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Metro
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Black Eyed Peas star left stage 'minutes' before car ramming at Vancouver gig
A Black Eyed Peas star has released a statement revealing they were just minutes away from being caught up in the tragedy at a festival in Vancouver. Over the weekend, a car drove through the crowd at Lapu-Lapu Festival, a Filipino community party, killing 11 people. One of the victims was a five-year-old girl. Police were called to the scene just after 8pm on Saturday, with interim police chief Steve Rai later describing it as the 'darkest day in Vancouver's history'. A 30-year-old man named Kai-Ji Adam Lo has since been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder, having appeared in court late on Sunday before he was returned to custody. On Monday, Black Eyed Peas member 50, shared a message on Instagram, having performed at the festival. 'Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families, and everyone affected by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Festival,' the statement began. 'J-Rey and I had just finished performing and left the stage minutes before it happened. 'It's hard to describe the shock and the heaviness we feel.' The post continued: 'Thank you to everyone who's checked in – your love means the world. 'Please keep the victims, their families, and the organisers in your prayers. They all need the love and strength right now.' – real name Allan Pineda Lindo – concluded: 'The one thing I have noticed – from the audience to the messages sent around, is the sense of community that wraps its loving arms around us. We love you all.' In the caption of the post, details of organisations offering support, including BC Victim Services, the BC Crisis Line, and the VPD Victim Services Unit. J. Rey Soul – full name Jessica Joy Seria Reynoso – also commented: 'We came to Vancouver to celebrate and be with our community.. devastated beyond words to learn about the tragedy that unfolded. Still in shock.' 'Thoughts and prayers to everyone and all the families affected. Sending love and prayers to all the Filipinos in BC 🙏🏽', the 27-year-old singer concluded. J. Rey has been collaborating with the Black Eyed Peas since 2018, having first got to know on The Voice of the Philippines when he was her coach. Then, seven years ago, she replaced Fergie as a semi-official member of the Where Is The Love? hitmaking band. Elsewhere in the comments, Black Eyed Peas fans expressed their devastation and thanked the group for their words. 'Thank you for bringing strength to our community 🙏🏼❤️', commented @kirshnalynne. More Trending 'came out to see you both last night. fortunately, I left right after you wrapped up. thank you for coming out for the event and standing in solidarity with our people 💜', wrote @ The horrific incident took place just as organisers had started removing barricades to clean up the aftermath of the celebrations. After the black SUV ploughed through revellers, dozens were injured. Officials have warned that the death toll is still likely to rise. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Blake Lively's 'possessive' signals in loved-up PDA with Ryan Reynolds revealed MORE: Gene Hackman's final autopsy shows devastating medical history after actor's death MORE: Key suspect in Kim Kardashian $10,000,000 Paris robbery 'dies suddenly' before trial
Perth Now
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Apl.de.ap in shock over Canada festival tragedy
Black Eyed Peas star is in "shock" after leaving the stage just "minutes" before the attack on a festival in Canada on Saturday (26.04.25). A man drove an SUV into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu street festival in Vancouver, killing at least 11 people and leaving others injured, and the 50-year-old musician has urged fans to pray for those affected by the tragedy. He wrote on Instagram: "Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families and everyone affected by the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu festival. "J-Rey and I had just finished performing and left the stage minutes before it happened. It is hard to describe the shock and the heaviness we feel. "Thanks to everyone who's checked in - your love means the world to me. "Please keep the victims, their families and the organisers in your prayers. They need all the love and strength right now. 'The one thing I have noticed from the audience to the messages sent around, is the sense of community that wraps its loving arms around us. We love you all." Comic Jo Koy, who is of Filipino-American heritage, has also shared his devastation over the incident. He said in a statement shared to social media: "I'm heartbroken to hear what took place at the Vancouver Filipino festival. 'This is supposed to be an event that honors and celebrates our beautiful culture, and now we're mourning the loss of 11 lives that were taken too soon. My heart goes out to everyone that was affected by this horrific event. Mahal kita, Police arrested a 30-year-old man from Vancouver at the scene and later said they were "confident" it was not a terror-related attack. King Charles and Queen Camilla said they were "profoundly saddened" by the tragedy. In a statement signed 'Charles R', the king said: "Both my wife and I were profoundly saddened to learn of the dreadful attack and utterly tragic loss of life in Vancouver, which took place as the Filipino community came together to mark the celebration of one of their most special festivals. "Our hearts and prayers go out to all those whose lives have been shattered by such a desperate tragedy and we send our deepest possible sympathy at a most agonising time for so many in Canada." Kai-Ji Adam Lo, who is described as having a history of mental health-related interactions with authorities, has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murders, and further charges are anticipated in the case. Those killed range in age from five to 65. Vancouver Police interim chief Steve Rai added at a press conference: 'Dozens more are injured, some critically, and some have not yet been identified."
