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<\/p>\nThe Utilita Arena was evacuated midway through the comedian’s set as an arrest was made<\/p>\n
Police on the stairs at the Utilita Arena Birmingham after Peter Kay’s show was cancelled<\/p>\n
West Midlands Police has confirmed a 19 year old man has been arrested following the evacuation of Peter Kay’s stand-up show at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham<\/a> tonight.<\/p>\n Hundreds were evacuated from the venue tonight (Friday May 1) after just 45 minutes.<\/p>\n One of those attending told Birmingham Live a member of the production team came on to the stage to inform them the show would not be continuing at around 8.45pm.<\/p>\n Read more ‘Our roads are now so potholed my children have stopped riding their bikes’<\/a><\/p>\n Others said the comedian had been ‘bundled off the stage’ and police had been spotted in the arena<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was later confirmed by police that they had been assisting with the evactuation of the venue after a suspicious bag was found.<\/p>\n West Midlands Police said: “We are assisting with an evacuation at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham after a potential suspicious bag was found.<\/p>\n “A 19-year-old man is in custody and as a precaution the site is currently subject of a search.<\/p>\n “We will provide further updates when we can.”<\/p>\n The Utilita Arena provided an update, sharing: “Utilita Arena Birmingham has been evacuated as a precaution on the advice of West Midlands Police<\/a> after a potential suspicious bag was found nearby.<\/p>\n The safety and security of customers and our colleagues is our highest priority.<\/p>\n “We can confirm everyone was safely evacuated and that the venue is secure.<\/p>\n “Ticket holders will be contacted directly in due course.”<\/p>\n Peter Kay<\/a> is scheduled to perform at the same venue in Birmingham city centre<\/a> tomorrow night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utilita Arena was evacuated midway through the comedian’s set as an arrest was made Police on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[991,969,5,6,12127,992],"class_list":{"0":"post-27290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-peter-kay","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-utilita-arena-birmingham","13":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116506507564429979","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}