{"id":931735,"date":"2026-05-01T23:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/931735\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:55:41","slug":"peter-kay-show-in-birmingham-evacuated-after-45-minutes-as-comedian-bundled-off-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/931735\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Kay show in Birmingham evacuated after 45 minutes as comedian ‘bundled off stage’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comedian had performed for 45 minutes at the Utilita Arena before the audience was told the show wasn’t continuing, with some saying police had been spotted<\/p>\n

21:23, 01 May 2026Updated 23:31, 01 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/p>\n

Peter Kay(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Peter Kay was ‘bundled off stage’ in Birmingham as his stand-up show was cancelled after just 45 minutes and an arrest made.<\/p>\n

The comedian had taken to the stage at the Utilita Arena Birmingham<\/a> at 8pm tonight (Friday, May 1) but the show was abruptly cancelled after 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

People in the crowd said there had been ‘no explanation’ and no warning anything was wrong ahead of a member of the production team heading on to the stage at around 8.45pm to say the show wouldn’t be continuing.<\/p>\n

Others said they had seen police in the arena, which was then evacuated. Police confirmed a 19 year old man had been arrested after a suspicious bag was found.<\/p>\n

Read more <\/strong>Peter Kay gig evacuated live in Birmingham as police confirm ‘security concern’<\/a><\/p>\n

The show, forming part of national tour which will see all profits donated to 12 leading cancer charities, had started at 8pm.<\/p>\n

Peter Kay<\/a> is due to play the arena at the same time again tomorrow night (Saturday, May 2).<\/p>\n

A member of the audience told BirminghamLive<\/a> that everyone was asked to leave the venue by a member of the production team at around 8.45pm.<\/p>\n

They said the show “wouldn\u2019t be continuing”.<\/p>\n

Read more <\/strong>Revived ‘Brumderground’ system pledge comes under fire but backers say ‘it’s time’<\/a><\/p>\n

The sudden evacuation caused concern for many attending Peter Kay\u2019s gig. One 55-year-old Peter Kay fan, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was \u201cscared stiff\u201d as the situation unfolded.<\/p>\n

“I was scared stiff, to be honest, because it was just so confusing,” he told BirminghamLive outside the arena. \u201cI\u2019m here with my missus. We\u2019re just waiting for her family to pick us up now.”<\/p>\n

One fan who was at the show shared on X, formerly Twitter: “Just been evacuated out the Utilitia Arena Birmingham<\/a> and Peter Kay bundled off stage,” adding a mind blown emoji.<\/p>\n

Another posted a video of the arena being evacuated, writing: “Being evacuated from the Peter Kay gig in Birmingham. No information as to why.”<\/p>\n

A third commented: “Peter Kay gig in Birmingham has been cancelled 45mins in. Peter bundled off stage and the venue evacuated. Police on site. Stay safe, Birmingham.”<\/p>\n

And a fourth added: “So not the evening we expected. Evacuated from Birmingham Utilita. Peter Kay brilliant for 45 mins then some p**** has to ruin it. All out safe and quickly.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The comedian had performed for 45 minutes at the Utilita Arena before the audience was told the show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,81001,16,15,64919],"class_list":["post-931735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-peter-kay","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-utilita-arena-birmingham"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116502025234382535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931735","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=931735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}