Panic! At The Disco concert evacuated
Panic! At The Disco's concert in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday night (07Feb14) had to be evacuated after the venue's floor began to crack.
Hundreds of fans were ushered out of the city's historic Tabernacle venue just two songs into the show when the building's floor gave way.
Video footage taken at the gig shows the moment the floor cracked
under the weight of the crowd, and fire marshals began evacuating
the audience from the venue.
Gig-goer John Anderson told Ajc.com, "The situation could have been
much worse and a large crack developing in a floor with hundreds of
people on it is a major problem. As somebody who was on the floor
at the time, I am very appreciative that an expert was there doing
their job so well, and that helped keep us safe."
The rest of the concert was cancelled and the band subsequently
apologized for the disaster in a post on Twitter.com, writing,
"Atlanta you rocked so hard we literally broke the floor and you
set the record for the shortest... show ever! Glad no one got
hurt."
Singer Brandon Urie added, "We broke the venue with our floor
collapsing rock!... But don't worry. We're working on rescheduling
the show."
Country rocker Corey Smith was due to play at the venue on Saturday
(08Feb14), but his show was also cancelled while structural
engineers worked on the flooring problem.