Table of Contents

Part 1 The Thoretical Concepts: The Management and Planning of an Event 1 Introduction to the Concept of Health and Safety at Live Events; 2 The Management and Planning of Health and Safety at Live Events; 3 Risk Assessment and the Identification of Hazards at Live Music Events; 4 Legal Aspects of Health and Safety at Live Events. Part 2 The Application: The Application of Theory in Practise 5 Managing the Site for an Event; 6 Safe Stage Design; 7 LOLER Regulations; 8 Toilets and Waste Facilities Part 3 The Human Element: Dealing with the Internal and External Customer 9 Crowd Safety Planning for Major Concert Events; 10 Communications Strategy; 11 An Insight into the Welfare of the Audience Part 4 Case Study: 12 Perceived Anti-Social Behaviour at Rock Concerts: A Detailed Study Appendix A: Definition of Terms; Appendix B: Crowd Management at 'The Big Day Out'; Appendix C: Additional Graphs from Survey Results; Further Reading