The Veronicas abandon Sydney show moments before taking the stage as crowd erupts

Hundreds of Sydney crowd-goers erupted last night when The Veronicas failed to take to the stage, and now they’ve offered an explanation.

The Veronicas cancelled their Sydney show just seconds before they were scheduled to take the stage last night, leaving hundreds of crowd-goers furious.

The Australian pop duo – comprised of 37-year-old Brisbane twins Lisa and Jessica Origliasso – was slated to perform a 20 minute set at the Bingo Loco XXL rave at Sydney Showground on Saturday night.

But in a last minute shake-up the pair were forced to pull out, with an unidentified male appearing onstage to announce they wouldn’t be performing.

“The Veronicas are not feeling well and will not perform,” the man said to a booing crowd, in a video obtained by Daily Mail.

“Please understand this is out of our control and also out of the venue’s control.”

Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso of The Veronicas cancelled their set at the Bingo Loco rave in Sydney on Saturday night. Picture: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Lisa has since taken to Instagram to reveal she was struck by a mystery illness right before their set.

“An hour before the show I required sudden medical attention, and was unable to walk on stage or perform,” she wrote on her Instagram stories.

“I am sorry to everyone who was let down as we were looking forward to such a great event. As you know our shows and fans have always been our top priority for 17 years. I am looking forward to feeling better and getting back on stage for you all again as soon as possible.”

Lisa took to Instagram to apologise to fans.

The Veronicas performance was part of a wider event, with the Bingo Loco website marketing the Sydney rave as having, “Absolute Insane prizes, comedian MCs, 90s/00s music, dance offs, lip-sync battles and everything in-between. And a special guest live performance by THE VERONICAS.”

News.com.au has contacted the event organiser for comment.

Tomorrow night, your favourite bingo rave, Bingo Loco returns to Sydney Showground for a huge night.

With a special guest performance by The Veronicas you’d be crazy to miss this!

Grab your last-minute tickets here: https://t.co/28Er31AfYTpic.twitter.com/pGvFoNgVGl

— Sydney Showground (@SydShowground) March 18, 2022

The duo had performed the night prior, on Friday, for a special one-off show at the Metro Theatre in Sydney, taking to their Instagram stories to repost a string of videos from audience members.

The Veronicas had performed in Sydney on Friday.

It comes after a difficult end to 2021 for the sisters, who lost their beloved mother Colleen in September who died following a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy.

Speaking on Kyle and Jackie O weeks after Colleen’s death, Jessica opened up about how the pair had been coping in the wake of their loss.

“She’s been our inspiration and our hero for so long, and that hasn’t changed … we got a beautiful two weeks where we got to care for her,” said Jessica. “Everything we do now, we have our angel above looking out for us, and we’re so grateful.

“It’s such a profound experience to watch someone transition into that afterlife. We’re very spiritual people, and it’s a new relationship that we’re nurturing. It’s finding new ways to love and connect with someone – we feel that so strongly; we feel her all around us.”

The pair are set to embark on a national tour beginning next month.

Originally published as The Veronicas abandon Sydney show moments before taking the stage as crowd erupts