Four people are critically ill in hospital after being crushed when thousands of ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by a Nigerian singer at the O2 Academy in Brixton in south London on Thursday night.
Afrobeats singer Asake had been on stage for 10 minutes when he was informed of the trouble and he told the crowd: “They say it’s [expletive] outside already. So we have to end the show. I don’t know why. It’s not me.”
His announcement was greeted with boos by the crowd inside the venue.
The Metropolitan Police said hundreds of people turned up at the venue without tickets and tried to force their way in….