Thursday's severe thunderstorms first delayed and then canceled a free Black Eyed Peas concert at Central Park.
Although concert organizers let people onto the Great Lawn after hours of waiting and delays due to severe thunderstorms, they evacuated the area once the storms continued.
An estimated 54,000 people received free tickets and another 6,000 paid for their tickets.
The show was originally scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. It was pushed back to 8:30 p.m. before an announcement was finally made around 8:15 p.m. to cancel it altogether.
"I'm very upset right now. We were here since 3 o'clock, we had to stand through the heat, we had to stand through the rain. I understand about the severe weather, but I would've loved to have seen the Black Eyed Peas perform tonight," said a ticketholder.
"The least the Black Eyed Peas could've done was come out, performed at least one song and left," said another. "'Thank you guys for coming out, showing your support, you got wet.' My feet are wet. They could've done one song."
"You know what? They're scared of a little rain and thunder? Diana Ross did it in the rain and thunder, that's all I have to say," said a third.
The concert, which was to benefit the Robn Hood Foundation, was also supposed to feature performances by LL Cool J, MC Hammer and Taylor Swift.
By late Thursday, no makeup date had been announced.
Black Eyed Peas' Central Park Concert
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