A woman who was thrown out of a Coldplay gig for dancing half way through the set has slammed security. Andrea Nelson, from Moston, Manchester, said she had got up to boogie to the song Yellow which played at her mother-in-law’s funeral when she was confronted by 10 guards.
The ticket had cost almost £150 and she tried to reason with the security officers as they removed her from the Etihad - but claims they would not listen. Andrea, 50, claimed other people were dancing too, but because she was in a section where standing is not allowed she was ejected - even though she explained the significance of the song.
She told the Manchester Evening News: “They asked me to sit down, so I asked if we could be moved somewhere else, bearing in mind this was my mother-in-law’s funeral song. I told them this. They said I might fall over the barrier, which basically came up to my chest. I’m five foot. Next thing, about 10 security came and escorted me out.”
