80,000 people were forced to clear our of Rock am Ring Festival in Germany on Friday after police received a “concrete” terrorist threat on the venue. Machine Gun Kelly, System of a Down, Macklemore, Liam Gallagher and Sum 41 are just a few of the acts scheduled to play the 3-day festival.
Due to a terrorist threat the police have advised us to interrupt the festival.We ask all festival visitors to leave…
Posted by Rock am Ring on Friday, June 2, 2017
You might expect people to flee in a haphazard fashion, but early reports indicate that fans were orderly and even singing as they filed out of Nuernburgring Stadium.
Besucher verlassen Gelände und singen "You'll never Walk alone" #rar #rar17 pic.twitter.com/QlSl3R8ril
— Daniel Schröder (@waesterpicture) June 2, 2017
Festival organizers say they hope to be able to go ahead with the program Saturday.
via WBAY