Countless concertgoers were evacuated from the Rose Bowl on Saturday night due to an unexpected thunderstorm.
The Cruel World Music Festival featured headliners such as Iggy Pop, Siouxsie, Billy Idol and more.
Event organizers stopped the concert during Iggy Pop's performance and ordered everybody out due to lightning being spotted near the location.
" Due to serious weather, please exit the occasion website and move to your vehicles or protected locations outside of the occasion website for security," officials Tweeted. Please evacuate the festival website instantly. Thousands were evacuated during The Cruel World Music Festival at the Rose Bowl due to an extreme thunderstorm warning on May 20, 2023.
" We are tracking a strong thunderstorm moving southwest from near Mt. Wilson to in between Pasadena and Monrovia," according to the National Weather Service. "This storm might produce strong gusty winds, heavy downpours, lightning and small hail.
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