NE-YO and Akon fans have been left feeling furious after their concert started two hours late – and the stage was still being built as they arrived.
The Grammy award-winning hitmakers are undertaking their global tour but some fans said it was past their bedtime before one of their gigs even began.
The much anticpated Nights Like This concert in Calgary was advertised as starting at 8pm but at 10pm the organisers were still testing the equipment and setting up the stage.
Hundreds of ticket holders were not allowed into the lower floor while the organisers were lifting heavy speakers for health and safety reasons.
Posting to TikTok an audience member said: “The Ne-Yo and Akon concert is 2 hours late and they’re still setting up the stage. It’s currently 10pm.”
Fans flocked to comment and one wrote: “10pm, the full lights on, and still setting up? Oh absolutely not.”
Another added: “And their audience is definitely 30-45, we are going to bed.”
A third said: “Right it’s past my bedtime already. Lol.”
A fourth wrote: “I’d be going home.”
A fifth explained: “I’d ask for a refund!”
While a sixth exclaimed: “How disrespectful. You pay for a show to be at a specific time. I’d want a refund!”
A seventh wrote: “Ye-No I’m leaving.”
However, another fan posted an update shortly afterwards and explained that the show eventually started at 10:45 and ended at 12:45.
She said: “People were on the floors. 100s were not allowed to sit until the stage was completely set up (safety).”
A fan replied: “My best friend had surgery 2 weeks ago and was so sore from having to stand for so long.”
Another said: “Oh heck no, I would have raged having to wait that long to be let in! Would have left honestly.”
While a third said: “Yeah i was kind of p***ed cause i wasn’t allowed to my floor seat until 10:45!!! It was a good show.”