Disclosure’s efficiency at a dance occasion in London over the weekend (24-25.08.24) was halted after simply 5 minutes because of overcrowding.
Disclosure needed to cancel a gig because of overcrowding
The duo took to the stage to carry out as a part of the Boiler Room’s World Tour occasion at Lee Valley Showground in Waltham Cross on Sunday (25.08.24) however the gig was axed simply minutes after they began their set as crowd surges within the tent led to security fears.
A supply instructed MixMag: “[People started] queuing to enter the tent half an hour earlier than Disclosure’s set … [After five minutes security] closed off the tent and barricaded the doorway, shifting folks again”.
The band defined the cancellation in a message posted on Instagram, writing: “It is out of our management however the competition has deemed it unsafe for us to play because of crowd surges. We labored actually exhausting on the set for months, flew from Los Angeles simply to do it and are truthfully heartbroken we won’t play.
“We cannot be coming again on, however hope to see you quickly once more London.”
Boiler Room added in a press release: “Our secret visitors, Disclosure, pulled a large crowd in London … We sadly needed to halt their set because of such excessive demand – not their fault … [It] turned clear 5 minutes into their set {that a} huge proportion of festivalgoers wished to get into the tent to see them, in order a security precaution, the set was halted.”
After being unable to play on the occasion, the duo went on to carry out a pop-up gig on the Kindred report retailer in North London as an alternative and the enjoyable set helped them finish their weekend on a excessive.
In a publish on Instagram, they thanked followers for coming to see them, writing: “Massive up everybody that got here down … That room was so sweaty by the tip however we managed to flip the entire weekend on its head along with your power. Massive love.”