Crowds at Pink’s Adelaide Summer Carnival struggle on oval footbridge in extreme heat
Dozens of concertgoers were treated at Pink’s Adelaide Oval show on Tuesday night as the humid conditions took its toll on 60,000 fans packed inside the stadium.
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Tuesday night’s sweltering humid weather conditions resulted in a huge 145 fans being treated at Adelaide Oval’s medical bays during Pink’s concert.
At midnight, it was still 31.5C in the city and a concertgoer told The Advertiser some Pink fans struggled in the conditions right until the end with the footbridge “packed like sardines at a shuffle pace”.
But an Adelaide Oval spokesperson said the high number of fans seeking medical help on the night was within its expectations.
“There were 145 presentations to first aid services, which was within our expectations given the conditions.
“The extra measures in place to help fans stay hydrated – including the extra water hoses we laid throughout the general admission areas – were an important part of our planning and it was great to see people looking after each other wherever possible.”
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An SA Ambulance Service spokesperson told The Advertiser 15 of the 145 people had been “treated and transported” at and from the venue.
All but one of them was female and they were between the ages of 16 and 68, she said.
Of the crowd members requiring treatment, most had medical episodes, some from existing medical issues, while four people suffered falls with possible head knocks as a result.
Adelaide Oval management took to social media in the lead-up to the show to encourage all patrons to “bring their own water bottles from home and use our free water fountain station”.
And Pink herself was quick to remind her fans to get the fluids in.
“Is everybody hydrating? Are you ready to sweat?” she asked the crowd; later telling “every single person” to get water.
A concert-goer told The Advertiser: “Two elderly women were taken back from the crowd to the Oval entrance area to sit and wait by ambos (they) appeared to have heat exhaustion,” she said.
“Then an ambo had to disperse the crowd to get through into the loading dock under the Oval … another person was seen throwing up on the bridge.”
A concert goer also took to social media reporting she saw many fans “passing out”.
“Special thanks though to all the Adelaide Oval staff, SA Ambulance Service and Red Frogs Australia for all their tireless work looking after everyone,” she said.
“So many passing out and the support people were amazing.”
Adelaide’s love affair with Pink continued on Tuesday night with almost 60,000 people packed into Adelaide Oval on a steamy night.
Pink hit the stage at 8.40pm and did not disappoint her adoring fans with what was to come.
But, when the American superstar was channelling her inner Aussie and was on stage eating melted Tim Tam’s at 9.30pm, it was still 32C.