S Club were forced to postpone the second night of their reunion tour in Liverpool at the last minute on Friday. This comes after the opening night of the tour on Thursday was reportedly almost cancelled too.
The show at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena was pulled with just two hours notice. In an initial statement, the band told fans that there had been “an unforeseen technical issue impacting their power supply and therefore your safety”.
In an update on his Instagram story later that night, the band’s Jon Lee explained: “There was a fire in the building which knocked out some of the electrics, which meant it was completely unsafe for us to allow an audience into the arena”.
“It was not our decision”, he added. “We were fighting to perform to you guys right down the last minute. But unfortunately it's health and safety, and your safety is paramount to us. We just weren't allowed to perform tonight”.
The show has now been rescheduled for 30 Oct. Refunds are available to anyone unable to attend the new date.
Meanwhile, Popbitch reported last week that the first night of the tour at Manchester’s AO Arena was also almost cancelled at the last minute. In that case, the impediment was Madonna, who was using the venue to rehearse for her shows at London’s O2 Arena, which got underway on Saturday.
Those rehearsals were reportedly significantly overrunning, and it was feared that Madonna’s crew would not be able to load out in time for S Club’s to load in. Thankfully, according to Popbitch, Madonna’s team made it out with 30 minutes to spare.
