WASHINGTON — As severe thunderstorms rolled through DC, Maryland and Virginia Monday evening, those with tickets to a concert at Nationals Park questioned whether the show would go on.
Singer P!nk is scheduled to perform at the stadium Monday evening, with special guests Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Grouplove and DJ Kid Cut Up. The show was slated to start at 6:30 p.m.
Grouplove took to Instagram stories Monday evening to say they would not be performing as planned.
"[Due] to unforeseen weather conditions, our set today is cancelled but [Benatar and Giraldo] will still be performing for everyone coming early," Grouplove said. "We are so sorry."
Nationals Park said in a tweet ahead of the concert that crews would monitor weather conditions throughout the day.
"The show is rain or shine," the stadium said.
Some people took to social media to question whether the show must go on. Cecily Thorne posted, "Very concerned about the safety at the Pink concert in DC tonight. Federal government has closed at 3 pm due to the expectation of tornados and hurricane level winds."
As concert-goers arrived, they were told to wait on the concourse until the storms passed.
As the wind and rain picked up outside of Nats Park, many were spotted braving the storm to get inside, wearing ponchos and holding on tight to umbrellas.
One person inside the stadium, said more gates opened as of 7 p.m. but that everyone is required to stay on the concourse until further notice.
"Chaotic and people are rushing around," the concert-goer said. "Gross with everyone soaked."
Some say they are frustrated with what they call a lack of communication from Nats Park as they were let inside and allowed to stand in the concourse of their section but not yet allowed to go to their actual seats.
"No communication," one person said. "Really bad crisis management."
As of 7:30 p.m., fans were allowed to leave to the concourse to find their seats.
Pat Benatar who opened the concert took the stage at 8 p.m. P!nk's performance started at 9:15 p.m.
Some concert-goers, like Jasmine Williams, have gone through two nights of severe weather putting a damper on their plans. "I was at Beyoncé's concert last night and I got rained on, and I knew they weren't canceling this either," Williams told WUSA9 as she was walking into the P!nk concert.
On Sunday night, thousands of fans were forced to stand in the concourse of FedEx Field as they waited out the storms for Beyoncé's second night in the DMV. Her performance was delayed 90 minutes.
Maya Chaplin says venues should learn from the two consecutive nights and improve their communication with their customers. "Six hours ago, it was like we are not sure what we are going to do, and then everyone is talking amongst themselves. So a little bit more control from the PR side would be great," Chaplin said.
Williams arrived at Nats Park at around 8:45 p.m. with no idea how long the performances would be delayed. "Yeah we were checking twitter hourly and like, it's going to be delayed, are you going to say something?"
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