{"id":3852,"date":"2018-11-24T09:26:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T09:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T09:26:16","slug":"the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/news\/the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du\/","title":{"rendered":"Fights Broke Out And Gates Were Closed At The Weeknd Gig Last Night In Du Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It descended into bedlam at du Arena last night, during the Yasalam after-race concert for The Weeknd, with organisers closing gates, and several fights breaking out.<\/p>\n

Many were left locked out of the arena, after organisers made the decision to close the gates for safety reasons, citing that many concert-goers arrived at the same time, causing difficulties.<\/p>\n

People took to social media to show the chaos, with some stuck locked in and some locked out – and others giving up and leaving the venue.<\/p>\n

Organiser, Flash Entertainment released a statement on the matter, that the decision to close the gates was for the safety of those within the venue.<\/p>\n

Many watched the concert from outside du Arena<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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A post shared by @shiney_d<\/a> on Nov 23, 2018 at 9:53am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Flash shared the statement to its social media channels<\/h4>\n
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Some were disappointed<\/h4>\n
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The weeknd\u2019s concert was literally ruined because of the people.. Abel did great tho.<\/p>\n

\u2014 ???? (@YassinAlRassas) November 23, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@ThinkFlash<\/a> hundreds of people are waiting outside to attend the concert as the gates are closed , quiet disappointing for all The Weekend fans<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kinda Ibrahim (@kindaibrahim) November 23, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@ThinkFlash<\/a> @dutweets<\/a> @ymcofficial<\/a> are you guys serious? You just close the gates while there are 15k people outside? I’m never spending single dirham with you. #theweeknd<\/a> @theweeknd<\/a> #abudhabigrandprix<\/a> #abudhabi<\/a> #concert<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 barbarez (@almirowsky) November 23, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though many raved about the concert<\/h4>\n
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Call Out My Name – The Weeknd pic.twitter.com\/HtWHXJ7rqL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u064f (@A7mvd_m) November 23, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Weeknd performed Glass Table Girls and Wicked Games. I almost cried ???? pic.twitter.com\/hbn6obr4Sc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sheila Ki Jawani (@shinanigans_) November 23, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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the weeknd pic.twitter.com\/VyXQic3h5Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 m (@malsuwaaidi) November 23, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yasalam concert-goers are recommended to arrive early to avoid disappointment<\/h3>\n

Gates at du Arena open at 6pm, with food, drink and entertainment options available within The Village area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It descended into bedlam at du Arena last night, during the Yasalam after-race concert for The Weeknd, with organisers closing gates, and several fights breaking out. Many were left locked out of the arena, after organisers made the decision to close the gates for safety reasons, citing that many concert-goers arrived at the same time, … ","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/11\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-24-at-7.58.10-AM.png?mtime=20181124075847","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/11\/_featuredImage\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-24-at-7.58.10-AM.png?mtime=20181124075847 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"Fights Broke Out And Gates Were Closed At The Weeknd Gig Last Night In Du Arena - Lovin Dubai<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"It descended into bedlam at du Arena last night, during the Yasalam after-race concert for The Weeknd, with organisers closing gates, and several fights breaking out.\nMany were left locked out of the arena, after organisers made the decision to close the gates for safety reasons, citing that many concert-goers arrived at the same time, causing difficulties.\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fights Broke Out And Gates Were Closed At The Weeknd Gig Last Night In Du Arena \">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Organisers have released a statement \">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-24-at-7.58.10-AM.png?mtime=20181124075847\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1326\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"896\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovindubai\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Fights Broke Out And Gates Were Closed At The Weeknd Gig Last Night In Du Arena \">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Cait_12\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" It descended into bedlam at du Arena last night, during the Yasalam after-race concert for The Weeknd, with organisers closing gates, and several fights breaking out.\nMany were left locked out of the arena, after organisers made the decision to close the gates for safety reasons, citing that many concert-goers arrived at the same time, causing difficulties.\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/the-weeknd-abu-dhabi-du\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-24-at-7.58.10-AM.png?mtime=20181124075847\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Caitlyn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}