Jay-Z’s Third Yankee Stadium Concert Plagued by Hours-Long Delay After Security Breach — ‘We Didn’t Want People to Get Trampled’

Fans rushing the gates of Yankee Stadium forced Jay-Z's third concert there to be delayed by nearly four hours on Sunday. The artist finally took the stage around eleven fifty p.m. Eastern Time, much later than his prior two performances at the venue. Variety reports that Jay-Z acknowledged the chaos to the crowd, saying 'I appreciate your patience. We didn't want people to get trampled'—underscoring the safety pressures that caused the holdup.

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