Disclosure London Boiler Room set shut down due to crowd surgeDisclosure had their London Boiler Room set over the weekend cancelled after a crowd surge at the Lee Valley Showground in Waltham Cross.
The duo were announced as performers during the event three days before it was scheduled to take place on 25 August. Other artists on the lineup included Sara Landry, Flowdan, Giggs and Rosey Gold.

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Per Mixmag, at the time Disclosure’s set was announced, only 100 tickets were left to be purchased. These sold out shortly after.
An eyewitness told Mixmag that attendees began queueing to enter the tent where Disclosure were set to play around half an hour beforehand. A crowd surge then occurred when some pushed their way into the tent via a forcibly opened gap. The duo’s set was then halted only five minutes in to allow security to deal with the unfolding issue.
Disclosure’s set was then cancelled entirely, though other artists continued to play their planned sets on the same stage afterwards.
“Unfortunately it’s out of our control, but the festival has deemed it unsafe for us to play due to crowd surges,” the duo said in an Instagram story. They shared their disappointment, adding that they had flown to London from LA specifically for the event.
This isn’t the first time in recent memory Boiler Room events have been marred by uncontrolled crowds.
Last month, Peggy Gou’s Boiler Room headline set in Seoul, South Korea was shut down due to overcrowding at the city’s SFactory. No casualties were reported, however 11 fire engines and 42 firefighters were sent to the venue to assist.
“During the party we faced crowd-flow issues, causing safety concerns and [leading] to the early closure of the event,” Boiler Room wrote at the time.
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.”
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