NEW YORK, July 13 — A Jay-Z concert at Yankee Stadium in New York was delayed for more than four hours yesterday night after hundreds of ticketless fans tried to get in, organisers said.
"Hundreds of individuals in large groups -- who did not have tickets to tonight's performance -- stormed over peaceful ticket holders, and in some cases, breached security," a Live Nation representative told AFP.
"Gates at all entrances of the Stadium were closed for an extended period of time" before they were "reopened cautiously and carefully to ensure the safety of those inside and outside."
The concert was scheduled to start at 8pm (8am Malaysian time), but hundreds of people remained outside the stadium, despite having valid tickets, an AFP reporter observed.
Ticket holders were eventually let in in small groups, and Jay-Z finally took the stage at around 12.15am.
The American rapper briefly explained what had happened to the more than 40,000 people gathered in the stadium before launching into the show.
The concert was the last in a series of three shows by the 56-year-old artist, who had not played a major solo concert since 2017. — AFP
