21 Savage Concert Stopped After Just 15 Minutes
There was an influence outage on the present earlier than it was postponed.
21 Savage’s live performance at Speaking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix on Saturday, Could 11, was abruptly ended inside minutes of the rapper taking the stage. It was shortly after 11 p.m. when 21 Savage shared on X a message saying, “Phoenix yall had been so turnt yall broke the facility” with a “laughing laborious sufficient to cry” emoji, including, “I promise I will be again!”
On Sunday, the venue issued a press release on its social media accounts saying, “Resulting from technical points with the venue, final night time’s 21 Savage present at Speaking Stick Resort Amphitheatre was sadly canceled. Tickets can be refunded mechanically.”
“It was type of a really surreal expertise,” John Shaff, who was on the live performance together with his youngsters, informed azcentral. “I imagine he was into his second, perhaps third track, and impulsively, increase, the lights went, and every little thing went darkish.”
Shaff mentioned that after about quarter-hour, “You begin seeing cops on the stage. It is like, ‘Nicely, that is bizarre,’ however nonetheless tremendous quiet. And everybody’s simply type of ready.”
The video screens on both aspect of the stage ultimately regained energy, permitting them to renew operating. “So we had been all a bit hopeful at that time,” Shaff mentioned, “going, ‘OK, they rebooted issues.'”
There was a 15-minute delay earlier than a message was displayed on the screens informing the viewers that the live performance had been postponed. “This was the surreal half,” Shaff mentioned. “I’d not count on the group to be as calm as all people was. However everybody was like, ‘Hmm, OK.’ We filed out, and that was it. There was no announcement. By no means received a proof. It was only a very bizarre expertise.”
Fortunately refunds for the 21 Savage present went out the next day. Shaff informed the outlet that his spouse, who had bought the tickets, obtained an e-mail from Vivid Seats on Sunday informing her that her account had a credit score, permitting her to make use of it sooner or later or get a refund if she wished.