Fans 'stranded' after Justin Timberlake's Chemsford Concert

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Amy dexter

BBC News, Essex

Many long lines of Richard Smith/BBC cars are queuing up in one area. It is dark. The tails of cars are shining red.Richard Smith/BBC

Cars in a queue to get out of the parking zone after Friday's Justin Timberlake Concert

Music followers have reported a protracted delay as they tried to go away Justin Timberlake live performance.

The 10 -time Grammy Award winner carried out as a part of Chelmsford City Live on Friday night on the Chelmsford City Racecourse.

But later annoyed concert events stated that it took a number of hours to go away the automotive parks, which have been within the type of streams of automobiles queuing to get out. A submit claimed that individuals have been “trapped in one area”.

Essex police stated it was “contact” with the organizers, which was to resolve the problems earlier than Duran Duran got here into the limelight on Saturday. Promoters and racecourse of the incident have been approached for remark.

Cuff and Taylor Justin Timberlake stand in the middle of the photo on a platform. He is looking at the left of the camera and is wearing a matching cream striped suit with a blue and green T-shirt. He is holding a microphone and is a singer behind him. Kapha and Taylor

Timberlake final taken on stage in Essex in the course of the V Festival at Highlands Park in 2014

Emma Bau/BBC Ri Rosman is wearing a black T-shirt with a yellow logo and black jacket. He has a fair hair drawn into a ponytail. She is sitting on a wooden pub bench in front of the Brigit Larsen, which has hair with a waving fair shoulder. He is wearing a tupe padded jacket and a black T-shirt below.Emma Bau/BBC

Ray Rosmman (left) and Brigit Larsen stated they noticed that individuals have been getting aggressive as a result of they have been struggling to go house

Timberlake was the headliner on the primary evening of the three -day competition, attracting a crowd of round 25,000.

Duran Duran Super Fan Brigit Larsen traveled from Denmark with a pal for the live performance weekend and stated she was struggling to go house.

“It turned into chaos,” he stated.

“Some very intoxicated individuals have been changing into aggressive and beating on the sides of the buses.

“Some people took three hours to go home. People were very angry.”

Emma Bet/BBC Bob Reid has a gray beard and is wearing a Navy T-shirt with blue strips on the shoulders and arms. He is standing from the pub bar.Emma Bau/BBC

Bob Reid stated that his pub was busy as a result of individuals have been trapped in site visitors earlier than the gig of gig of refreshment have been popped.

Bob Reid, a close-by canine's landlord and partries pub within the Great Lehs, acknowledged that the site visitors was “very, very busy” earlier than the live performance.

He stated, “It took people a few hours to reach the race through the village and a lot of people were late,” he stated.

“Even in the village, people were coming home from work from Chemsford – it took 2-2.5 hours to go home, which usually takes 10 minutes.

“Traffic all through the area was horrifying.”

A Car fire on A131 Before the concert was believed to have done some hold-ups.

Owen Ward/BBC is a white car sitting on a slip road from a main road. The car caught fire, resulting in damage from the fire, which led to the car and windows to the front. Owen Ward/BBC

The fire of an earlier car on A131 in Great Natli was already delayed

After the incident, as fans tried to go to the house, the car parks were gridlock in the form of vehicles, tried to move them in rows.

Another post said: “Justin Timberlake was incredible, however the entire night is overshraded by poorly managed site visitors.”

Jodi Haford/BBC Liam Smith is looking at the camera with a light smile. He has a small ginger beard, and is wearing a black T-shirt. Jodi Haford/BBC

Liam Smith participated in the event and said that he was excited to see Timberlake in his home town.

34 -year -old Liam Smith, who lives in Doncaster, but originally from Chemsford, said he was “very excited” to see Timberlake in his hometown.

But, referring to parking issues, he said: “It appeared that it was probably not a plan.”

Liam Smith people are running on a pavement, which is on the left. On the right, there is a busy road with traffic. It is dark. Cars have their light.Liam Smith

Some fans started walking home after Justin Timberlake's performance

Maldon's 39 -year -old Lauren Kebal said he felt “fairly fortunate” after finding out that people had queued up for several hours.

“There was a scarcity of signage whereas driving and lack of expertise resulting in the incident.”

Ms. Kibal said that she was going back to the racecourse on Sunday to see Oli Murses, but feared that “that would occur once more”.

'Avoid taking motion'

A spokesman for the Essex Police said: “We know in regards to the points that individuals have been dealing with leaving Chemsford City Racecourse final evening after Justin Timberlake Concert.

“The occasion is answerable for the managing individuals getting into the location and administration of the exit.

“We are contacting them to resolve these points for tonight incident.

“Our authorities worked to protect people and keep people safe, including to include a rolling roadblock with A131 to manage speed along the road.”

He stated: “We appreciate the disappointment felt last night, but you will ask that you avoid taking action that can put your safety at risk.”

Duran Duran, Neel Roadors and Chic and Jessie Stewart take the stage on Saturday.

Born in Saatham, Murses stated that it’s a must to carry out on Sunday The largest gig they ever did in Essex,

With inputs from BBC

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