Drake’s time at the Lollapalooza festival leaves a bad taste amid criticism and cancellations

Canadian rapper Drake, headliner of the third and final day of Lollapalooza Brazil, canceled the concert he had scheduled for this Sunday at the festival, according to the organizers announced a few hours before his presentation.

“Due to unforeseen circumstances, Drake is without members of his sound and production team essential for the realization of the Lollapalooza show, in Sao Paulo”reported the organizers of the festival on their social networks.

They assured in a brief message that “Drake was excited to present himself to his fans in Brazil”but what “unfortunately” what happened “It’s out of your control.” They ended the ad with a “apologies”.

Drake will be replaced by Skrillexwell-known American music producer and one of the main promoters of the dubstep genre.

Toronto-born singer-songwriter was the highlight of the last day of Lollapalooza Brazil, which began on Friday, with the star performances of Billie Eilish and Lil Nas Xand ends this Sunday, at the Interlagos Autodrome.

Last day 17, Drake appeared in the Argentine version of the festival and was already heavily criticized by the public and the press in that country, since his concert lasted just 40 minutes and also prohibited it from being broadcast live for associated channels.

After knowing his decision to cancel his recital in Sao Paulo, Social networks were filled with messages requesting that Rosalía, who is also performing this Sunday, go to the main stage and close the Brazilian festival with a flourish.

Lollapalooza Brazil also suffered this year with the loss of another of its headliners, Blink-182, albeit for medical reasons, as drummer Travis Barker had to undergo finger surgery.

Blink-182 were replaced with Twenty One Pilotswho on Saturday had the nice gesture of interpreting All The Small Thingsone of the great successes of the Californian group.

Lollapalooza emerged in the United States and expanded to Latin America for the first time with an edition in Chile, in 2011, and since then it has added Brazil and Argentinaas well as some European countries, on their tours.

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