Aussie pop icon Tina Arena stops Melbourne concert after ‘brawl’ breaks out

Tina Arena has sensationally stopped a brawl at her Melbourne concert on Friday, with footage showing security removing a number of troublesome concertgoers.

The Chains singer, 57, stopped the fracas, chastising the man and woman who were hurling abuse at each other before security intervened.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Tina Arena stunned at concertgoers’ behaviour.

In sensational footage from the show, Arena told the audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, if we could please just have some calm in this hall, I would really, really appreciate it.”

Arena received a rapturous applause from the audience.

She continued: “Sorry about this, ladies and gentlemen. I have never experienced anything like this in 50 years.

“If there’s something that needs to be discussed, please do it outside. I won’t commence the show until this is the case.

“Please stay calm everyone.”

On Monday, Entertainment reporter Peter Ford explained the incident.

“We don’t expect this to happen at a Tina Arena concert,” Ford said.

“We don’t know what caused it. We certainly know that people who were shouting abuse at each other were not easily going to leave. Security did have to intervene.

“One woman threw herself on the ground and said, ‘don’t you dare touch me’. The show had to stop. It happened right at the foot of the stage.

(The Palais) is a big barn like theatre. Everyone could see it.

“It was not like it was happening at the back and people didn’t know about it.

“It was clear the show had to stop until this was resolved.

“To her credit, calling upon those 50 years (of performing), Tina, of course, stayed very calm and collected. She was very resolute that all these people who were warring should be leaving the theatre.

“Eventually that did happen.

“She put on a sensational show.

“She’s an amazing voice at the moment.”