SYDNEY, Australia - Limp Bizkit warned concert organizers of security problems during its tour of Australia and New Zealand before a teenage fan died in a crowd crush, lead singer Fred Durst said Monday.

Durst was testifying by live video link from Los Angeles at the inquest into the death of 15-year-old Jessica Michalik, who had a heart attack during a Limp Bizkit performance in Sydney on Jan. 26, 2001. She died five days later. Durst told court he had raised concerns with tour promoter Vivian Lee before the Sydney concert, which was part of a touring multi-band festival called Big Day Out. Durst said the band approached organizers after a crowd collapse in Auckland.

"We definitely said that if they do not fix security we would not play," he said.

Durst said he told Lee, "I just hope the security's better at the next show because that (Auckland) was a little out of hand."

The 30-year-old singer said he was still coming to terms with Michalik's death.

"It was so overwhelming that a young girl came to see her favourite band and left in a coma and died," he said. "I'm very emotional right now talking about it. It's taken me a long time to talk about this."

The inquest is investigating events leading up to Michalik's death. At the end of the inquiry, coroner Jacqueline Milledge can recommend charges be filed, but prosecutors don't have to act on the recommendations.