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Atsuko Maeda, who was supposed to hold a parade to see her fans before performing with AKB48 for the last time, has cancelled it due to security concerns.
With Maeda graduating on August 27th, AKB48 will be holding a special final performance at the AKB48 theater to commemorate her leaving the group. With hundreds of thousands of people applying to a lottery to get one of 250 tickets to the event, it was decided that a parade would be held in her honor for fans to see her one last time as an AKB48 member.
The parade was cancelled by police due to safety and security concerns. A recent parade held for Olympic medalists brought out crowds of 500,000, creating an unexpectedly dangerous situation due to the police's lack of preparation. With expectations of massive crowds for Maeda's parade, police decided it would be best to cancel it.
Although the parade was cancelled, the farewell concert will still be broadcast live through AKB48's Google+ and YouTube pages. It will also be broadcast on Fuji TV.
| Real name | Atsuko Maeda |
| Gender | female |
| Birthday | 10 July, 1991 |
| Debut | 2005 (active) |
| Main occupation | singer/actress (active) |
| Official website | http://ameblo.jp/atsuko-... |
| Official Twitter | Atsuko_100 |
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wow sad for others still they get to see the concert
Its disapointing for some people... >_<
its dissapointing in someway
yeah, safety first.. at least the last performance is not cancelled
That's really understandable since, mass idiots who are overly obsessed would try to grab her ;/ and not to mention people who hates her would also try to grab her.. so it's best if they just do a farewell concert
security concern....of course...
wow that sucks ):
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Aww well thats a a disappointment. But I mean safety always comes first.
that sticks alot! I was hopping to see this
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i hope Acchan will get a huge success after leaving AKB48...
yep really hope she does!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO why????
do you not read or your brain is somewhere in the gutter? Its due to SECURITY reasons -.-
haha they stopped cuz all the Diehard fans is gonna be like NOOOO! and jump or break barricades and beg her not to leave than theres gonna be wota riots lol XD
i can so visualize the scenario now with your description :X so I'm glad that the parade was cancelled. I cannot imagine what kind of chaotic mess it would be if it actually happened...
That's sad they had to cancel it, but at least they learned from their mistake and took the proper action to keep her safe.
Wao police lack preparation? =_= they should of known lots of people would go ughhh even tho i wouldn't of seen her still sucks for the fans that wanted to go
If you saw the large crowd during the Olympic medalist parade, you would understand why they decided to cancel it. It was like a sold out Budokan concert 4x (assuming Budokan has around14000 seats).