Azealia Banks cancels Australian city show: ‘I’m sorry, but I won’t apologise’

The singer says her latest trip to Brisbane was the ‘most racist experience’ she’s had in her life and she wouldn’t want to perform in front of a disrespectful crowd

This Tuesday, the 13th, Azelia Banks took fans by surprise and posted a history to the Instagram when he canceled the show he was going to play brisbaneto Australia🇧🇷 The announcement was made a few hours before the start of the presentation in the city. According to her, the decision was made because she had “the most racist experience” of her life in the city. The singer has stated that she would not like to be in front of an audience that disrespects her. “Sorry guys. I’m actually not going to apologize,” she started.

The singer followed up with the statement and it appeared she was acting out of revenge. “Listen, last time I was in Brisbane you guys started throwing things on stage and you almost hit me with a soda bottle right in the middle of her face,” she said. “It was the most racist and demoralizing experience I’ve ever had in my entire life. And now I’m at an excellent point in my career,” she said.

Azealia Banks performs The Big Big Beat at Sydney’s Enmore Theater tonight pic.twitter.com/JsOo02MeXY

— Azealia Banks News (@AzealiaNews) December 11, 2022

Azealia will play melbournealso in Australia, next Sunday, 18. After the posting of the stories controversially, the promoter of the event posted a text on Facebook informing that there are still tickets for the concert that the singer will do in the city. She was there last week sydney🇧🇷 Despite this, Azealia has warned that this will be her “farewell tour” of the country and that she does not intend to return to a place where she has been so disrespected.

In order not to miss the controversy, the singer went further and even disdained the Australian currency, calling it a “mequetrefe dollar”. “I’m a beautiful black woman and I’m not going to go on stage in front of a white audience and have trash thrown at me. I’m not even going to apologize [pelo cancelamento]”, She said.

The singer also attacked Brazil on social media. In 2017, after feeling irritated by comments from Brazilians, she despised the English spoken here and blurted out: “I didn’t know there was internet in the favela.”

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