Tyler, the Creator has canceled his headlining appearances at this 12 months’s Lollapalooza competition in Chicago and Exterior Lands Music Competition in San Francisco, the artist introduced.
The rapper, who most just lately launched a deluxe model of his 2023 album Name Me If You Get Misplaced, didn’t clarify why he was canceling his performances at two of the summer season’s main festivals. Exterior Lands cites “private causes” for the canceled efficiency by the “Earfquake” rapper-producer.
“i hate saying this however i’ve to cancel lollapalooza and out of doors lands,” he wrote on X, previously Twitter. “i made a dedication that i can not preserve, and that bums me out figuring out how excited people have been. that’s not attractive in any respect. please please forgive me or name me names once you see me in particular person. Love.”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to his illustration for additional explaination — and for the seemingly coded phrase alternative in his social media put up. It’s unclear if the “please, please” within the rapper’s announcement is said to Sabrina Carpenter, because it’s very near the title of her current hit single.
Lollapalooza’s producers tweeted that Megan Thee Stallion can be swapped within the headlining slot for Tyler on Thursday: “Sizzling woman summer season in Chicago. Sadly, Tyler, the Creator will be unable to carry out this 12 months. See @theestallion headline Lolla on Thursday, August 1st!,” they wrote.
Exterior Lands posted a brand new lineup on its web site, with singer Sabrina Carpenter because the alternative headliner. This can be Carpenter’s first main North American competition headline billing, the competition mentioned in an announcement despatched to THR. The gig comes forward of her new album, set for launch on August 23 and follows the success of the only “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please” single, which just lately debuted at #2 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
Tyler, the Creator was one in every of a number of headliners on the Coachella competition in Indio, California in April and is ready to headline the Austin Metropolis Limits Music Competition in October.
