“There can be no secrets where public safety is concerned”
I first started working security at concerts 46 years ago, when I cut my event teeth in the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh. Prior to that I was a member of the audience.
Crucially, it was the experience of being a ticket buyer that gave me a unique and very early perspective – I was only 16 years old – on how audiences should be managed, and a sense that something had to change and improve.
Fast-forward to the present day and it would be a…
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Following E3S 2019, Mark Hamilton, director of security for Sir Paul McCartney, reflects on the greatest assets of live event security today
Comment 4 December 2019