Thousands evacuated during Iranian singer’s concert in London after bomb threat

Thousands of people were evacuated from the Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday night after police received a bomb threat during a concert by an Iranian singer.The Met Police said it received an anonymous call “making a threat towards a music venue” at 8.06pm on Sunday, which officers established was the Eventim Apollo in Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, where singer Dariush Eghbali was performing.Although there was “nothing to indicate that the threat made was genuine”, police attended the venue to speak to security staff to find out if anything suspicious had been reported.A Met spokesperson said: “Nothing of suspicion had been brought to the attention of staff but at around 20.40pm, the venue management took the decision to evacuate as a precaution.”