Is this the most disastrous venue launch of all time? Opening show at Co-op Live cancelled after piece of air conditioning unit falls from the ceiling: "To cancel an event whilst people are queuing to get in is an absolute disgrace!"

Co-op live.

Every artist dreams of blowing the roof off a venue with their performance, but perhaps not quite so literally as this. 

The first official event set to take place at Manchester, England's new, £365m Co-op Live arena has been cancelled after a component of an air conditioning unit fell from the roof during a soundcheck, Manchester Evening News reports. (Fortunately, nobody was hurt.)