SVT canceling Marcus & Martinus appearance because of chaos – NRK

SVT felt forced to cancel TV appearance with Marcus & amp; Martinus writes Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

The Norwegian duo would acted in Malmo during a live broadcast of the children’s program “Sommaren» July 15.

– Never heard of similar

the concert is now canceled because organizers could not guarantee the security during the scheduled recording.

– We have never had to be canceled an artist before. When we booked Marcus & amp; Martinus they were not as big as they are today, says Anna-Maria Nilda, project manager and presenter of the program to Aftonbladet.

According to Nilda should the planned program recorded on an open space it is not possible to block off.

– Therefore we can not guarantee to organize the event safely. “The summer” is an event where the audience comes very close idols their, she said.

According to Nina Thorsell, who are brothers Media Relations, this shows how popular the Norwegian brothers have been in Sweden.

– I’ve never been involved in or heard of an artist that has been canceled from a TV appearance because they are popular and because the audience is too much pressure. It really is a special situation we have ended up in, says Thorsell to Aftonbladet.

Locked theme parks

According to Göteborgs-Posten is the chaos that occurred when the duo appeared in amusement parks Liseberg and Grona Lund which is why television appearance now been canceled.

Earlier this month closed Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg because of a huge audience attendance Marcus & amp; Martinus going on stage.

Between 20,000 and 25,000 spectators attended the concert, according to Göteborgs-Posten. Thus the audience was pushed so large that Liseberg was forced to shut its doors.

Also the amusement park Grona Lund in Stockholm was closed due to crowd chaos when the duo would appear Monday.

According to VG sat duo when a new record. The concert was to begin at 20, but already at 17 the doors were closed.

– We have never been forced to close so early before, said Annika Troselius, information manager at Grona Lund VG.