Audience Forced To Evacuate During Tim McGraw Concert

Daniel Petty, denverpost.com/reverb

Country fans flocked to Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Michigan to watch the biggest names in music for the Common Ground Festival July 5th-July 10th.

Dierks Bentley, Cassadee Pope, Canaan Smith, Aubrie Sellers, Maggie Rose, and Tim McGraw were all on the lineup, but McGraw’s set on Thursday night (July 7) was interrupted by something unexpected.

According to Lansing State Journal, the venue was “being evacuated as severe weather rolled into Lansing”. 

The music festival’s Twitter told concert-goers to go to the Lansing Community College ramp, and that the show is postponed, not cancelled.

The park is being evacuated. Please head to the LCC ramp. The show is being postponed.

— Common Ground Fest (@CGMusicFest) July 8, 2016

The city tweeted that the concert would be postponed until the weather passes, which only took about 30 minutes.

Adado Riverfront Park has now reopened. The @CGMusicFest Tim McGraw show will start in about 20 minutes.

— City of Lansing, MI (@lansingmichigan) July 8, 2016 

Twenty minutes later, McGraw was onstage and everyone was happy! 

Tim McGraw has taken the stage at @CGMusicFest! Thank you for your cooperation during the park closure. pic.twitter.com/AwDRtPtpja

— City of Lansing, MI (@lansingmichigan) July 8, 2016

 We’re so happy the show continued and the concert wasn’t cancelled.