansville, Ind., where I had a terrific tour guide, named Ben Davis. I won't give you the play-by-play of my radio tour, but he asked a
One of the fans who was critically injured during a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in 2011 is celebrating what amounts to a miraculous recovery.
It’s been one year since the rigging above Sugarland’s stage toppled onto excited fans waiting for the band to begin their show at the Indiana State Fair. Seven were killed and dozens were injured in the tragic accident. Tonight (August 13), they’ll be remembered during a pause in the activities at the 2012 Indiana State Fair.
This summer, plenty of country music fans will both remember and mourn the Indiana State Fair tragedy. In August of 2011, the fair stage collapsed before a Sugarland performance, killing seven people and injuring dozens more. Since the accident, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles have been wrapped up in depositions and legal proceedings for a trial that will determine who is responsibl