Weather Or Not

Concertgoers attending the Journey/Doobie Brothers show at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati were asked to take shelter July 29 in the main pavilion or the nearby PNC Pavilion.

The venue tweeted to take action around 9 p.m. during flood advisories, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. High water and downed trees were reported in the area. The concert resumed at 10:05 p.m.

However, things didn’t go as smoothly at First Niagara Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pa., July 30.

Heavy rain and lightning interrupted Marilyn Manson’s set numerous times and finally caused a power outage. After a 90-minute delay, the remainder of the show was canceled, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Corey Taylor of Slipknot tweeted after the cancellation, “To everyone at the PA show tonight: I’m SO SORRY we couldn’t get the power back on. I promise we’re going to do our best to reschedule.”

Information regarding the rescheduling and/or refunds for the show was to be posted on the Facebook pages of the pavilion and Live Nation within 48 hours.

Fans at a Billy Joel concert at Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park were awash in an epic storm July 30, which caused a delay in the show and severe traffic.

The show started over an hour late due to weather conditions and the Piano Man acknowledged during his set that this delay meant passengers would either be forced to leave early or risk missing the last Metro train, according to The Washington Post’s Reliable Source blog.

Showgoers got a natural lightshow via lightning and thunderclaps and torrential rain which followed a day of 90-plus degree heat in Washington.

The East Coast is currently in the midst of flash flooding which has left buildings and cars destroyed, roads closed and two people in Ellicott City dead, according to the Baltimore Sun.