Ice Spice apologises for 5-minute performance after festival is forced to cut her off
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Festival-goers were left disappointed after waiting over half an hour for Ice Spice to appear on stage, only to have her cut off after two songs. Ice Spice, 25, has now apologised for her lateness, telling fans it takes a ‘long time’ to look like Barbie.
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The American rapper was set to perform at Wildlands Festival in Brisbane, Australia on New Year’s Eve, taking a 10.30pm slot. However, various reports claimed she didn’t take to the stage until 10.55pm, leaving her just five minutes for her full set.
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This meant festival organisers had to cut off Ice Spice, real name Isis Naija Gaston, at 11.01pm — giving her an extra minute according to The Guardian. ‘They cut the mic and you heard the collective sigh from the crowd,’ Brenton Larney recalled. ‘They’d been waiting for a while and they get two songs?’.
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He suggested she ‘didn’t want to be there’ and called her behaviour as she walked off stage ‘disrespectful’ to the crowd who had been eagerly awaiting her performance. ‘It was just really disrespectful how she walked off, she was laughing, they tried to give her flowers for her birthday and she just shrugged them off,’ Brenton added.
Other artists were scheduled to take to the stage after Ice Spice, including headliners Chase and Status to ring in the New Year. The festival issued a statement after the disappointment, writing on Instagram: ‘We understand that Ice Spice’s delayed arrival caused some disappointment.
