Disaster at BRMB Event

Dozens have been crushed by crowds at BRMB's Christmas lights switch-on.

One woman's in hospital with serious injuries after a rush at the concert caused a safety fence to fall on revellers. There are reports as many as 60 others were also hurt.

It came as JLS ended their performance in front of the 20,000-strong crowd. The switching on of the lights was cancelled after an emergency meeting by Birmingham City Council.

JLS on stage. Picture by BRMB

Phil Riley Chief Executive BRMB said "We are all as disappointed as everyone else that we had to cancel the event. As you can imagine we’ve worked hard across the last 3 months to ensure that today’s line up was bigger and better than ever before.

"However the safety of our listeners is our utmost importance and once this was compromised there was no other option than to cancel the event".

Ironically, a statement from BRMB described JLS's performance as "show stopping". Also due to perform were Taio Cruz, Alexandra Burke and the Sugababes.