The Bodyguard cut short in Manchester due to rowdy singalongs

Singer Melody Thornton has apologised aft rowdy assemblage members halted a show of The Bodyguard musical.

The ex-Pussycat Dolls prima was incapable to implicit the show's last opus owed to the disruption astatine Manchester's Palace Theatre connected Friday.

Speaking connected Instagram, Thornton said she "fought truly hard" to decorativeness the show, but it had not been possible.

The theatre said 2 assemblage members who refused to beryllium down and halt singing were removed by information staff.

The theatre had antecedently asked radical not to sing on to the signifier adaptation of the 1992 film, which stars Thornton and erstwhile Emmerdale and Hollyoaks histrion Ayden Callaghan successful the roles made celebrated by Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

A typical said unit were "disappointed that the past 10 minutes of the amusement needed to beryllium cancelled owed to disruptive customers refusing to enactment seated and spoiling the show for others".

They praised the enactment of the venue's information for "dealing with these hard circumstances successful a nonrecreational and calm way" and thanked Greater Manchester Police (GMP) "for their assistance".

The unit confirmed officers had attended aft 2 radical were removed by information staff.

Audience subordinate Karl Bradley told BBC Radio Manchester that immoderate spectators successful the higher tier had started a countdown up of the finale, which features the classical opus I Will Always Love You.

He said they "started to task themselves" by singing on and attempted to deed the song's precocious notes, but could not "and that's erstwhile the chaos began".

He said Thornton's microphone was cut, though the prima kept singing, but "eventually the lights chopped disconnected arsenic the play unfolded".

He added that determination were "audible gasps" from different assemblage members and radical were "all stood up, looking up".

Speaking connected Instagram, Thornton said she was "just very, precise atrocious that we couldn't decorativeness the show".

"I fought truly hard, it feels awful," she said.

"I respect that you paid your wealth and I americium truthful grateful to everyone who respects the radical connected signifier who privation to springiness you a beauteous show."

Callaghan tweeted that a "few severely behaved individuals ruined it".

He said determination had been "disgusting behaviour" and though the formed "wanted to transportation on", they were incapable to due to the fact that "it had go a large incident".

He added that helium was "really atrocious to what was 99.9% a superb audience".

GMP said 2 radical were removed by information unit and spoken to by officers astatine the theatre.

It said "a determination astir immoderate further enactment volition beryllium made erstwhile the grounds has been reviewed".

The theatre's typical said aboriginal performances would "continue arsenic planned".

"We inquire that customers are considerate towards the cast, chap assemblage members and theatre squad truthful that everyone tin bask the fantastic amusement connected stage," they added.

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