{"id":149271,"date":"2025-06-01T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149271\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:01:15","slug":"edinburgh-robbie-williams-fans-vow-never-again-as-theyre-trapped-in-huge-crowds-after-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149271\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Robbie Williams fans vow &#8216;never again&#8217; as they&#8217;re trapped in huge crowds after gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie Williams kicked off his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/murrayfield-stadium\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Britpop tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Britpop tour<\/a> in Edinburgh on Saturday as thousands of fans flocked to the stadium for the anticipated gig.<\/p>\n<p>While fans were blown away by the concert, some shared clips of the &#8216;nightmare&#8217; crowds of people trying to get out of the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday May 31, 70,000 people spilled out of the packed stadium as fans tried to find their way home.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/edinburgh-fans-left-soaking-heavy-185734893.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh fans left soaking as heavy downpours hit before Robbie Williams appearance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh fans left soaking as heavy downpours hit before Robbie Williams appearance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/frustrated-edinburgh-bikers-team-tackle-050000215.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Frustrated Edinburgh bikers team up to tackle criminal gangs rife across the city;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frustrated Edinburgh bikers team up to tackle criminal gangs rife across the city<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Videos shared online show huge crowds come to a standstill while they were trying to exit the venue.<\/p>\n<p>One fan said &#8220;never again&#8221; as she attempted to make it to the packed tram stop at Murrayfield.<\/p>\n<p>Another person commented: &#8220;Leaving was a nightmare&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A second added: &#8220;Literally will be the death of me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent<\/b> <b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One person said the crowds reminded her of the chaos trying to leave Murrayfield at Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;This was me last year after Taylor Swift. That&#8217;s why we left early this time lol, was still busy but not as bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The singer is kicking off the first leg of his Britpop tour in the Scottish capital on Saturday and the weather has certainly not been in his and his fans&#8217; favour with showers starting as thousands flocked to the West End stadium.<\/p>\n<p><b> <b>Sign up for<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=52589817-5145-4bda-812c-35c36c95fb08&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live newsletters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b> Edinburgh Live newsletters <\/b> <\/a> <b>for more headlines straight to your inbox<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Following a brief period of sunshine the heavens well and truly opened as footage from inside the stadium shows hundreds of fans wearing waterproof ponchos and standing with their hoods up.<\/p>\n<p>The Rock DJ star kicked off his Britpop tour in Edinburgh before heading to London, Manchester, Bath and then across Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams kicked off his Britpop tour in Edinburgh on Saturday as thousands of fans flocked to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4502,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-149271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-fans","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}