The Weeknd’s concert in Philadelphia on July 14 ended in tragedy. A man died after falling 12 meters at Lincoln Financial Field, the stadium that hosted the show, according to reports. variety this Wednesday.
According to the US media, citing the Philadelphia Investigator, the 32-year-old man – whose identity has not been revealed – was sitting on the railing of an escalator when he fell. The victim of severe head trauma, he was rushed to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he died shortly after midnight.
An ongoing investigation
The accident occurred shortly before 10:50 p.m. The authorities are leaning towards an accident, although an investigation is underway according to a local CBS antenna. According to a representative of the stadium, the fall occurred shortly after the end of the concert, when the spectators began to leave the place.
This was the first date of The Weeknd’s new “After Hours til Dawn Tour” after the cancellation of the concert scheduled for July 8 in Toronto. the Canadian singer defends his last two albums, After hours (2020) and dawn fm (2022). The planned dates between the releases of these two albums had been postponed due to the pandemic.
Source: BFM TV
