BERLIN // German authorities shut down a popular rock music festival on Friday because of a possible terrorist threat.
The Rock am Ring festival was cleared out on its opening night after Koblenz police said they were in possession of "concrete elements, in the light of which a possible terrorist threat cannot be ruled out".
Organisers posted on the festival website that "due to a terrorist threat the police have advised us to interrupt the festival".
It was not immediately clear how many fans were in attendance, but about 90,000 were expected by Sunday at the end of the annual three-day event outside the western town of Nuerburg.
The German band Rammstein was the Friday night headliner, but had not yet started playing.
Festival organisers said they hoped to be able to go ahead with the programme Saturday.
* Associated Press and Agence France-Press
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