NDTV
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
"Left Minutes Before": Black Eyed Peas Singer On Vancouver Car Rampage
Black Eyed Peas singer on Sunday said that he and fellow touring member J Rey Soul left the stage minutes before an SUV ploughed through the crowd at a Filipino street festival and killed dozens of people in Vancouver, Canada. Lindo and singer J-Rey performed the main act at the Lapu Lapu Festival around 8 pm on Saturday, April 26. As they wrapped up their show, a 30-year-old man drove through the crowd in a black SUV as organisers started taking down barricades to clean up. Officials said the death count was expected to increase, with 11 people killed and many others injured. The Filipino-American rapper, whose real name is Allan Pineda Lindo, sent his condolences to the victims of the Sunset on Fraser neighbourhood in Vancouver on Sunday. "Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families, and everyone affected by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Festival," Lindo said in a statement on Instagram. "I had just finished performing and left the stage minutes before it happened... It's hard to describe the shock and the heaviness we feel," he added. The singer expressed gratitude to all those who checked in and asked people to "keep the victims, their families, and the organisers in your prayers." "They need all the love and strength right now," he added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by (@apldeap) The rapper requested his followers to remember the victims and their families. He also provided a list of victim services and mental health crisis numbers for those impacted. "The one thing I have noticed - from the audience to the messages sent around, is the sense of community that wraps its loving arms around us. We love you all," the Black Eyed Peas singer concluded. Online footage showed the car with the damaged hood parked on a debris-filled street, meters away from first responders caring for patients on the ground. Dale Selipe, an eyewitness, told the Vancouver Sun that she noticed children were hurt on the street after the car crashed into the crowd. Philippine Consul General of Vancouver Gina Jamoralin claimed the driver of the vehicle attack was a 30-year-old Vancouver man with a history of mental health issues.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
At Least 11 Dead After Driver Plowed Into Crowd at a Filipino Festival in Vancouver
At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured after an SUV plowed into a crowd in Vancouver, British Columbia, during a Filipino street festival on Saturday night. The incident at Lapu Lapu Day festival occurred shortly after of Black Eyed Peas finished a headlining DJ set. Authorities charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, a 30-year-old man from Vancouver who was arrested at the scene, with eight counts of murder; it's unclear yet if he faces first or second-degree murder charges, per the CBC. Police did not believe it was connected to terrorism and said that he is their sole suspect. More from Rolling Stone J.D. Vance's Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment 'North of North' Is Set in Arctic Canada, but Radiates Warmth Trump Is Losing in a Landslide in Canada 'This is the darkest day in our city's history,' Steve Rai, the acting chief of the Vancouver Police Department, said at a news conference Sunday morning. Rai said the incident took place shortly after 8 p.m. The youngest victim was age 5. 'Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families, and everyone affected by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Festival. J-Rey and I had just finished performing and left the stage minutes before it happened,' who is Filipino American, wrote on Instagram on Sunday. 'It's hard to describe the shock and the heaviness we feel. Thank you to everyone who's checked in — your love means the world. Please keep the victims, their families, and the organizers in your prayers. They need all the love and strength right now.' He continued: 'The one thing I have noticed — from the audience to the messages sent around, is the sense of community that wraps its loving arms around us. We love you all.' The annual Lapu Lapu Day festival is hosted by the local Filipino community to honor Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Indigenous leader who defeated Spanish forces in the Philippines in 1521. 'We are still finding the words to express the deep heartbreak brought on by this senseless tragedy. We are devastated for the families and victims,' the festival's organizers wrote. Best of Rolling Stone Every Super Bowl Halftime Show, Ranked From Worst to Best The United States of Weed Gaming Levels Up
Daily Mail
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Black Eyed Peas singer reveals he left stage just minutes before fatal Vancouver festival attack
Black Eyed Peas star had just left the stage at a Vancouver festival minutes before an unidentified man rammed his SUV into the crowd. The attack killed at least 11 people and injured scores of others at the Lapu Lapu Day festival Saturday night, and in an Instagram post on Sunday the Philippines-born singer, whose real name is Allan Pineda Lindo, offered his condolences to the victims. 'Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families and everyone affected by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Festival,' he wrote. 'J-Rey and I had just finished performing and left the stage minutes before it happened,' Lindo said of his headlining performance at the Philippines festival with another Pilipino-American singer that ended just before 8pm. 'It's hard to describe the shock and heaviness we feel,' the rapper continued before thanking those who reached out to him in the aftermath. 'Please keep the victims, their families and the organizers in your prayers,' he pleaded. 