Drake cancels concert at FedExForum in Memphis as organizers say it is ‘logistically impossible to deliver the show as designed’
Drake has canceled a show scheduled for Sunday at the FedExForum in Memphis due to “logistics” issues at the venue.
The 36-year-old Toronto native was scheduled to take the stage on Aug. 6 at the arena, home of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, but “the organizer has canceled the event,” Ticketmaster said Monday, according to the Commercial profession in Memphis .
Representatives for the singer of In My Feelings, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, told the arena in a statement: “Due to the scale of the Drake concert production, it is logistically impossible to bring the show to the FedExForum as designed. on August 6. Unfortunately the show is cancelled.’
Ticketmaster said concertgoers will receive refunds that are “processed using the original method of payment.”
The artist from God’s Plan was supposed to play a show with 21 Savage at the venue on June 29 last June as part of his It’s All a Blur Tour, but it was postponed prior to the event.
The latest: Drake, 36, has canceled a show scheduled for Sunday at the FedExForum in Memphis due to “logistics” issues at the venue. Shot last year in NYC
According to the paper, Drake had been in the area at the time, as he received a ceremonial key in Shelby County on June 27.
The One Dance rapper’s father is drummer Dennis Graham, who hails from Memphis.
“It’s really the first place where I discovered what I love about music, which is the soul, the melody and the message in the lyrics,” Drake said at a ceremony about the city.
There has been no mention of a possible catch-up concert in the city, the outlet reported.
The Nice for What artist will perform in a number of Southern cities this fall, including Atlanta, New Orleans and Charlotte, North Carolina in September; and in Nashville in October.
In related news, another date of the rapper’s tour scheduled for August 3 in Milwaukee at the Fiserv Forum has been pushed back one day to August 4.
According to the Milwaukee Journal SentinelDrake’s show was postponed for technical reasons related to the venue.
An email to concertgoers indicated that “due to the scale of the production and in order to bring the entire production and the best version of the show to Milwaukee,” the show was postponed for a day, the paper reported.
Representatives for the In My Feelings singer, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, said the venue could not support the show’s logistics. Pictured in Atlanta in October
The God’s Plan artist was supposed to play a show with 21 Savage at the venue last June on June 29 as part of his It’s All a Blur Tour, but it was postponed prior to the event
Drake called the late actor Angus Cloud a “good soul” with a tearful emoji and a dove emoji
Drake took to social media Monday to pay tribute to Euphoria actor Angus Cloud, who passed away at his family’s home in Oakland at age 25. He posted a photo of the actor calling the late HBO star a “good soul” with a crying emoji and a dove emoji
A 911 call was made by Cloud’s mother reporting a “possible overdose” around 11:30 a.m. Monday, sources said. TMZ. She told operators Cloud had no heartbeat, the outlet reported, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities told the outlet that Cloud’s cause of death has not yet been determined and an investigation has been launched in connection with the death.