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Artist News Gigs & Festivals
Tyler cancels UK and Ireland shows
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 25 August 2015
Tyler, the Creator has cancelled his upcoming mini tour of the UK and Ireland, including his slots at this weekend’s Reading and Leeds festivals. Why? Well, fuck knows, but it sucks and he’s sorry.
Look, Tyler himself held down the shift key and declared: “DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES I WONT BE PLAYING READING, LEEDS, BELFEST AND OTHER SHOWS IN THE UK. SUCKS AND IM SORRY. I LOVE YOU, SAVE THE HORSES -T”
Just to clarify, he was just playing Belfast, not Belfest, it being a Northern Ireland festival that hasn’t run since 2006. And in case you wondered, the other UK show he refers to was in Dublin. Welcome to our united kingdom, Dublin. And do remember to save the horses.
These gig cancellations follow the axing of Tyler dates in Australia where there was opposition to him playing because of his misogynistic lyrics. On axing those dates the rapper said he’d rather play a tour down under that “isn’t surrounded in controversy”.
Quite what the “circumstances” are this time we don’t know, though if he’s a Spotify user, under their new privacy terms, presumably they could hack into his email for us and find out.
