Nicki Minaj fans were left fuming after the US rapper’s gig in Manchester was postponed at the last minute, following her arrest at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Minaj, 41, was arrested on suspicion of exporting soft drugs before she was fined and permitted to continue on her journey, Dutch police said. In a video livestreamed to her followers, Minaj revealed she had pre-rolled joints in her bag that she said belonged to someone else.
“Keep in mind they took my bags without consent. My security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to him,” she wrote on X. “Oh yea and the pilot wants me to take my [Instagram] post down.
” The “Anaconda” star was unable to make it to Manchester in time for her concert at the embattled Co-op Live arena, where 20,000 fans were waiting for her to take to the stage. Fans were let into the arena at 7pm BST and remained hopeful the gig would take place until 9.30pm, when boos erupted around the venue as fans were informed that it had been postponed and asked to leave the area.
“I spent £150 for my ticket and booked a day off work for it, and we sat there for about three hours waiting and we got told it’s not happening,” Imogen Pope, 18, told the BBC . Ellis Day, 17, from Cheshire, said he was “devastated” about the postponement. “We’ve come here, we spent all day getting ready, to see this happen,” he said.
“It’s just really disappointing when we’ve got our hopes up and spent the money, and we get told .
