Tag: Concert

Over 10,000 unticketed fans descended on the Bronx, aggressively rushing the gates and completely breaching security checkpoints, causing the NYPD and venue ownership to go into a total lockdown that nearly resulted in cancellation.

Over the weekend, Jay-Z marked the anniversaries of his albums "Reasonable Doubt" and "The Blueprint" with a three-day residency at Yankee Stadium in New York. While it was only the first stop of three more anniversary concerts scheduled for Los Angeles, Paris and London, it set the tone for exciting moments to come, as Hov was joined by a star-studded list of guests onstage, including Beyoncé, Usher, Fat Joe and Pharrell.

One hour after Jay-Z was supposed to be onstage Sunday night, almost half the Yankee Stadium crowd was still stuck outside the venue creating chaos. A few hundred people without tickets bum-rushed an entrance, prompting security to shut down all gates. At 10:15 PM, twenty thousand fans were lined up outside, and even A-listers like A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator, and Usher were locked out. Jay decided to wait rather than start late, not wanting to abandon fans still outside. Finally at midnight, they started the show, ending around 3 AM with fireworks.

Jay-Z's second night at Yankee Stadium featured crowd drama when two fans got into altercations with security guards. The incident occurred during Alicia Keys' performance of "Empire State of Mind." Exclusive video shows one fan punching a security officer in the face before being taken away, while another fan was restrained on the ground. Sources indicate the fight started because the fans were not in their assigned seats and were blocking other attendees' views. When security arrived and asked them to leave, the men refused, triggering the physical altercation.

Jay-Z kicked off his Reasonable Doubt 30th anniversary concert series with Beyoncé giving his hair a trim in the stands of Yankee Stadium. Beyoncé joined her hubby to fill in for Mary J. Blige's feature in Can't Knock the Hustle. Jay-Z also invited their oldest daughter Blue Ivy, 14, to perform the 1996 hit Feelin' It together where she played a piano solo at the end.

Lil Wayne pissed off another contingent of his loyal fans after bailing on a show earlier this week because he apparently showed up in New Hampshire Friday but it took him A Milli years to get there. The rapper was scheduled to play at the BankNH Pavilion in Gilford, NH and fans say the show was supposed to begin around 9 PM ET. Well, Lil Wayne wasn't there at 9 or even 10 PM. According to angry Weezy fans, the rapper didn't show up until 11 PM, played just 1 hour and then bailed. This late arrival in New Hampshire comes just days after he didn't show up at all to a show in Maine.