News: Elephant Man, Vybez Kartel and Busy no shows signal tear gas

Police on duty at the highly-anticipated "Best of Both Worlds" concert on Saturday night used tear-gas to disperse a disgruntled crowd at 3 a.m., after the show ended abruptly with none of the headline acts having performed.

"The promoters don't even have the courtesy to come and say something," a woman in the VIP section remarked. "That's unfair."

Many patrons began leaving the venue around 2 a.m. but a large contingent remained until 3 a.m., when the music was suddenly stopped and police officers began asking those in front to head to the exits.

At this point, patrons still had not been advised of any change in the line-up, so many were reluctant and started throwing cups and cans at the stage.

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