{"id":561289,"date":"2026-05-01T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561289\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:36:09","slug":"peter-kay-show-in-birmingham-evacuated-after-45-minutes-as-comedian-bundled-off-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561289\/","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\"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, with<\/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.<\/p>\n

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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

It is currently unclear why the show was pulled tonight.<\/p>\n

BirminghamLive has contacted West Midlands Police<\/a> and organisers for more details.<\/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

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":561290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2426,6491,96,45845,56,54,55,142717],"class_list":["post-561289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-birmingham","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-peter-kay","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-utilita-arena-birmingham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}