Nicki Minaj fans fume as UK show axed at last minute following star's arrest in Amsterdam
This Saturday (25 May) was supposed to see The Co-op Live host Nicki Minaj, however, the show was called off following the rapper's arrest in Amsterdam.
Minaj was arrested at Schiphol Airport - which she live-streamed on Instagram - with Dutch police saying that a 41-year-old woman was arrested there after allegedly trying to take soft drugs to another country, Sky News reports.
In her social media posts, the musician said that police at the airport 'found weed' and that her security team had said it belonged to them and not her.
Minaj later announced on social media in the early hours of Sunday (26 May) morning that she'd finally made it to her hotel in Manchester, having spent '5-6 hours' in a cell in Amsterdam.
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She wrote: "Thank you to everyone who prayed for me today.
"May God cover you & all that is connected to you. May you be blessed beyond your imagination.
"Please please please accept my deepest & most sincere apologies."
The singer said that Co-op Live had been 'willing to go past 11pm' to accommodate her, and pointed the finger of blame at unidentified people who she said 'succeeded at their plan to not let me get on that stage tonight'.
She promised to make it up to her fans who bought tickets to her show, with plans for the gig to be moved to a later date.
Naturally, her fans are not best pleased that they suddenly went from being about to see Nicki Minaj to learning that she'd been arrested in Amsterdam and couldn't make it.
Fans were able to get into the arena at 7pm local time, and it would be another two-and-a-half hours before the announcement that the show wouldn't go on was made.
This was met with boos as fans had to leave, and there are plenty who fear they won't be able to see her replacement show when it's on.
One 20-year-old fan told PA they were 'distraught' that Minaj couldn't make it and were 'not sure what happens with the £100s that you spend on a train and hotel'.
It's not just the cancelled concert itself, as many people will have poured precious time and money into getting there, like a 23-year-old fan who'd travelled for an hour to the venue said he felt his time had been 'wasted'.
He said he was 'p****d' on behalf of one of his friends who'd travelled for four hours to get there.
LADbible have contacted Nicki Minaj's representatives and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee for further comment.
Topics: Nicki Minaj, Music
Joe Harker