IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nigerian singer, Asake aka “Mr Money” has apologised to his fans that were present at his Birmingham concert for the show delay.
On Saturday, 3rd December 2022, the top breakout act of 2022, was billed to perform at a show at The Forum, Birmingham in a sold-out show which is part of his “Mr. Money With The Vibes” UK tour.
The red-hot artist arrived hours late as he didn’t show up at the event until 11 PM. Asake was met with boos from a section of the fans who were unhappy about the way the organizers went about the show.
One Twitter user who attended the show stated that the crowd management was poor and caused a stampede.
@senluwa said: “Asake’s Birmingham concert was the WORST concert ever. This man didn’t come out till 11pm.
“There was a stampede & People were literally fainting up and down. people started leaving because of their safety. The organizers did a very dirty job.”
@khanstillday tweeted: “Asake was booed on stage for coming hours late, bruh how would you have a big show like that and go late I don’t understand.”
In the same vein, Ted said: “Dear @asakemusik Your Birmingham concert last night was below par! You were unacceptably late to your show and then refused to come on stage. Firstly, your management is incompetent and lack accountability. You on the other hand lack discipline and have no respect for your fans.”
“Asake has lost all my respect was rooting for him so much and loved all his music but his birmingham show was an absolute mess from the queuing to being over an hour late to the point his team were booed, so disappointed,” @savquain said.
@Yemicita wrote: “I’ve been told by someone on the team that Asake was ready to perform at 9:30pm but the venue were unorganised & hadn’t let everyone in so he had to wait for that to finish, my friend who was there also said she only got in because she walked through the back door. Very ghetto…”
Some fans were also dissatisfied with Asake’s performance which users on Twitter jokingly likened to a Church praise and worship session.
After the disgruntled surfaced online, Asake appeared to take a defiant position first posting a picture of himself flashing a big smile while displaying 100 dollar notes.
He then followed up this post with a screenshot of Ebenezer Obey’s famous song ‘The Horse, The Man, and The Son’ which is a song that basically talks about how one can never please the world.
Asake has however backtracked as he apologized to Birmingham fans for coming late through his Twitter account.
“Birmingham I’m sorry for the delay yesterday. The promoters delayed my pick-up time for reasons best known to them, But I’m super grateful for your patience and understanding,” the tweet reads