THE BUGHIVE

Cockroach-Fueled Stampede at Beyoncé Concert Leaves Nine People Injured

A bug was the culprit for a chaotic situation at Queen Bey’s concert this week in Atlanta.

A tiny problem became a very big problem at the tail end of a Beyoncé concert in Atlanta, when a cockroach triggered a stampede that left nine people injured on Monday night. The stampede took place at the Vine City MARTA station, right outside of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where Beyoncé had just finished the last of four concerts in the southern city. Apparently, a 10-year-old girl screamed and ran when she saw the cockroach, triggering hordes of people around her to surge toward a descending escalator. The escalator malfunctioned under the weight of so many bodies, speeding up and then stopping altogether. The scrum left some 20 people piled on top of each other at the bottom of the escalator. Eight concert-goers were taken to the hospital, with one suffering a broken ankle and another having to undergo surgery for her injuries. Jaylen Black, who was attending the concert on her birthday, told Atlanta News First that people thrown off the escalator “hit each other like bowling pins.” Beyoncé, who has two shows remaining on her “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour,” has not publicly commented on the scary incident.