Nicki Minaj abruptly canceled her headlining Sunday night performance at the Saga Festival in Bucharest, Romania, over safety concerns related to protests in the city planned for Monday. “Out of concern for the well-being of our team and myself, I have been advised by my security detail not to travel to Romania’s festival tonight,” the Grammy-nominated rapper said Sunday in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. “As a mom, I have to make sure I’m making sound decisions for me to make it home to my son and for my team to make it home to their families,” Minaj said.
“To not heed the advice of security at this time is simply not what I think I should be doing. I love you and thank you for your understanding and support.” Saga Festival followed up on its Instagram , posting Minaj’s tweet and writing, “The news has left us all devastated, and we know it’s a huge disappointment for all of you, just as it is for us.
” The music festival said full refunds would be given for unscanned tickets and partial refunds for scanned tickets. Adding to the festival’s woes, DJ Hardwell, a Friday headliner along with Rita Ora, abruptly halted his performance Friday due to his frustrations with Saga, which he says had not paid him and provided terrible equipment. In a video posted on X , the Dutch DJ said, “They didn’t pay me any f— money to be here tonight, but I’m still here.
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Listen Saga, if I’m here for you guys, I want to perform for you guys. The whole equi.
