Peggy Gou Boiler Room headline set shut down due to overcrowdingA Boiler Room show in Seoul, South Korea, headlined by Peggy Gou was shut down at the weekend due to overcrowding.
Per The Korea Times, emergency services were called to the SFactory on Saturday (27 July) after reports of overcrowding and crowd crush fears, and sent 11 fire engines and 42 firefighters to the venue to assist. While no casualties were reported, five attendees were treated for breathing difficulties.

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An eyewitness reportedly told Mixmag that the show was called off between 12:30AM and 12:40AM, shortly before Peggy Gou was to take the stage.
“The issue is that only so many people would have been able to see Peggy Gou at once,” the person said.
They also said the venue tried to implement a one-way system on staircases around the venue, but the sheer number of people began “cramming” the system, causing a bottleneck into the main room.
Another factor behind the danger of the situation was the heat; “It was 35 degrees outside and humidity level was around 80%, we were in a tropical state. Everyone was sweating, everyone was angry, everyone was struggling,” the witness said.
The event was supposed to be headlined by Peggy Gou, and also featured artists including Elkka, Jyoty and Soichi Terada.
Commenting on the issue on its social media pages, Boiler Room wrote shortly after [via Mixmag]: “During the party we faced crowd-flow issues, causing safety concerns and [leading] to the early closure of the event.”
It added: “Contrary to what has been reported, we sold to the capacity that was instructed by our partner in Seoul and at the time the event ended we were under capacity.”
In the aftermath of the show, Peggy Gou has vowed to organise another “larger” show in Seoul to make up for her cancelled set, with extra risk assessment to be done prior this time.
“Boiler Room has apologised for failing to plan adequately and underestimating the crowd movement within the venue,” she tells Mixmag. “In response, I have asked my team to immediately review the risk assessments for all my future shows and furthermore ensure there is a system in place to guarantee they are being adhered to.”
She adds: “I am relieved no one was hurt and the duty of care towards my audience will always be my number one priority.”

2024/7/27 Peggy Gou の登場を待ちわびる多くの観客がボイラールームの会場に殺到したため、誰も身動きが取れない程の混雑ルームになり、イベントは急遽中止になって残念です Due to too many audiences getting into Boiler Room Seoul, they had to abort the show before Peggy Gou playing nor me pic.twitter.com/Gs3W047wzr
— New Omodaka EP on 2024/6/7(Fri) / Soichi Terada (@fareastrecordin) July 28, 2024

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