What was meant to be a triumphant weekend for Reneé Rapp at two of England’s most legendary festivals as an alternative become a waterlogged nightmare for the “Not My Fault” singer when torrential downpours and technical difficulties washed out her anticipated Studying and Leeds debuts.
As typically occurs in the course of the English summer time pageant season, the skies opened up this weekend, resulting in Rapp’s set at Leeds on Friday being cancelled after an extended rain delay. In a snap of an Instagram Story message to followers, Rapp wrote, “Leeds, the climate has been too harmful for our crew or myself to arrange/entry the stage all morning… I’m so unhappy to overlook you however your security and my group’s security is of the utmost significance and I can’t danger that love you down and see you at studying.”
Nonetheless, the Imply Women star’s Studying Competition set on Sunday was equally bedeviled by a sequence of technical points because of the storm, which led to that set being reduce brief. In response to setlist.fm, Rapp opened with “Speak Too A lot,” however needed to restart attributable to sound points. “Guys, I actually actually actually wanna provide you with an excellent present. Um… we’re drenched. A few of our gear is f–ked,” Rapp informed the gang per fan-shot video. “However we do actually wanna provide you with an excellent present. So, if you happen to’re down, we’ll restart with ‘Not My Fault.’ And if I slip and fall, it isn’t my insurance coverage. I’m not paying for that s–t.”
She then slogged by means of “Poison Poison” earlier than pausing to let crews come out and dry off the waterlogged stage on account of the results of Storm Lilian. The set then reportedly ended abruptly throughout “Not My Fault,” which was reduce brief earlier than Rapp left the stage. Studying organizers — who had earlier apologized to Lana Del Rey for slicing her set brief and turning off her mic abruptly — thanked Rapp for her professionalism.
“We want to thank Reneé Rapp for her perseverance and professionalism amidst the technical difficulties we have now needed to proceed to take care of from Storm Lilian,” learn the assertion. “We’re desperately hoping, such as you, that she is going to come again to R&L sooner or later.”
See fan reposts of messages from the festivals and a few of Rapp’s efficiency beneath.
