SOURCE: news.com.au
Many disappointed fans walked out of Snoop Dogg’s Aussie show over the weekend after the US rap icon left them waiting for up to five hours at the Bella Vista Hotel in Sydney’s Northwest.
The rapper was due to perform at the venue’s new music space Bella Live on Saturday night, but he didn’t arrive until after 1.30am and took to the stage even later.
Snoop was originally advertised to perform at 9pm, but the set times changed on early Saturday night with a DJ kicking off the event instead and Snoop’s performance moved to midnight.
When the timing shifted again and he hit the stage just after 2am, concertgoers were not happy.
“He was late, and then I didn’t know how long it would take him to take to the stage – he had to get dressed and whatever else,” concertgoer Shama Szabo told news.com.au.
Like other fans at the event, Szabo grew frustrated waiting for the Drop It Like It’s Hot singer, amid the numerous updates given to the crowd by the DJ on Snoop’s ETA.
Scheduling conflicts were clearly at play given the rapper made his way to the venue straight off a flight from Melbourne, where he performed at the AFL grand final just hours prior. His lateness could also be a result of playing extra shows in Melbourne on Saturday night.
“I was tired and bored waiting for him. Because at 11.30pm, they said Snoop was 1 hour away,” Szabo recalled. “Then at 1am, they said he’s still 20 minutes away. Then at 1.20am, I walked out.”