The lockout of stagehands at Exhibition Place has caused its first outright cancellation: the American urban-music boy-band Brockhampton has cancelled its Oct. 25 show at the Coca-Cola Coliseum, formerly the Ricoh Coliseum.

“Due to a labour dispute affecting the Coca-Cola Coliseum, we are not able to put on our show in Toronto. We apologize for any inconvenience,” read a statement released by promoter Live Nation from the musical collective, which claims more than a dozen members.

More than 400 stagehands and technical employees in IATSE Local 58 have been locked out since July 20. The union claims that the city, which owns the facility, wants to contract out IATSE jobs and let Exhibition Place tenants bring in their own workers. The city says it is trying to modernize the venue’s collective agreement to become more competitive.

Last month some events scheduled for September’s JFL42 comedy festival were relocated away from the coliseum and the Queen Elizabeth Theater, also subject to the lockout, with theatre acts shifted to the Winter Garden Theatre on Yonge St. and Joe Rogan’s Sept. 29 performance moved from the coliseum to the Scotiabank Arena.

Live Nation’s announcement of the Brockhampton cancellation — ironically, part of the band’s I’ll Be There tour — contained no information about refunds.

—With Star files

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