Lola Young Collapses Onstage at All Things Go in New York City

Lola Young collapsed mid-song and was carried offstage Saturday evening (Sept. 27) astatine New York City euphony festival All Things Go. The incidental happened a time aft the 24-year-old southbound London singer’s Friday nighttime show was canceled by her squad “due to a delicate matter.”

Young gave a beardown vocal show but appeared flushed and affectional during her acceptable Saturday astatine Forest Hills Stadium successful Queens, powering done 4 songs — “Spiders,” “F— Everyone,” “Dealer” and “Walk All Over You,” each from her caller medium I’m Only F—ing Myself — earlier falling backwards during the next.

Midway done 2023 azygous “Conceited,” Young paused to pass with her keyboardist. The connection did not look to get crossed earlier she collapsed.

Young’s band, squad and information rushed to situation the singer, who was down for astir 30-45 seconds, and transportation her offstage. Billboard reached retired to Young’s representatives for an update connected her condition.

The infinitesimal near the assemblage successful daze and quiet. The assemblage clapped arsenic Young was helped offstage, and a hyperpop opus played successful the stadium aft her exit.

On Friday, manager Nick Shymansky shared an Instagram Story to denote that Young was pulled past infinitesimal from that night’s scheduled acceptable astatine Audacy’s We Can Survive performance astatine the Prudential Center, citing a “sensitive matter.” “Lola is precise unfastened astir her intelligence wellness and determination are precise occasionally days wherever myself and my squad person to instrumentality protective measures to support her safe,” Shymansky wrote. “She is an unthinkable idiosyncratic and ever takes her fans, vocation and performances seriously. I tin lone nonstop immense apologies for the inconvenience caused.”

Before collapsing connected Saturday, Young addressed her instrumentality to the signifier aboriginal successful her acceptable astatine All Things Go.

“Today I woke up and I made the determination to travel here,” Young said to Saturday night’s crowd. “I wanted to be, I wanted to perform, and I didn’t privation to wallow successful my sadness. Sometimes beingness tin propulsion you lemons and you conscionable gotta motherf—ing marque lemonade … I truly admit everyone who’s present tonight.”