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A Metallica gig, scheduled for tonight in Delhi, India, is cancelled, allegedly because of a damaged safety barrier in front of the stage. After hearing the news, dozens of angry fans raid the stage and vandalise equipment.Full article:
Santana Choudhury (music correspondent, Dow Jones Newswires) : The Metallica concert has become yet another example of chaos and mismanagement in organizing events in India, especially in the National Capital Region.
A Delhi band was scheduled to perform first at 5 p.m. followed by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro at 6.15 before Metallica taking the stage at 8 p.m.
The gates were scheduled to open at 3 p.m. as printed on the tickets. I was there around 4 p.m. and by 6 p.m. when the gates didn’t open, thousands of fans who had gathered began shouting slogans and later grew restive and began kicking the barriers and climbing on top of cars, screaming.
Around 6.30 p.m., some guy from inside announced on the public address system that due to some technical glitches the show has been postponed to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Post the announcement, there was lot of confusion among the fans, which included several foreigners, and I turned back after the announcement was made the second time.
I later came to know that some fans who managed to enter the venue earlier damaged equipment and also parts of the stage and the barriers. The channels also saying the show is now most likely cancelled.
This was supposed to be Metallica’s maiden concert in India. Metallica posted on their website earlier today that workers were laboring all night getting the Leisure Valley Ground in Gurgaon prepared for their first ever show in India.
Mark Krais (Bray and Krais, Solicitors) : Agent John (John Giddings) and I flew overnight to the Indian Grand Prix to watch Metallica perform the night before the race. We landed in Mumbai on the afternoon of the show and grabbed a curry before going to the press conference when we found out that a riot had erupted at the venue. By the time we arrived at the venue, it looked like a hurricane had ripped through it. There were members of the audience rampaging on the stage holding bits of lighting equipment and amps in their hands. It was then announced over the tannoy that the show was cancelled and John turned to me and said “longest journey I have ever had just to have a curry. Where’s the after-party?”
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A Delhi band was scheduled to perform first at 5 p.m. followed by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro at 6.15 before Metallica taking the stage at 8 p.m.
The gates were scheduled to open at 3 p.m. as printed on the tickets. I was there around 4 p.m. and by 6 p.m. when the gates didn’t open, thousands of fans who had gathered began shouting slogans and later grew restive and began kicking the barriers and climbing on top of cars, screaming.
Around 6.30 p.m., some guy from inside announced on the public address system that due to some technical glitches the show has been postponed to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Post the announcement, there was lot of confusion among the fans, which included several foreigners, and I turned back after the announcement was made the second time.
I later came to know that some fans who managed to enter the venue earlier damaged equipment and also parts of the stage and the barriers. The channels also saying the show is now most likely cancelled.
This was supposed to be Metallica’s maiden concert in India. Metallica posted on their website earlier today that workers were laboring all night getting the Leisure Valley Ground in Gurgaon prepared for their first ever show in India.
Mark Krais (Bray and Krais, Solicitors) : Agent John (John Giddings) and I flew overnight to the Indian Grand Prix to watch Metallica perform the night before the race. We landed in Mumbai on the afternoon of the show and grabbed a curry before going to the press conference when we found out that a riot had erupted at the venue. By the time we arrived at the venue, it looked like a hurricane had ripped through it. There were members of the audience rampaging on the stage holding bits of lighting equipment and amps in their hands. It was then announced over the tannoy that the show was cancelled and John turned to me and said “longest journey I have ever had just to have a curry. Where’s the after-party?”