Queen Machine stops Herning tribute concert five times

Queen tribute band Queen Machine’s concert at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning was stopped five times after audience members became unwell, DR reported, citing TV Midtvest.

The event was a standing concert attended by 13,000 people. Queen Machine performed a tribute to Queen’s 1986 live concerts at Wembley Stadium in London.

Concert organisers MCH and CSB Island Entertainment confirmed the interruptions. Kenneth Svoldgaard, director of the concert organiser and manager of Queen Machine, told TV Midtvest that they had stopped the show five times. He said the organisers would rather pause the concert one time too many than one time too few if help was needed.

Queen Machine’s lead singer, Bjarke Godske Baisner, is a doctor. He stopped the performance several times after spotting audience members who appeared unwell. Torben Kølbæk, head of communications and culture at MCH, which operates Jyske Bank Boxen, said the singer’s profession may have contributed to the number of interruptions.

Queen Machine is due to play a similar concert at Royal Arena this evening.