Andrea Nelson said security 'didn't listen' before escorting her from the venue for dancing to one song in a seated area
A woman who was ejected from Saturday night’s Coldplay show at the Etihad after she stood up and danced during the song played at her mother-in-law’s funeral, has called the behaviour of security staff ‘disgusting’.
“They said I might fall over the barrier, which basically came up to my chest. I’m five foot. Next thing, about 10 security came and escorted me out.” Yellow was the ninth song to be played on Saturday night, meaning that Andrea and her partner, who left with her, saw less than half the show before being asked to leave.
“They came and said, ‘you need to sit down’, I said ‘this is my mother-in-law’s song, I will sit down in a minute’. They were just rude, saying ‘we’re watching you’. And because I didn’t sit down straight away, they called security and a load of blokes came. She admits that she just ‘scanned’ her ticket when she’d been sent it. The ticket explains that gig-goers in the restricted seats are not permitted to stand.“It’s probably my own fault, but at the end of the day, I just wanted to stand up at a concert. Should they be selling tickets at full price when the seats have restrictions? No, they shouldn’t.”
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