A doting dad has told how his son's dream gig was wrecked after the pair were chucked off the front row by security.
Super fan Finley Mullins had been looked forward to the Bad Boy Chiller Crew gig for months after dad Ben had bought the band took to the stage as a Christmas present.
But just moments before the Yorkshire Live, father and son were ushered away from their place at the barriers and taken to a first aid room - before being shown to a balcony.
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Fuming Ben, 29, told the Facebook how he spent £80 on 'meet and greet' tickets at the O2 Academy in Sheffield and arrived about five hours early so they could get the best seats in the house on April 26.
A video posted by Ben, from Hull, on his Facebook shows Finley and him right by the barriers next to the stage as supporting acts performed.
Ben says his son is a "massive Bad Boy Chiller Crew fan" and had looked forward to attending the show since December last year, and was having the time of his life when security asked him to leave.
Ben said: "We paid £80 for what I believe were VIP tickets so we could sit in the front. We did a meet and greet with the band which lasted a few seconds. But just before the main show we were asked to move."
Ben claims they were taken to a first aid room, and then asked to sit at the balcony, but was unhappy because it was packed and his son could not see anything: "Look if they had told me before, I would have gone to the balcony early. I came 5 hours in so that I could get my son the best seat."
On Facebook, Ben claimed Finely was distraught and inconsolable after: "He just started crying his eyes out asking to go home."
Ben says he took his son out to calm him down, but when he tried to get back inside he was denied entry, sending his son into another 'meltdown', and forcing them to drive back home. When they got home, Finley 'cried himself to sleep' and was still upset by the next morning.
But a row has since erupted about the exact circumstances of what happened that night. The public relations management for Bad Boy Chiller Crew told Yorkshire Live the band would not be commenting on the story as they did not see what happened, and in any case, any incident would have been handled by the promoters and security.
Yorkshire Live understands the promoters and security deny that Ben and Finley were treated unfairly, instead stating it was dangerous for an eight-year-old boy to be that close to the stage, and staff expressed safety concern, so they moved Ben and Finely to a special access area where they could view the show safely.
Livenation has been approached for comment.
