Andrea Nelson went to see the band on Saturday night
A woman who was ejected from a Coldplay concert for dancing to the song played at her mother-in-law's funeral has blasted the "disgusting" behaviour of security staff.
Andrea, whose partner Anthony was also escorted from the arena by security staff, said. “I stood up to dance, but so were other people. Because we were near the steps, security were next to us. Footage of Andrea, from the Moston area of Manchester, dancing has been posted to TikTok, moments before she was removed. She continued “About 10 men [arrived]. They said basically you need to leave. I told them I hadn’t done anything wrong, I’d not been abusive, I said this is my mother-in-law’s song, and this is why I got up.
She added: “It was disgusting really. It was just rude. They wouldn’t listen. Other people were stood up on our row, but much further around into the row. “The way it was handled was atrocious. I’m a five foot, 50-year-old woman, does it really need that many people to come and escort me out? I felt like a criminal. They said if you don’t leave with us, we can remove you by force. I’ve stood up and danced at a concert, what have I done wrong?”
"This meant a lot to me and my family. I was devastated. We’d paid a lot of money to come to this concert. It may never happen again in my lifetime. It was supposed to be a memorable concert for us, and this ruined it,” Andrea said. She is also in contact with the venue and is requesting a refund for her tickets.
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