Chaos unfolded at Thursday night’s Lollapalooza kickoff show in Chicago, where Lorde was among the headliners.
The singer, 29, was forced to pause her set after multiple people ‘passed out’ as a result of extreme heat, per Rolling Stone.
‘You look hot from up here,’ the outlet reported she said to audience members at one point, summoning security to help.
Then on Friday, it was announced that headliner Lil Uzi Vert, 31, would no longer be performing ‘due to weather issues.’
But hours later, the music festival about-faced, writing in an Instagram Story post: ‘Surprise! Lil Uzi Vert will join Major Lazer on Perry’s Stage
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