Metallica fans rioted in India last weekend after a scheduled gig in Delhi was called off due to apparent safety concerns.
The gig had been due to take place in Delhi last Friday (October 28th), but was cancelled when a safety barrier at the front of the stage collapsed, the BBC reports that the show’s organisers have since been arrested. When the decision to pull the show was announced, dozens of fans invaded the stage, destroying instruments and equipment.
Metallica have since released a statement which explains that they were “…notified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audience, and our first and foremost concern is always for the safety of you, the fans.”
When promoters were unable to renew a permit for the concert to go ahead the following day, four executives of DNA Entertainment Network were detained on fraud charges after they refused to refund ticket money for the event.
Around 25,000 gig-goers are thought to have affected.