'They need all the love and strength right now.' But Lindo also noted that he has felt a 'sense of community that wraps us its loving arms around us' since the tragedy occurred. Authorities have ruled out terrorism as a motive, but have not yet revealed what may have caused the unidentified 30-year-old suspect to attack the festival - only saying on Sunday that he was 'known to police in certain circumstances' and suffered from mental health issues. Oddly, he had even told the crowd 'I'm sorry' after he slammed his Audi SUV into the crowd - while families including young children and neighbors from across Vancouver were left scrambling in the aftermath and rushed to provide first aid for those in need. Footage from the scene even showed dead bodies and injured partygoers lying in a narrow street lined by food trucks. The front of the suspect's SUV was also smashed in. Other video circulating on social media showed a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him, the Associated Press reported. Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai declined to comment on the video at a news conference on Sunday, but said the person in custody was a 'lone male' with 'a significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health.' He went on to declare the attack 'the darkest day in Vancouver's history.' Witnesses have described how the driver sideswiped another vehicle before he revved the SUV's engine and plowed into the crowd. Kris Pangilinan, who brought his pop-up clothing and lifestyle booth to the festival, for example, said he saw the vehicle enter past the barricade slowly before the driver slammed on the gas in an area that was packed with people. 'He sideswiped someone on his right side and I was like, `Oh, yo yo.´ And then he slammed on the gas,' Pangilinan said. 'And the sound of the acceleration, it sounds like an F1 car about to start a race. 'He slammed on the gas, barreled through the crowd. And all I can remember is seeing bodies flying up in the air higher than the food trucks themselves and landing on the ground and people yelling and screaming. 'It looked like a bowling ball hitting bowling pins and all the pins are flying into the air.' Hearing the sounds of the bodies hitting the vehicle will never leave his mind, Pangilinan said. James Cruzat, a Vancouver business owner, also said he heard the driver rev his engine - followed by a 'loud noise, like a loud bang' that he initially thought might be a gunshot. 'We saw people on the road crying, others were like running, shouting, or even screaming, asking for help,' he recounted. 'So we tried to go there just to check what was really actually happening until we found some bodies on the ground. Others were lifeless, others like, you know, injured.' Nic Magtajas, meanwhile, watched in horror as the attack unfolded. He described how the SUV roared through the crowd at high speed. 'I saw a bunch of people go over, go high up from the impact of hitting the car,' said Magtajas, 19. As it roared past, passerby Carayn Nulada said she rushed to pull her granddaughter and grandson off the street and used her body to shield them from the SUV. Her daughter narrowly escaped getting hit. 'The car hit her arm and she fell down, but she got up, looking for us, because she is scared,' said Nulada, who described children screaming, and pale-faced victims lying on the ground or wedged under vehicles. 'I saw people running and my daughter was shaking.' Vancouver had more than 38,600 residents of Filipino heritage in 2021, representing 5.9 percent of the city´s total population, according to Statistics Canada, the agency that conducts the national census. They were celebrating Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous chieftain who stood up to Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the 16th century. The organizers of the Vancouver event - which was in its second year - said that he 'represents the soul of native resistance, a powerful force that helped shape the Filipino identity in the face of colonization.' Vancouver Mayor Kenneth Sim said in a social media post that the city would provide more information about the attack when possible. 'I am shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident at today´s Lapu Lapu Day event,' Sim said. 'Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver´s Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time.' But British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province will not let the tragedy define the celebration as he urged people to channel their rage into helping the victims. 'I don´t think there is a British Columbian that hasn't been touched in some way by the Filipino community,' the premier noted. 'You can´t go to a place that delivers and not meet a member of that community in the long-term care home or hospitals, childcare or schools. This is a community that gives and gives and yesterday was a celebration of their culture.' Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney and other political leaders used the final day of the election campaign to post messages expressing shock at the violence, condolences for victims and support for the community celebrating its heritage. 'I offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian community, and to everyone in Vancouver. We are all mourning with you,' Carney wrote as he delayed any campaign events. And overseas, King Charles said both he and Queen Camilla 'were profoundly saddened to learn of the dreadful attack and utterly tragic loss of life in Vancouver, which took place as the Filipino community came together to mark the celebration of one of their most special festivals. 'Our hearts and prayers go out to all those whose lives have been shattered by such a desperate tragedy and we send our deepest possible sympathy at a most agonizing time for so many in Canada.' Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also issued a statement expressing sympathy with the victims and their families. 'The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver is working with Canadian authorities to ensure that the incident will be thoroughly investigated, and that the victims and their families are supported and consoled,' he said. The country's Department of Foreign Affairs said that 'we remember the 1 million strong Filipino community in Canada and pray for their continued strength and resilience.'
