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Chaos injure dozens at Andy Lau's concert
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-26 16:34
Chaotic scenes greeted Hong Kong pop idol Andy Lau when a riot broke out
at one of his concerts in China resulting in dozens of people being injured, a
press report says.
Chaotic scenes
greeted Hong Kong pop idol Andy Lau when a riot broke out at one of
his concerts in China resulting in dozens of people being injured, a press
report says. [AFP file] | The concert hall in
Wuhan was said to be packed with fans of the 43-year-old heart-throb, currently
on a world tour, leaving 50,000 fans stuck outside waiting to get in, according
to the Oriental Daily News.
The fans outside turned angry when a glass door was closed preventing any
more people entering the venue.
Scuffles broke out and fans smashed open the glass door and rushed inside the
hall. Anti-riot police were called in to calm the crowd.
Some fans suffered cuts during the frenzied panic and more than a dozen
others, including a 14-year-old girl, were trampled in the stampede.
The situation inside was just as chaotic as the crowd tried to push towards
the stage. Lau called for them to stay calm but to no avail, forcing the singer
to end his show early.
Lau, one of Asia's biggest stars, was later whisked away secretly in a fire
engine, the paper added.
Lau is a leading star in the world of Canto-pop, the Cantonese language
hybrid of Chinese ballads and Western pop, and an award-winning actor who has
starred in some of Hong Kong's most critically acclaimed films including
Infernal Affairs.
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