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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Mostafa Rachwani

Sewer fatberg of ‘grease and rags’ forces Bryan Adams to cancel Perth concert

Bryan Adams was forced to postpone a concert in Perth, Western Australia, after a ‘large fatberg’ caused sewage to back up near the venue.
Bryan Adams was forced to postpone a concert in Perth, Western Australia, after a ‘large fatberg’ caused sewage to back up near the venue. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

An enormous fatberg in central Perth has forced a Bryan Adams concert to be cancelled after authorities raised concerns that sewage may back up at the venue’s toilets.

Adams was due to perform at the Western Australian capital’s RAC Arena on Sunday night, but the city’s water corporation said a “large blockage of fat, grease and rags” was causing wastewater overflows at nearby properties, prompting authorities to intervene.

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