It’s getting “Too Sizzling” on the market, even for 50 Cent. The MC who’s in the course of his twentieth anniversary Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ twentieth anniversary tour needed to hit pause on tonight’s (Aug. 29) present in Glendale, Arizona on the Speaking Stick Resort Amphitheatre resulting from an extreme warmth warning.
“Because of excessive warmth, the present tomorrow in Phoenix, AZ is being postponed,” 50 tweeted on Monday night time. “For anybody who would love a refund, please go to level of buy for directions. I’ll be again in Arizona quickly! 116 levels is harmful for everybody.”
Among the feedback praised Curtis for being proactive about his followers’ well being, with one writing, “Hey no less than 50 cent is considering his followers and is placing their well being and security earlier than earnings… different rappers ought to take word… having followers get injured or die at a live performance just isn’t price it!!! Salute to 50.”
Phoenix has been roasting beneath brutal warmth all summer season this 12 months, with temperatures hovering above 100 levels for 66 days in a row from June 14-Aug. 18, the second-longest stretch of such excessive temps in recorded historical past; this 12 months can also be on monitor to be one of many hottest on report within the state, with 91 days above 100 up to now.
Final week, 16 folks have been hospitalized for heat-related sicknesses throughout a Snoop Dogg present in Houston the place temperatures reached 104 levels through the day within the midst of one of many hottest summers within the planet’s historical past resulting from what specialists say is the impact of human-caused local weather change. These incidents added to the rising record of heat-related results this summer season, following an Ed Sheeran present in Pittsburgh on July 8 throughout which 17 folks have been hospitalized resulting from “heat-related” sicknesses and Jason Aldean’s scotched kick-off of his Freeway Desperado Tour on July 15 in Hartford, CT, which he needed to exit early resulting from dehydration and warmth exhaustion
50’s Closing Lap tour, which additionally options Busta Rhymes and Jeremih, is slated to play the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles on Wednesday (Aug. 30).
Try 50’s tweet under.