
鈥淭onight鈥檚 concert will not proceed. It鈥檚 far too dangerous and unfortunately, we won鈥檛 be proceeding.鈥�
These are the words hundreds of Elton John fans heard as they waited in the pouring rain at Auckland鈥檚 Mt Smart Stadium.
Booing could be heard from some of the few concertgoers left at the stadium as they stood waiting for John in raincoats.
Fans were evacuated from the stadium and were asked to follow the directions of venue staff.
This comes despite John鈥檚 concert promoter earlier telling the聽贬别谤补濒诲听the show would go on.
鈥淗e plays rain or shine unless it becomes unsafe for the crew or fans,鈥� his promoter said.
However, the promoter later confirmed the concert was cancelled.
鈥淎uckland, due to unsafe weather conditions tonight鈥檚 Elton John concert at Mt Smart Stadium has been cancelled. The team is assessing things and will keep informing everyone with further updates in due course.鈥�
罢丑别听贬别谤补濒诲听received reports from concertgoers that the weather had made travel to the venue difficult, with fans having to trudge through large puddles.
One woman said, 鈥淚f other people can play in the rain why can鈥檛 Elton John?鈥�
General anger rose from the audience that they had come out but the British musician wouldn鈥檛.
Witnesses have told the聽贬别谤补濒诲听of flash flooding on streets around the stadium.
Others have described chaos getting Ubers and transport from the venue.
Punters told the聽贬别谤补濒诲听they were outraged the concert was cancelled half an hour before John was meant to be on stage.
One, who came up from Mt Maunganui, said: 鈥淭hey knew the weather was going to be atrocious but they said Elton would play rain or shine. So we made the effort to travel into the stadium in dodgy conditions.
鈥淣ow we are stuck trying to get out of Onehunga, which is completely flooded, which is even more dangerous.鈥�
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