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LONDON (AP) _ A court fined the owner of a performance hall and two other men for a stand collapse that injured 40 rock fans at a Pink Floyd concert.

The stand fell down at the Earls Court Exhibition Center in London as the concert got under way in October 1994, taking 1,000 members of the audience down with it.

``The fact that miraculously and mercifully no one was killed owes nothing at all to the defendants in this case,″ Judge Timothy Pontius said Tuesday. ``This was an accident waiting to happen.″

He issued $56,520 in fines for code violations against the hall’s owner, Earls Court Ltd.; engineer David McCallum; and Jonathan Smith, a former director of the seating contractor, Arena Promotional Facilities.

All three admitted they made mistakes in setting up the stand.

On October 12, 1994, Pink Floyd began a record-breaking 14 night run at Earls Court in London to wrap up the Division Bell tour, with all proceeds going to 13 charities selected by the band. However, less than a minute into the opening number Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the stadium’s Block 9 of scaffolding stands holding 1200 fans buckled and collapsed, plunging them 20 feet to the ground. The house lights immediately went up and the concert halted. 96 people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment and 6 with back, neck, and rib injuries warranting an overnight stay.

All other concerts went on as planned, but as the press release above shows, fans with tickets in Blocks 8 and 9 for the October 13 show were told not to come and offered refunds or tickets to one of the other dates. By October 14 the stands had been replaced. The October 12 concert was rescheduled for October 17, which had been a planned rest day for the band. The Block 9 ticket holders who returned were further traumatized to be seated once again in Block 9. On the other hand, they were given T-shirts to commemorate the accident and invited backstage to meet the band after the show.

David Gilmour said on stage to them, “If I were you, I’d sue somebody. Not me, though.”

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