PUNKS SCRAP OLYMPICS SHOW AFTER STAGE INVASION
Punk band ALEXISONFIRE were forced to scrap a show at the Vancouver Olymp= ics Cultural Olympiad in Canada on Tuesday (16Feb10) following a stage in= vasion which left 20 fans injured.
Seconds into the group’s raucous set, the crowd surged forward, breakin= g through a barricade.
The concert was immediately stopped and 7,000 people were evacuated fro= m the area as medics rushed to treat the injured.
One fan reportedly broke her leg.
Alexisonfire have since apologised to fans and promised to return to Va= ncouver.
A statement on the band’s MySpace.com page reads, "We always take great= care in the safety of our fans and are saddened that this happened. We a= re sincerely sorry that people were injured.
"We want to thank the security team, paramedics and police for their qu= ick reaction. We especially want to thank our fans for co-operating and n= ot making a bad situation worse."
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