Schools in north Leeds have been told to close because of fears tonight and tomorrow's Robbie Williams concerts will cause traffic chaos. Leeds City Council said 11 schools would close for all or part of Friday, when 90,000 fans were expected to descend on Roundhay Park.
A further two schools have introduced special arrangements for parents who want to pick their children up early. A number of roads around the area will close for Friday and Saturday's shows.
Russell Fletcher, whose daughter has been told to stay away from Allerton Grange School, said he was furious with the closure."It is absolutely despicable", he said.
"It is a new term; the kids, teachers, everybody is back at school, ready to get into it and they have closed already."
Another mother, Denetta Copeland, whose two children are pupils at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School, said the closure would cause many knock-on effects for parents.
She said: "It is going to cause an outward spiral; it is affecting schools, which is affecting parents, which is affecting the workforce, which is affecting other people who are now being brought in to do the childcare, or the picking up from school.
"He is only Robbie Williams, he is not bigger than education."
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