{"id":75558,"date":"2022-06-10T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=75558"},"modified":"2022-06-10T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T18:04:01","slug":"scoop-crowd-control-issues-fainting-audience-members-toronto-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/06\/10\/scoop-crowd-control-issues-fainting-audience-members-toronto-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Crowd Control Issues, Fainting Audience Members At Toronto Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_75559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75559\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Phoebe-Bridgers-NEWS.jpg\" alt=\"Phoebe Bridgers at the Crocodile in Seattle in July 2018 (Photo: David Lee of Redmond, WA, USA \/ CC BY-SA 2.0)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phoebe Bridgers at the Crocodile in Seattle in July 2018 (Photo: David Lee of Redmond, WA, USA \/ CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the rain poured down in Toronto on June 6, fans began to gather in a line-up to get into the Phoebe Bridgers show a day before the event. Seating was first come, first served for the performance at the RBC Echo Beach amphitheater on the night of June 7.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The line in toronto for the show tonight   as of 10:30 local time <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReunionTourToronto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReunionTourToronto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgOQQheM62\">pic.twitter.com\/fgOQQheM62<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; phoebe on tour (@bridgersontour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bridgersontour\/status\/1534191290015010817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crowd grew over the course of the day, winding its way down the road for almost a kilometre. With a general seating model, and after waiting for hours, progression of the line into the venue was chaotic. Everyone was let in at once, and many attendees reported a lot of shoving and pushing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I started filming once i realized there was no chance that I was going to be front row (after waiting 16+ hours) it was one big fight and security didn\u2019t once turn to look at what was going on or try to stop people from fighting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uV9H5GBRNS\">pic.twitter.com\/uV9H5GBRNS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; em (@iliwysem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iliwysem\/status\/1534591788589121537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The RBC Echo Beach amphitheater is more or less a sandpit on the beach, that night much the worse after about 8 hours of rainfall. As the Grammy-nominated artist&#8217;s concert began, so did a string of issues within the audience. According to reports, Bridgers stopped the show five or more times when people in the audience needed medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/ctv-news-content\/injuries-crowding-reported-after-chaos-at-phoebe-bridgers-concert-in-toronto-1.17961273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV New<\/a>s, paramedics confirmed that two people had been transported to hospital with minor injuries. Others may have fainted.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Live Nation Canada confirmed to CTV News Toronto that the performance had been &#8220;proactively paused a few times so medical staff could assist fans who were experiencing dehydration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Safety is always our top priority and we worked in close collaboration with medical authorities throughout the evening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans lined up in the rain for hours for a general admission show that became chaotic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":75559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39907,19,39,49,63],"tags":[40124,40125],"yst_prominent_words":[11177,8975,24797,21152,14047,27896,7451,12059,12487,11678,6741],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Phoebe-Bridgers-NEWS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-jEG","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75560,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75558\/revisions\/75560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75558"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=75558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}