Feb 17, 2009 • 1 min read

Lil Wayne sued over no show

Lil Wayne and his management are being sued for $1.3m by promoter Edward Strickland over repeated cancelled shows in Rochester, New York.

Lil Wayne and his management are being sued for $1.3m over those repeat cancellations of a gig in Rochester, New York.

As previously reported, the first attempt to stage the performance in October was abandoned when Lil Wayne began the show but walked off because he had issues with the sound, whilst the rescheduled performance in December was cancelled because of "mandatory tour rehearsals".

Not sure why the word 'mandatory' is being used there, perhaps police officers were in attendance. Anyway, the third attempted date, in late January, was also cancelled because of worries that because of travelling times, Wayne and band would arrive late for the show and not give as good a performance as they are capable of.

There was talk of a new date for February or March, but it seems that won't happen either. According to reports, Edward Strickland, General Manager of gig promoters RMF Productions, is suing Lil Wayne, his manager and others for the aforementioned sum. Strickland claims he gave Wayne an advance payment of $100,000 but has received nothing in return.

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